Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid the blame Wednesday for a disappointing deal ending the 43-day government shutdown at the feet of Senate Democrats as a whole — not just Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — noting there were “eight Democrats who coordinated” with Republicans to end the standoff.
“There’s a lot of focus rightfully on Leader Schumer, but I do think that when it comes to the Senate, it is Senate Democrats that select their leadership,” Ocasio-Cortez said about her fellow New York Democrat in a brief interview. “And so I actually think this problem is much bigger than Leader Schumer.”
Ocasio-Cortez, a leader of the party’s…
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