A radical leftist PAC aligned with socialist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is declaring war on Joe Biden and threatening to split the Democrat Party in two.
Justice Democrats launched a preemptive strike on two of Biden’s early appointees to senior White House positions, savaging Biden and his team for being insufficiently socialist.
The PAC, largely seen as a mouthpiece for Ocasio-Cortez, is trying to salvage her reputation after her shrill socialist agenda led to massive losses for Democrats in down-ballot races.
“A Biden administration dominated by corporate-friendly insiders like Steve Ricchetti and Cedric Richmond will not help the President-elect usher in the most progressive Democratic administration in generations,” Justice Democrats Executive Director Alexandria Rojas announced in a statement.
Richmond is a liberal Democrat congressman from New Orleans, criticized by liberals as being too favorable to the oil and gas companies that create good-paying jobs for his community. Richetti was Biden’s chief of staff during the Obama administration.
But if AOC’s Justice Democrats want to throw stones at Biden, he is armed with a nuke.
Ocasio-Cortez was only narrowly elected to Congress in 2018 when she squeaked past incumbent Democrat Congressman Joe Crowley in the Democrat primary after Crowley largely blew off campaigning and Justice Democrats spent $2.7 million supporting her.
But while Justice Democrats spent millions advocating for Ocasio-Cortez, she and her campaign manager were two of the group’s three controlling board members.
“The New York Democrat and her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, who served as her campaign chair, joined the board of Justice Democrats in December 2017, according to the political action committee’s website,” The Daily Caller reported in March 2019.
“It also said the two held ‘legal control over the entity’ at the same time it was playing a key role in supporting Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign prior to her shock victory over incumbent Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in June 2018,” The Daily Caller reports.
It is a federal crime for a candidate and a PAC to coordinate spending. In the last few years, several Republicans have gone to federal prison for coordination, including a Virginia political consultant who ran a PAC supporting a campaign he was managing.
If Ocasio-Cortez wants to take on Biden, his Attorney General could quickly fire back by convening a federal criminal grand jury to look into her own dealings.
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Michael Brigham
Michael Brigham has written for American Action News since the summer of 2019. His areas of expertise include foreign affairs, government, and politics, but regardless of the subject matter, he has a nose and an insatiable appetite for news. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, watching a mix of comedies and true crime documentaries, and spending time away from the swamp hiking in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why wouldn’t Bill Barr have done this already? We don’t need no stinkin Bind’em AG!
Candy Barr doesn’t know what federal laws are, much less how to enforce them.
Because only Republican’s are punished for wrong doing, never the Dem’s.
Why should he waste his time? Given enough time she’ll eat the Democrat Party.
AG BARR = JEFF SESSIONS…
So, if the Biden and the Dems have the ammo to threaten her with wrongdoing under campaign finance laws, why the heck hasn’t Trump’s AG indicted her yet?
Just want to know does AOC or the squad drive a car ride transit or fly in planes? Just saying???????
I am betting the answer is yes to all three!
Yes, they do. That is the commie mantra…..Do as I say, not as I do…..
Why hasn’t anybody done anything about these Democrats yet??
Well To see that pie Hole big mouth Creepy AOC dragged off in handcuffs.
Now that Would make my day That American Hating Bitch is Using good air that others could breath .
NOW THEY ARE CENSORING ME > I GUESS AOC IS ON THERE MODERSATORS STSAFF
I wish I could tell Biden and Nancy “Welcome to Trumps world” where every ones against you from day one. I hope the old Blue Dog Dems get up off their dog beds and come to the party.
AG BARR, WHEN THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE IN AND DO YOUR JOB.? i SUPPOSE YOU ARE TO BUSY HELPING PELOSI EAT ICE CREAM. I THINK HE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR WORKING FOR THE DEMOCRATS. HE JUSTS SITS BACK AND DOES NOTHING.
Oh that’s just silly..AOC is a screaming liberal Socialist Democrat she is therefore far above any laws that apply to you or me. Her campaign funds, financed her lavish wardrobe, and her high end condo in Washington..she’s hardly Jenny for the block…she’s used her position to inflate her importance and the gullible people who voted for this sham.. She’s a loud mouth, with a big chest who has done absolutely NOTHING for the people who elected her, and never will.
She’s a sick dumb little puppy lost to the real world and dummer than a box of rocks.
federal laws never apply to liberals.
She’s a democrat, which means she’ll get a pass.
An Attorney General of any substance should have already been cognizant of her Criminal activities regarding her “Chalky Chief of Staff” and their blatant Misuse of “Campaign Funds”
for “Other Expenses ” not related to Her Campaign ! If She was a Republican, She would Bar she used to mix drinks in !
My comment was Skewed ! Below is part that was omitted
If She was a Republican, She would be dressed in “Fashionable Orange” and behind a door with bars and not the kind she mixed drinks in , not on magazine Covers !
Conservatives are beyond pissed. When are we going to see some justice? When the hell are the powers that be going to get off their collective asses and do their job? There are literally dozens of people in government right now that need to be charged, indicted and convicted, and they can start with that lying weasel Adam Schiff and that traitor John Brennan.
In the last few years, several Republicans have gone to federal prison for coordination, including a Virginia political consultant who ran a PAC supporting a campaign he was managing. So explain to us again why Cortez is not currently behind bars???
I am guessing if you added up all of the felonies AOC and her commie squad friends are likely guilty of it would be overwhelming. Toss Biden/Harris in for China $$ laundering and you have only touched the surface of Hillary Clinton’s criminal activity.
Little Miss Cortez just doesn’t know when to THINK before speaking. She actually does have a reasonably high I.Q., but, as one of my elderly neighbors puts it, “She ain’t got a lick of common sense!” (Meaning: High intelligence doesn’t always equate to being smart)
Hell, WHY WAIT???
Please split the Democrat party! Any way I can help!
Let them fight out and maybe they will self destruct and save the country and taxpayers lots of money. The rest of us lots of BS news. throw some more gas on the fire Demorats. I’ll bring marsh mellows and sticks.
leopards usually show their spots
Well, the law is the law, what is Barr doing besides sitting on his ass drawing a check each month?
The fun has begun.
Forget charges. EXECUTE HER
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving “person”!!!!!
But….she’s a liberal and ALL liberals get a free pass. Read your handbook.
When you’re so radical that your own political party and country can’t stand you, it’s time to get out of politics!
The writer just proved thst AOC is guilty of a crime. So who is going to GO GET HER? Where is justice in America? IF you see Hillary in Jail, you will know that we have justice back.