According to Politico, Ocasio-Cortez donated $160,000 to 32 “frontline” Democrats, a list that includes many prominent “CIA Democrats,” former representatives of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies.
You can see the logic behind it: it's not a blank check to the DCCC, but it's not total opposition to the party, either. She's split this among a bunch of races that might go red in 2022. If she just cut a $160K check to the DCCC they could just as easily throw all that money at some candidate in a safe blue seat who's facing a primary challenger from the left.
You can see the logic behind it: it's not a blank check to the DCCC, but it's not total opposition to the party, either. She's split this among a bunch of races that might go red in 2022. If she just cut a $160K check to the DCCC they could just as easily throw all that money at some candidate in a safe blue seat who's facing a primary challenger from the left.