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In reply to the discussion: Some Dems float idea of primary challenge for Ocasio-Cortez [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)It's inevitable that others (in that blue district likely to reflect more mainstream progressive and social justice positions) will consider running for what might turn out to be a vulnerable seat.
"Primarying" is probably not an appropriate term. After all, that's a hostile, targeted attempt to remove a specific rep, typically punishment for not going along somehow. Ocasio doesn't even have a voting record yet. Sure, there is a lot of talk about her offending a bunch of her colleagues in congress, but this doesn't sound like serious primary talk so much as grumbling, and she can stop offending them any time she wants.
My guess is most in her district prefer to wait and see how their "Wednesday morning surprise" actually performs over the next year. They have time, and in their place I'd look very poorly on outsiders trying to interfere in my district.