In the year of the woman, joe crowley was obviously a man. Joe crowley was an old man in a party that is becoming younger and younger. 18 to 29yearold are becoming larger share. There are some that say this is an anomaly, this is about her district, but this is not sort of a preview of what is to come for the party as a whole. Do you agree with that analysis or do you agree that this is a huge wakeup call for the party and the leadership . District specific factors played a hand at here. Look at the maryland race, ben jealous won there. So it did seem to me that progressive challengers did have a good night last night. She ran on a platform of universal health care, a federal job guarantee, abolishing i. C. E. , immigrations and customs enforcement. A lot of what she said sounds a lot like what Bernie Sanders said, she also for example, ran on small donations largely from people in her districts just like Bernie Sanders. When youre looking at the party as a whole and you look at people like Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren and youre looking at are you taking any indication of this about what this might mean for you come 2020 . Absolutely. I take it that the Democratic Party is alive and well and to me, its a definite single that you need Bernie Sanders got over 40 of the primary vote in 2016. We shouldve known that but now we really, really know that. On utah, the president tweeting sort of cumuba iowa from the president and they have not been on the same page but he says theres so much good to do a great and loving family will be coming to d. C. Isnt that so nice that theyre together now . Mitt romney is the most antitrump republican in the senate and mitt romney has permission to do so in a state like utah where he won by nearly 50 points while donald trump only won by about 20 points. Thank you. Appreciate you staying awake for us. Gentlemen, nice to have you in cortez bio and in one of the ads she ran. Women like me, mark, arent supposed to run for office. Shes a woman, 28 and latino and she won. What should democrats being hearing loud and clear this morning . Couple things. This has been a story that the four of us all can agree on, you know, when youre talking about the changing Demographics Party that is pushing back against the establishment. So much focus on President Trump and what he tweets in the Early Morning hours all throughout the day that the Democratic Party in many ways has had a pass meaning they havent had to air their dirty laundry out in the public and when it has been aired out in the public, po itoesnt get as much attention. When i talk about the dirty laundry, it really is about the future direction of the party, ten years from now but that fight is taking place right now. Not only in these congressional contest thats were seeing like we saw last night. This huge upset, but were also seeing among the Party Structure and Party Leadership of the just go back about a month ago, there was talk that Bernie Sanders, his movement, wasnt seeming to catch cold. Whoever was talking about that a month ago was not right. Perry, she worked for Bernie Sanders in 2016. She ran on a very similar if not more left, more progressive platform even than he did but thats a platform that has not brought up until now a lot of wins so far, right, this primary season. Do you think that this changes that, meaning is this the beginning of a trend or is this a oneoff . I tend to think its a oneoff. The vast majority of primaries, the incumbents have won. In general, until last night the sanders wing of the party has not been doing particularly well in these primaries themselves. A lot of the more establishment, more triple c, more Party Candidates have won. Last night might be part of the demographics of the district. Crowley particularly was maybe caught off guard. Maybe she was a good campaigner. Maybe we should think about this race as a oneoff and maybe she was a particularly good candidate. He was a particularly poor one. Listen to what she said just this morning. Working class americans and voters here have been waiting for an unapologetic champion for academia social in the United States and we provided a very district message, a very clear message. A very clear, very direct message and being an unapologetic champion for social and racial dignity. Is she saying the Democratic Party as it stands now is not that . Thats what the struggle is. They dont feel the democrats are pushing hard enough back against President Trump. They dont feel like theyre doing enough in congress. The more liberal wing of the Democratic Party, that they are not laying it all out on the field to try to get things done. What we should note,though, when she said it was a very direct message, it was a very tailored message she delivered last night to a very tailored constituency that is going to embrace that message. Its not going to be embraced in the middle of missouri in the middle of arizona, lets say. While we are looking at her now as saying, wow, this anomaly, you know, this rock star, this breakout candidate, after november, assuming shes going to win, shes going to go to congress and become one of 435 members. Hate to cut you short but i have a very important woman joining me next. Thank you both for being here. Joining me now is alexandria cortez. Congratulations. Thank you. I dont know what i did by 28 years old but it certainly snt this. Conatulations to you. You said leading up t last night in the election, women like me arent supposed to run for office. You did, you won. You were outspent 10 to 1, why did you win . I think that really i mean we won because we organized. We won because i think we had a very clear winning message and we took that message to doors that had never been knocked on before. We spoke to communities that had typically been, i think, dismissed and they responded. When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, i do feel like they are theyll do things like turnout in an offyear midyear primary. You are clearly saying that your party thats the Democratic Party has dismissed factions of society, has dismissed groups of people. Who is that . I think what we really need to talk about it is we need to reach out to young people, people we think are nonvoters, speak english as a second le language, working class people, people with two jobs that usually are too busy, quote unquote, to vote. People that have never voted before but is the Democratic Party not doing that . Is that what youre saying . I think that i think that here in new yo thecal wisdom is to go after your triple prime and nationally i think there are probably some folks doing good work and some exciting candidates doing that work but here in new york and here in this district, i feel like it wasnt being done. So you have called for a number of things, one of them being to abolish i. C. E. And you traveled to the border to texas to see where some of these separated families are being held. What would you replace i. C. E. With and do w not need protection at the border . We absolutely do need to make sure that our borders are secure, to make sure that people are safe in psage buthat we need to realize and remember is that i. C. E. Was established in 2003 right at the same time as the patriot act, the iraq war and we look back on a lot of that time as a mistake now and i think that i. C. E. Is right there as a part of it extra judicial nature is baked in to the strucf the agency and that is why theyre able to get away with black with black sites at our border and the separation of children. We are committing human rights abuses on this border in separating children from their families and