Dear Friend,
Establishment Democrats are going after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . . .
again.
After AOC refused to go along with the House Democratic leadership when
they caved to Mitch McConnell and supported a border funding bill with no
protections for the kids being held in filthy, overcrowded cages, the
establishment came after her.
The corporate-friendly "Problem Solvers Caucus" is organizing to undermine
AOC and other new progressives.^1 A former DNC official went on Fox News
to patronizingly insult Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, saying "Alexandria and her
friends haven't been in Congress enough to understand."^2
Establishment Democrats have tried to rein in AOC and her squad of newly
elected progressives from before they were even sworn in. Those elected
leaders need help — including strong staffers who can build power. That's
why Demand Progress helped launched the Progressive Talent Pipeline to
help recruit and train the amazing staffers that elected members will
need.
[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to help recruit and train the top-notch staff that AOC
and the other newly elected progressives will need to fight the
establishment and win?
Big money and big business still have influence and allies on Capitol Hill
and in the Democratic caucus. Progressive members of Congress are ready
and willing to fight back, but they need the strongest possible team to be
successful.
The bottom line is that without excellent staff, no member of Congress can
be truly effective.
There are some truly incredible people working on Capitol Hill for
Democratic members of Congress. But they need help, and progressives
simply haven't done as good a job as corporations, the Koch brothers, and
other right-wing organizations in providing the constant influx of talent
that's needed.
The proof is clear in studies that show that congressional staff are
consistently biased toward more conservative views than the voters.^3
As part of the largest incoming class of Democrats since Watergate, newly
elected progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna
Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib hit the ground running. They're fighting for
net neutrality, pushing for a Green New Deal, taking on Trump, and working
to stop new wars.
The Progressive Talent Pipeline was created to make sure we're doing
everything we can to help them succeed.
The inaugural class of the Progressive Talent Pipeline has been a smashing
success. We were overwhelmed with amazing applicants who continue to fill
crucial positions on Capitol Hill. Now we're deciding whether we can
afford to keep running the program into the future. We don't have big
corporations behind us to pour millions into this program. So to keep it
going, we're counting on you to donate whatever you can.
[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to help fund the Progressive Talent Pipeline and
continue to train the next generation of top-notch progressive
congressional staff?
Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. The New York Times, "For All the Talk of a Tea Party of the Left,
Moderates Emerge as a Democratic Power," [ [link removed] ]June 30, 2019
2. Newsweek, "Ex DNC Official: Ocasio-Cortez 'and Her Friends' Don't
Understand That Negotiations 'Don't Happen' On Twitter, Facebook," [ [link removed] ]July
8, 2019
3. Politico, "Exasperated Democrats try to rein in Ocasio-Cortez,"
[ [link removed] ]January 11, 2019
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