The freshman congresswoman from New York hit out at Rep. Henry Cuellar over his support from the NRA and 'big oil.'
The eighth-term congressman will face his 26-year-old challenger at the Texas 28th district's Democratic primary on March 3 amid a series of Super Tuesday races.
"Jessica is running against Representative Henry Cuellar, an eight-term congressman in a deeply blue district, who votes with Donald Trump about 70% of the time," she added. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a press conference with Rep. Andy Levin on February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC.She went on to criticize the incumbent for wanting to"maintain the status quo," and highlighted his criticism of the Green New Deal proposed by the freshman congresswoman.
Her message then encouraged activists to donate $3 split between MoveOn and the Cisneros campaign. She first endorsed the challenger candidate in October last year.NARAL also released a statement hitting out at a"dishonest" Cuellar ad campaign, and described Cisneros as"the champion who should replace him."
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