joe crowley not just a long serving congress, he was party boss in the old sense, the chair of the queens county democratic committee. 20 years ago didn t have to have an open primary there was a back room maneuver that put him on the ballot. he was party boss. he got reelected. look at this. he gets opposition. there is low turnout. there is energy on this side and that is it for joe crowley. steve, i have to say having been around new york politics a long time, i am not at all surprised that somebody who has actually never faced a challenge if you don t have a democratic primary in that district, you don t have a challenge. no republican is going to even bother to show up on the ballot in movement so joe crowley never faced a challenge. he was never actually tested at the ballot box, and you have a shifting demographic in a district that includes the queens in bronx. this is old ethnic politics. the irish are on their way to giving up that seat, and they give it up tonight. i don
actually had the most impressive video. and in her video piece introducing herself to the district and really to all of new york, because many of us watched it even if we weren t in her district, she starts it by saying women like me aren t supposed to run for office. and then she talks about zip codes being determinative of what your opportunities are. she talked about her personal life story of having a puerto rican mother and a father from the south bronx. she was clearly signaling in that video that she was representing what that district really is now, and she also said very explicitly in that video who is this new york changing for? so she had these very clear messages that were really about whether or not the city and joe crowley by extension was actually serving the population that really is representative of that district now.
we have more on our breaking news in the new york state primary election tonight. congressman joe crowley has lost his seat in congress tonight in new york city in queens and the bronx, and he has now immediately endorsed alexandria ocasio-cortez, the 28-year-old activist who defeated the incumbent democrat tonight in the primary. a very, very low turnout primary here in new york city. 57% to 42%. congressman crowley just tweeted i want to congratulate ocasio 2018. i look forward to supporting her and all democrats this november. the trump administration is a threat to everything we stand for here in queens and the bronx, and if we don t win back the house this november, we will lose the nation we love. joining us now this part of our discussion, maya wiley, a former counsel to the mayor of new york. eugene robinson, opinion writer for the washington post and msnbc political analyst. maya, you know the critics here in this city.
nancy pelosi and the group, you heard her the other day. she wants to raise your taxes. they want to get rid of the tax cut bill and raise your taxes. nancy pelosi came out in favor of ms-13. that s the first time i ve heard that. she wants them to be treated with respect. can you imagine having nancy pelosi as the speaker of the house? can you imagine? that was president trump going after house minority leader nancy pelosi making it pretty darn clear that republicans think running against pelosi once again is the path to keeping their majorities. is that the case? joining me right now a member of the house democratic leadership congressman joe crowley. thanks for coming in. thanks, kate. lead to be with you. republicans are making no secret that they ll run once
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