Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reacted New York Democratic congressional hopeful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary victory Tuesday night over Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY). Host Jake Tapper asked if Ocasio-Cortez socialist platform was the future of the Democratic Party. Partial transcript as follows: TAPPER: There were obviously a lot of shockwaves in the Democratic Party Tuesday night, when 28-year-old Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, Joe Crowley, has a platform of Medicare for all, federal jobs guarantee, free college tuition. Is this the future of the Democratic Party? DUCKWORTH: I think it’s the future of the party in the Bronx, where she is. I think that we, as legislators, need to listen to our constituency and get out there. I think what she did was, she did the hard work. She pounded the pavement, and she was out there talking to every one of her constituents. And I think that was the difference. She turned out her voters and reflected the needs of her district. TAPPER: Are you concerned at all that your party is going too far to the left to either win in the midterms or win back the
