Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the GOP caucus has 'white supremacist sympathizers' at its core tcolson@businessinsider.com (Thomas Colson) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the new GOP caucus has 'white supremacist sympathizers' at its core. The Democratic lawmaker told MSNBC that there was a 'profound difference' between the new caucus and the caucus in the previous Congress. 'This term there are legitimate White supremacist sympathizers that sit at the heart and at the core of the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives,' she said. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said there are "white supremacist sympathizers" at the heart of the new GOP caucus in the House of Representatives and accused House minority leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of failing to tackle political extremism among his colleagues.