It is the future of the urban areas.
Via The Hill:
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Sunday warned against Democrats shifting “too far to the left,” saying it could ostracize Midwestern voters.
Duckworth made the comments on CNN’s “State of the Union” when pressed about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset win over longtime Democratic Rep. Joseph Crowley in New York last week.
Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described democratic socialist, defeated the fourth-ranking House Democrat who many had floated as a potential future Democratic Speaker of the House.
The 28-year-old political upstart’s win sparked a conversation about younger, more progressive figures taking on greater influence in the Democratic Party.
“State of the Union” host Jake Tapper asked Duckworth on Sunday if she felt Ocasio-Cortez represents the future of the Democratic Party.
“I think it’s the future of the party in the Bronx, where she is,” Duckworth said.
“I think that you can’t win the White House without the Midwest and I don’t think you can go too far to the left and still win the Midwest,” Duckworth said during the interview.
“You need to talk to the industrial Midwest, you need to listen to the people there,” she added.