Ocasio Cortez 2021 Election

Source: Tom Williams/Pool via AP

1. Ocasio Cortez 2021 Election Results
2. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Vote Results
3. Ocasio Cortez 2021 Election Calendar
4. Ocasio Cortez 2021 Election Date

President Donald Trump skipped Joe Biden’s inauguration, but he wasn’t the only one. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) decided to attend a labor union demonstration in South Bronx instead, but her real reason is probably grounded in the latter part of why she was absent. She’s afraid. Yes, you read that right. Ocasio-Cortez is afraid of her Republican colleagues after the January 6 riot that occurred on Capitol Hill (via Fox News):

Ocasio Cortez 2021 Election Results

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in an Instagram post that she and several other members of Congress were exploring the possibility of setting up a commission to “rein in” the media.
• — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2021 After the insurrection at the Capitol earlier this month, Cruz — and other congressional Republicans — has been widely criticized for his insistence on objecting to the results of the 2020 election, echoing former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that victory was stolen from him.
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., bows her head during a closing prayer of a joint session of the House and Senate to confirm Electoral College votes at the Capitol, early Thursday, Jan 7, 2021, in Washington.
• — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2021. At least one participant in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol reportedly made violent threats against Ocasio-Cortez specifically.

Ted Cruz speaks with House members during a joint session of Congress convening at the Capitol to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, Jan.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., first told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that she had foregone her invitation to President Biden’s inauguration to support a union strike in the South Bronx.

'I’m thrilled for President Biden and Vice President Harris,' she said, 'I think the festivities were phenomenal.'

But when pressed, the progressive rabble-rouser admitted that she’d also sat out the swearing-in due to security concerns, adding that she didn’t feel safe around her colleagues at the moment.

[…]

'I think we also had very real security concerns,' Ocasio-Cortez admitted. 'We still don’t yet feel safe around other members of Congress.'

She added that a 'very considerable amount' of members of Congress do not feel safe around their colleagues, over two weeks since rioters breached the Capitol.

Okay, take a chill pill, lady. So much for the feelings of unity and no viewing each other as enemies. It’s why we all roll our eyes when Biden makes that declaration. Yet, we shouldn’t expect anything less from this New York lefty. She needs to make a fuss, cause a commotion, and offer a statement as if we forgot about her or something. AOC and the squad aren’t going anywhere. We get it. Frankly, at this point, maybe there should be one member of Congress who should be afraid of her—and it’s no Republican. It’s Sen. Chuck Schumer who is up for re-election in 2022. Ocasio-Cortez could primary him. She’s known for shooting inside the ship, she had the fundraising network to fill a war chest, and she has the name recognition. It could get interesting. But back to the inauguration, can we all agree that her remarks are grounded in nothing but pure idiocy, which I know makes up a lot of her remarks in general.

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Vote Results

• Tags:

The four progressive congresswomen known as 'The Squad' have all won reelection, cruising to a second term in the House of Representatives.

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. will return to their seats in the U.S. Congress.

The lawmakers, all women of color, have galvanized Democrats' left-wing flank and become influential progressive voices, but have also attracted the ire of President Trump, as well as some of the party's more moderate members.

'Our sisterhood is resilient,' Omar tweeted.

None of the incumbents faced substantial electoral challenges, although Ocasio-Cortez's opponent -- Republican John Cummings, a former New York Police Department officer -- raised more than $10 million, making the race the second most expensive House contest in the nation. (Ocasio-Cortez raked in more than $17 million).

'Serving NY-14 and fighting for working class families in congress has been the greatest honor, privilege & responsibility of my life,' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Tuesday night. 'Thank you to the Bronx & Queens for re-electing me to the House despite the millions spent against us, & trusting me to represent you once more.'

There is already speculation that Ocasio-Cortez, 31, may run for higher office in the coming years, a notion that she did not dispel during a recent interview.

“I don’t know if I’m really going to be staying in the House forever, or if I do stay in the House, what that would look like,” she told Vanity Fair. “I don’t see myself really staying where I’m at for the rest of my life.”

The lawmakers will be joined by newly elected Democratic House members who were endorsed by the Justice Democrats, the group that recruited the 'Squad' and helped bring them to victory in 2018.

Ocasio Cortez 2021 Election Calendar

Jamaal Bowman in New York's 16th Congressional District and Cori Bush in Missouri's 1st Congressional District both won their races on Tuesday night.

Ocasio Cortez 2021 Election Date

'I’m ready to get to work to disrupt the status quo and deliver for our families,' Bowman tweeted. 'Hold me accountable. Push me and my colleagues. I’m going to need you in Congress with me. There’s so much work to do.'