Alisyn Camerota asked a panel of 2016 Hillary Clinton supporters their thoughts on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The panel praised her. 'Wow.' 'I love her.' 'What a woman.' 'I don't feel like she's playing games.'
Washington Former Democratic New York Rep. Joe Crowley offered a bit of advice to new members of Congress during an exit interview with Vice News."Don't come here thinking you're going to change the world overnight," he said.
It was perhaps advice for the woman taking his spot, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who defeated Crowley last summer in a upset primary victory and who's rocketed to the top of her class as the most high-profile freshman on Capitol Hill.In her first month in office, Ocasio-Cortez -- or AOC as she's short-handed commonly in the press -- has remained a news cycle fixture for her clapbacks, policy proposals and more than 350 tweets or retweets since January 3.
— CSPAN January 17, 2019 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Women's March in New York: "Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table." https://t.co/knzLXDTwND pic.twitter.com/oXcsyrGb2S
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