AOC heads to battleground Michigan to boost left wing candidate and herself

Michigan’s primary is now the main proxy battlefield for the ideological war in the Democratic Party.The embattled left is unleashing its top star next week in what it hopes will stop the bleeding from the damaging collapse of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.“Squad” Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will co-host with comrade Sen.

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) rallies called “The People vs.The Powerful” July 18-19 on behalf of Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.“El-Sayed now owns the political liabilities that come with AOC’s endorsement and her socialist spending spree.

Together in Congress, they would saddle Michiganders with crippling tax hikes and dismantle the law enforcement agencies that keep their communities safe,” said Bernadette Breslin, press secretary for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.The contested race that is bringing the nation’s most prominent lefties to the Midwest comes due to the retirement of two-term Sen.Gary Peters (D-MI).

Left-wing Democratic Socialists of America-backed El-Sayed, 41, has been leading in the polls, but is now encountering a fierce counter-attack from the party’s establishment wing as Dems try to avoid another disaster like Maine.“We’ve seen what happened in New York and Colorado.The real question is can it happen in a purple state like Michigan?” said Bill Ballenger, a former Michigan state House and Senate member and author of the Ballenger Report, pointing to recent lefty primary wins.

“Could El-Sayed win? And if he does – boy then there is really going to be a story this coming November.”He called AOC’s appearance a “smart move” for the superior retail politician, but doubted she could ever carry the state herself in a “totally different situation” as presidential candidate.Establishment-leaning Democrats were panicked that two rival candidates – Rep.Haley Stevens (D-MI), who is backed by Minority Leader Sen.

Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and state Sen.Mallory McMorrow ...