I just received this letter from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Conservative politicians and pundits have been unrelenting in their attempts to embarrass her and destroy her career. Fox News constantly tries to portray her as ignorant and dumb. Their attempts have failed. Rather than destroy her, the constant attention to her has given her lots of publicity and they have catapulted her to being a house hold name. She has become a dominating figure in Congress. She is smart and able to defend herself when she is attacked. I hope AOC not only wins re-election, but I hope more people as her, progressive and left wing, win elections and move in on our stodgy conservative congress.
-SJ Otto
So from AOC:
When I first announced my campaign for Congress, people told me it wasn’t possible for someone like me to run and win. They said we couldn’t raise enough money or earn the endorsements needed to unseat a powerful incumbent.
We proved them wrong. We showed that the grassroots could beat the big money and establishment insiders. This year, I became the youngest woman to serve in Congress — and I want another young progressive woman to shatter that record in 2020.
That’s why I’m proud to endorse Jessica Cisneros for Congress. She’s a progressive fighter running up against an entrenched incumbent. She can’t win this race on her own — but with the people behind her, she’ll be unstoppable. That’s why I’m asking you to help her right now:
Jessica was born and raised in the border town of Laredo
Just like us in 2018, Jessica is running against a powerful incumbent as an unapologetic advocate for her community. Her opponent, Henry Cuellar, has more than $3,000,000 in his campaign bank account, and these funds aren’t coming from the grassroots. They’re coming from corporate PACs, Big Oil, and private prison corporations like GEO Group.
She needs our help to compete on an even playing field. Can I count on you to chip in today?
I need your help to bring Jessica to Congress so we can fight together for a Green New Deal, Medicare for All and fixing our broken immigration system. Together we can shift the center of gravity in Congress away from the privileged, powerful few and towards the many.
Pa'lante,