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Just days after the 2020 election, Democrats operatives began suggesting that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) should challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the 2022 Democratic primary.
However, a top New York Democrat is already warning Ocasio-Cortez from launching such a challenge.
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Jay Jacobs, chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee, told the New York Post on Saturday that Ocasio-Cortez should slam the brakes on any idea of challenging Schumer for his seat.
“I think it would be a primary driven by ambition more than by need,” Jacobs told the Post.
In fact, Jacobs predicted that Ocasio-Cortez would “absolutely” lose a head-to-head battle against Schumer.
“Chuck Schumer has been a progressive force in the state for decades,” he explained. “She has a constituency that admires her and supports her, and they’re in her community, and I think it would be a loss for them if she were to do that.”