Ocasio-Cortez Rallies Progressives to Push Biden for Bold Action
- Groups press for action on climate change, racial justice
- Progressives expand presence among Democrats in House
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The newly expanded group of young progressive Democrats in the House, led by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is moving quickly to pressure President-elect Joe Biden for bold action on climate change, racial justice and other issues despite wariness among some in the party’s establishment of moving too far, too quickly.
“We have champions, like Mondaire Jones, like Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, that are now being ushered into this new wave,” Ocasio-Cortez said during the rally Thursday outside the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.