Sen. Elizabeth Warren met with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive freshman lawmaker from New York, in Washington today
"The congresswoman has been meeting with various presidential candidates to talk about the issues," Ocasio-Cortez communications director Corbin Trent told CNN. He said Warren did not ask the New Yorker for an endorsement during their lunch near Capitol Hill.Ocasio-Cortez has not yet backed a candidate in the 2020 Democratic primary, despite her ties to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The pair campaigned together for progressive candidates during the 2018 midterm primaries.
Ocasio-Cortez's congressional district includes parts of the Bronx and Queens, bordering on location.In January, after rounds of layoffs at HuffPost, BuzzFeed and other news organizations made headlines, Ocasio-Cortez called Big Tech's dominance a threat to journalism. When Amazon pulled out of its agreement with New York, she sent out a celebratory tweet."Anything is possible," Ocasio-Cortez said.
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