Alexandria Ocasio Smollett’s harsh month
Alexandria Ocasio Smollett has had a tough month. She was nearly murdered by Ted Cruz in the January 6 riots.
The New York Democrat took to Instagram Live to discuss her experiences during the Jan. 6 rioting, when rioters supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, committing acts of vandalism and postponing the certification of the 2020 electoral college results as members of Congress were forced to evacuate the building.
“Hide, hide, run and hide,” Ocasio-Cortez recalled one of her staffers telling her.
After hearing loud banging on her office door, Ocasio-Cortez said she hid in her bathroom as she braced herself for her office to be breached.
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Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez | Andrew Harnik/AP
In his first 15 days in office, President Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies from the federal government, and started the process of unwinding Trump’s disastrous environmental legacy. And now a trio of Democratic lawmakers wants President Biden to declare a “climate emergency” as soon as possible.
Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, along with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, announced plans to introduce legislation on Thursday that would mandate Biden make such a declaration. The bill compares the action needed on the climate crisis to the wartime mobilization during World War II and urges Biden to declare an emergency under the National Emergencies Act, thus unlocking more than 100 additional presidential powers to tackle the crisis. “It’s past time that a climate emergency is declared,
They Supported âDefund the Police.â Then the Mayoral Campaign Began.
Most of the leading mayoral candidates have been wary of embracing the âdefund the policeâ movement, which has lost some mainstream political momentum.
Many in the Democratic field for mayor have backed away from the defund movement, reframing the issue as a broader need for changes to city policing.Credit.Byron Smith for The New York Times
Feb. 3, 2021
Nearly eight months ago, Scott M. Stringer stood in Brooklyn before an angry, unsettled gathering to memorialize the death of George Floyd. The best way to honor him, Mr. Stringer said, was to send a clear message to City Hall: âItâs time to defund the N.Y.P.D. now.â