Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) said during a recent town hall that Republicans regularly call any election loss 'illegitimate.'
Ocasio-Cortez said during her appearance last weekend that Republicans were routinely denying election results, which she called a hallmark of 'tyranny.' A number of prominent members of her own party have said that fraud and cheating marred, or even invalidated, Democrats' recent gubernatorial losses in Georgia and Florida, as well as Hillary Clinton's defeat in the 2016 presidential election.
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'It's quite tragic and it's very sad that it's devolved to the point that any election they lose is illegitimate, and any election they win means they can govern with impunity,' Ocasio-Cortez said. 'That is almost the definition or one of the hallmark aspects of authoritarianism.'
Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly praised Democrat Stacey Abrams, the Georgia gubernatorial candidate who never conceded her 2018 loss in spite of losing by more than 54,000 votes to Republican Brian Kemp. Abrams claimed Kemp engaged in systematic voter suppression. Democratic presidential candidates, including Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), repeated her complaints.
Abrams is not the only high-profile candidate whose loss Democrats have contested. Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum suggested in March that he would have beaten Republican Ron DeSantis if there had been a proper vote count. Gillum conceded his defeat the night of the election, then retracted his concession, and then conceded again when a recount showed him more than 30,000 votes behind his opponent.
Similarly, Democrats have cried foul over Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss to Donald Trump since the day of the election. Clinton has been among the most vocal objectors, calling Trump an 'illegitimate president' who knows he stole the election with Russian assistance.
So many people have left New York over the last year that the state is in danger of losing a seat in Congress ahead of the 2022 elections — and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) seat is reportedly the one New York legislators are looking to drop.
Business Insider reports that New York leads the nation in population exodus. Between July 2019 and July 2020, '126,000 people moved out of New York state,' and New York now leads the nation in population loss.
'New York has been losing residents since 2016, according to the data, but this year was the most significant drop by far. The second biggest year-to-year population drop for the state this decade was between 2018 and 2019 when more than 80,000 people left the state,' the outlet notes
The coronavirus pandemic may be to blame for recent moves, but New Yorkers have been leaving the state in droves for years.
Bloomberg reported last year that New York City, the state's largest city, 'was losing 376 residents per day to domestic migration in 2019 — an increase of more than 100 per day from the previous year — before it became the epicenter of the country's virus outbreak in March this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's latest survey of population shifts.'
New Yorkers aren't even moving far. The New York Post reports that 'the post office received 295,103 change of address requests from March 1 through Oct. 31, according to data the Post obtained from the U.S. Postal Service under a Freedom of Information Act request. While many city dwellers decamped to Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester, and Connecticut, others scattered across the country.'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) said during a recent town hall that Republicans regularly call any election loss 'illegitimate.'
Ocasio-Cortez said during her appearance last weekend that Republicans were routinely denying election results, which she called a hallmark of 'tyranny.' A number of prominent members of her own party have said that fraud and cheating marred, or even invalidated, Democrats' recent gubernatorial losses in Georgia and Florida, as well as Hillary Clinton's defeat in the 2016 presidential election.
WASHINGTON — Democrats on Friday shot down Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign for a prized seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee — instead appointing fellow New York Rep.
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'It's quite tragic and it's very sad that it's devolved to the point that any election they lose is illegitimate, and any election they win means they can govern with impunity,' Ocasio-Cortez said. 'That is almost the definition or one of the hallmark aspects of authoritarianism.'
Ocasio-Cortez has repeatedly praised Democrat Stacey Abrams, the Georgia gubernatorial candidate who never conceded her 2018 loss in spite of losing by more than 54,000 votes to Republican Brian Kemp. Abrams claimed Kemp engaged in systematic voter suppression. Democratic presidential candidates, including Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), repeated her complaints.
Abrams is not the only high-profile candidate whose loss Democrats have contested. Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum suggested in March that he would have beaten Republican Ron DeSantis if there had been a proper vote count. Gillum conceded his defeat the night of the election, then retracted his concession, and then conceded again when a recount showed him more than 30,000 votes behind his opponent.
Similarly, Democrats have cried foul over Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss to Donald Trump since the day of the election. Clinton has been among the most vocal objectors, calling Trump an 'illegitimate president' who knows he stole the election with Russian assistance.
So many people have left New York over the last year that the state is in danger of losing a seat in Congress ahead of the 2022 elections — and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) seat is reportedly the one New York legislators are looking to drop.
Business Insider reports that New York leads the nation in population exodus. Between July 2019 and July 2020, '126,000 people moved out of New York state,' and New York now leads the nation in population loss.
'New York has been losing residents since 2016, according to the data, but this year was the most significant drop by far. The second biggest year-to-year population drop for the state this decade was between 2018 and 2019 when more than 80,000 people left the state,' the outlet notes
The coronavirus pandemic may be to blame for recent moves, but New Yorkers have been leaving the state in droves for years.
Bloomberg reported last year that New York City, the state's largest city, 'was losing 376 residents per day to domestic migration in 2019 — an increase of more than 100 per day from the previous year — before it became the epicenter of the country's virus outbreak in March this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's latest survey of population shifts.'
New Yorkers aren't even moving far. The New York Post reports that 'the post office received 295,103 change of address requests from March 1 through Oct. 31, according to data the Post obtained from the U.S. Postal Service under a Freedom of Information Act request. While many city dwellers decamped to Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester, and Connecticut, others scattered across the country.'
'The Postal Service data shows only the destination ZIP codes and counties where more than 10 New Yorkers forwarded their mail — and it points to places like Park City, Utah; Jackson, Wyo., and Brattleboro, Vt.,' the outlet notes.
California and Illinois both lost population, led by their own largest cities. Los Angeles and Chicago both saw 'daily departures in the triple digits' and both have been hemorrhaging residents since at least 2017.
Because 2020 was a census year, states who had major population losses and gains will begin the process of 'apportionment' in 2021 — reconfiguring Congressional districts to better align with population shifts. New York lost so many residents since 2010 that it's likely to lose a seat in Congress.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Bio
According to The Intercept, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's district may be the one on the chopping block, but the Democratic Socialist is prepared to put up a fight to keep her spot.
'In 2014, New York approved a constitutional amendment establishing a nonpartisan redistricting commission, which is set to take over the redistricting process starting in 2020,' the outlet reported. 'The 10-member commission, meant to be independent from the legislature, is made up of individuals selected by leaders from the state Senate and Assembly, and the original eight members pick two additional members.'
That commission is made up, largely, of state-level Democrats who, The Hill noted last year, believe Ocasio-Cortez isn't a team player because she's focused on national elections and not state party politics — or state party fundraising, a typical expectation. She's also focused on building a national presence and it's reportedly been difficult to keep her focused on her local constituents.
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If she does get redistricted out, it's possible that she could primary a national Democrat, even Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
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