What Ocasio-Cortez wants for the Democrats

What Ocasio-Cortez wants for the Democrats

It might surprise some people that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., American politics’ most dynamic progressive icon, wishes Democrats would stop thinking “that the power struggle within the party is between progressives and moderates,” as she told me recently.

Since last November, American politics has had two great couples: Donald Trump with Elon Musk, on the MAGA/Republican front, and Bernie Sanders with AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, on the liberal and democratic side. The independent senator from Vermont and the Democratic congresswoman elected in the 14th congressional district of New York, however, have always stood out for their combativity and tenacity and a few days ago they joined forces for…