While she was waiting to be called up to speak at her November General Election Campaign Kick-Off Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was all smiles. After all she defeated ten-term incumbent Joe Crowley in the June Federal primary to become the candidate of the Democratic Party for the 14th Congressional District.
However the ten-term incumbent she defeated will still be on the ballot once again for the November general election. Joe Crowley had secured the Working Families Party line, a tactic used by many candidates to gather more than one party line to ward off competitors. It can also be used as Joe Crowley is doing, that being to say to voters that they have another chance in November to re-elect him. That was why today's November Kick-Off campaign event was important to 'The Movement' as said by the Democratic Party candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
When Alex spoke, she mentioned that after her win in June she helped to get two Muslim women elected in Michigan, and a black woman elected in Massachusetts. She went on to say 'The Movement has rocked the Democratic world, where people like her are winning elections by knocking on doors and talking to people. She added that 'The Movement' has arisen millennials like her to run for office, and win. Another comment by the Democratic candidate for the 14th Congressional District was that 'one year ago at this time I (Alex) was a bartender'.
Above - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood on top of a chair to talk to her supporters who came to Lorraine's located on Unionport Road for her November general election Campaign Kick-Off.
Below - Alex answers questions from reporters. One reporter asked if the place she chose to kick-off her November campaign was because she was a bartender?
Alex answered yes that it did play a role in the selection of the location.
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