Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) has “been with the Republicans” since Congress returned, after the Michigan Democrat endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the midterms.

“She’s been with the Republicans ever since she’s come back. So she’s been on the Republican side of the aisle,” Ocasio-Cortez said during an appearance on “The Don Lemon Show” that aired Thursday.

“This is just the epitome of a certain kind of transactional politics,” she added. “And it’s really sad.”

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    38 minutes ago

    Much like Sinema, there are MANY of these DINOs who act as Republican sleepers, just waiting for their activation to inflict the most damage. Once that capital is expended, well, then time to be open Republican.

    Schumer, Jeffries, Stevens, Fetterman are Sinema. There are many more (e.g., DWS in FL, and Gilibrand in NY)

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      Lol they’re not just Republican sleepers, they’re quite literally foreign nation assets as well. Cuba is unsurprisingly pretty good at this

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        I think they’re the same picture, but even if, the output/consequences is the same.

        Republicans are heavily compromised by Russia (and in general the BRICS orbit, more accurately), along with Israel, and domestic billionaire oligarchs.

        Democrats are heavily compromised by Israel and domestic billionaire oligarchs as well, but since they’re the lesser evil they also attract a subset of do-gooders trying to push back against the corruption. Our job is to amplify their voices to the best we can and broaden the work the likes of Sanders kicked off years ago.

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          Oh yeah I agree, I just wanted to make the distinction that our corruption is as much of a melting pot as our population is