Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is offering words of warning to her congressional colleagues in the wake of a Democratic socialist sweep in the Big Apple earlier this week. Speaking with MS NOW’s Jen Psaki on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez was asked to provide advice for the two Democratic House of Representatives nominees — Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members Darializa Avila Chevalier and State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez. "What advice are you giving or would you have for these new members who are coming in and are already being painted in a certain way?" Psaki asked, adding, "What advice do you have for them about how to get things done while still shaking up the system at the same time?" "New and incoming members have no shortage of advice that's being given to them," Ocasio-Cortez began.SOCIALISTS CHEER ‘SHOCKWAVE’ PRIMARY NIGHT AS DSA-BACKED CANDIDATES WIN, ADVANCE ACROSS THE MAPRep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez waves to the crowd ahead of Zohran Mamdani's inauguration as the 112th mayor at City Hall in New York City on Jan.1, 2026.
(David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)"But you lived it.And you lived it in a very different way," Psaki said. Ocasio-Cortez went on to shift her answer toward offering advice to her fellow colleagues in the House of Representatives. "I'll get to them, but I actually think the more important advice that I would give would be to my incumbent colleagues — which is you will create a self-fulfilling prophecy by deciding who these young women are before you've met them," Ocasio-Cortez said.AOC, SANDERS WELCOME MAMDANI TO DC FOR HIS CAPITOL HILL DEBUT, URGING RELUCTANT DEMS TO 'GET TO KNOW HIM'Darializa Avila Chevalier, U.S.
Democratic House candidate for New York, speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2026, ahead of the state's primary election on June 23.(Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)She then tried to dissuade other members of Congress from jumping to conclusions ...