Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly praised House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a move that caught even her own supporters off guard, a rare gesture of unity from a progressive flank that has spent years needling its own party leadership. The praise arrived alongside Jeffries’ headline-grabbing vow to wage “maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time” against former President Donald Trump, as JDJournal reported.
The pairing tells you something about where Democrats think they are right now, and where they want to go. It is not a story about bipartisan outreach or policy substance. It is a story about a minority party circling the wagons around confrontation as its primary strategy.
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