AOC suggests Politico report part of effort 'to demoralize the left'

It is not surprising at all that  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that a recent Politico report was designed to demoralize the left. The establishment is always trying to do that. They hate the idea that people might turn to left-wing ideas in this country. -SJ Otto

For example, David Freedlander writing for Politico recently wrote;

"Maybe you’ve heard the warning: The country is beset by a menace. A fringe conservative minority is holding Congress hostage, extracting radical policy concessions over the will of the majority. And it’s leading the nation to fiscal, environmental and moral ruin.

Maybe you haven’t heard this part: These dangerous conservatives are Democrats."

He is totally right. And here is an article from Fox News[1]:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has disputed a recent Politico report that suggested she might be modifying her socialist views, claiming the piece was part of a campaign to demoralize the left.

During an Instagram Live session Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez was asked whether the article, titled "The 'new' AOC divides the left," was "based in reality."

"If anything, I've only gotten more ardent in my positions," Ocasio-Cortez said, adding "but I do think it's funny that all these folks that one day are like, 'keep your third eye open,' 'manufactured consent,' are the same ones who fall the fastest for these ploys to demoralize the left."

The Politico article portrayed Ocasio-Cortez as making strategic decisions indicating she was more open to compromise than when she first entered Congress. It also featured quotes from top Democratic operatives speculating that Ocasio-Cortez was becoming more moderate.

"Neera Tanden, president of the liberal think tank Center for American Progress and a longtime Hillary Clinton aide, called Ocasio-Cortez's shift 'a sign of leadership,'" the article read. It also quoted James Carville, who has criticized the party's leftward drift, similarly speculating about a change in Ocasio-Cortez's disposition.

"Maybe she is — I don’t speak for her — coming to the conclusion that she wants to be part of the coalition," said Carville, a former aide to President Bill Clinton.

For the rest check Fox News (in this article, the foot note since Fox won't allow hyperlinks).

[1] https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-politico-demoralize-the-left