that, you know, is part of the structure of the agency. We can replace it and we can replace it with a Humane Agency that is directed towards safe passage instead of the direction of the criminalization. What do you mean black sites . What do you mean by pardon . What do you mean by black sites . Were just hopping off msnbc and they were talking about it. Basically, what we have is that people are not able to access even our own members oongress are not able to access what is happening in these sites and that in and of itself, the secretive nature and human abuse rights are happening without any sort of transparency or accountability, that is where were at right now. That is what is ppening. I would note those facilitie the lawmakers who have gotten inside have not been able to see some of the children. Let me ask about a few things that if you make it washington, if you win in november, would you support nancy pelosi for House Speaker should the democrats take control o house . I think its far too early to make those kinds of commitments right now. I think we just need to look at what the options are. Its entirely possible but also just need to see what the landscape is of the leadership, we need to just focus on winning november first and then well have the conversation about our leadership. Thats not certainly anything but a resounding yes. It sounds like you have some questions about the Democratic Partys leadership overall right now . Well, i think i think really what this is just about is we need to see what congress we elect in november. Entirely possible that she that her leadership may stay but its also entirely possible that we can look at other options. I just dont think i think its far too premature to have this conversation. Its notable that you defeated man representative crowley that was the air apparent to nancy pelosi. There are some democrats as you hment proceedin against ng for the president should democrats retake the house in november. There are other democrats like representative jerry nadler of new york as well who have warned against that and said thats a dangerous path for democrats to where do you fall . Would you push for a trump impeachment should you win . Well, i would i would support impeachment. I think that, yoe have the grounds to do it. I think what really we need to focus on is making sure that we already advocating for the policies to win in november, but ultimately i think that what we need to focus on is insuring that we can, you know, when people break the potentially break the lawhat we have to hold everyone accountable and that no person is above that law. Do you see yourself, alexandria, as more of a democrat or a progressive . Would you say im a member of the Democratic Party this morning . Im absolutely proud to be a democrat. I was raised in a democratic family with Democratic Values but it also means that the Democratic Party is a big tent and there are so many ways to be a democrat and im proud to bring to congress an addit perspective and a ls towards what the future of the Democratic Party may be. In 2020, should you win in nove in 2020, can you see right now that y unequivocally back the democratic nominee in opposition to President Trump . Yeah. Would it be a guarantee that Hillary Clinton would have gotten your vote . Yeah. Or do you foresee a reasonable scenario in which that wouldnt happen . No. I think that were just at a moment where we absolutely have to support the democratic nominee against President Trump, absolutely, withoutstion. Here in new york as you know there is a gub no torrial race thats getting a lot of attention. Governor andrew cuomo running against Cynthia Nixon. Shes calls for some similar things as you. Who are you backing . Who should win . Oh, well, i was proud to receive the endorsement of ms. Nixon yesterday and in return of that support, i think that there were a few people that took major, major risks in supporting this campaign and in charting that path forward and she was of them and, you know, they really took a major risk and i think that that you know, its a great form of leadership. So thats an endorsement for Cynthia Nixon . Correct . Lets go back to the question. Yes. Youre a democrat who said i would i would favor proceeding with impeachment against the president , articles of impeachment against President Trump if you win in november. On what ground should the president be impeached . I think that there are serious grounds in violations of the emoluments clause from day one. I think that t is first and foremost one of the basic elements and violations on that and then once again, its hard to predict whats going to happen over the next few months. There are several investigations one or more investigations happening, but i think from day one we had violations of the emoluments clause with the presidency. As we know there is not equality, gender equality or equality on theas race when it comes to representation in congress and that is slowly changing, but i just wonder if you could reflect a bit on your win as a woman, as a 28yearold latino woman and the year were in, the me too movement, sort of what you believe this says about the country . I think it says right now that women are at a time where they are feeling emboldened and that we know that justice and we know that representation is not going to be handed to us. We have to fight for it. We have to earn it. We have to, you know, fight for everygle vote and every single scrap and not only is that necessary but that women are ready to do that this year now more than ever. Finish this sentence for me, alexandria, should i be elected to congress in november, i will accomplish blank . Umhum. So i think should i be elected to congress in november, im hoping to accomplish not just my own election but a caucus of progressives in the primaries to come so that we can come in to this legislation come into congress and be able to cosponsor really a profound legislation that not only fights for economic and social dignities for all americans but advances health care as a human right, advances Higher Education, the expansion of Higher Education including trade schools to all working class americans and more. All right, and the name thats top of mind for you when it comes to the democrat you think should run against President Trump in 2020, i want one name, what is it . Man, i do not have one right now. There are a lot of great ones. Thats a problem. Thats a problem for pa isnt it that you dont have a name . I mean, i think healthy were used were used to voting for the lesser of two evils instead o the better of the two options. I hope in the future we realize that having more than one amazing candidate is not a problem. Is there a better is there two evils, i you think of a Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren and kristen gillibrander, do you think those names can and win against President Trump . For me i think that any candidate right now in 2020 my bar, my first bar is the rejection of corporate lobbyist pack money in financing our campaigns. We have several excellent candidates that have taken that important bold first step and i am im looking forward to seeing how theyre policies evolve and develop. I think theres a lot of jockeying over the names but we need to take a look at some of the policies and proposals that earn that frontrunner status. Alexandria cortez, congratulations. Let this soak in for a moment. Thank you. Thank you. Breaking news, the officer who shot and killed an unarmed 17yearold ant wwon rose in ea pittsburgh is under arrest facing criminal homicide charges this morning. 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