The newest star of the Democratic Party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, launched her New York congressional campaign by declaring “women like me aren’t supposed to run for office” — a jarring embrace of her distinction as a 28-year-old Latina less than a year removed from a job tending bar.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The worst thing to be in many Democratic primaries? A white male candidate.
By Michael Scherer and David Weigel
June 27, 2018 at 8:03 p.m. EDT