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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is correct: Far-left City Councilman Chi Ossé’s bid to unseat House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries shouldn’t be “a good idea.”
Per Post sources, the privileged Brooklyn radical launched this problem towards the express objections of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who’s targeted on pursuing his agenda — not a Democratic civil struggle.
Ossé is an opportunistic twit who give up the native Democratic Socialists of America chapter years in the past, saying he was “not aligned with the organization itself” . . . however lately rejoined after Mamdani confirmed what a pressure the DSA might be.
New York City Council member Chi Osse speaks at a marketing campaign rally for New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani at the University Place in Manhattan, October 13, 2025. REUTERS
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Of course he presents that transfer as selfless, writing in the radical journal Jacobin that he did it “because the movement surge that carried Zohran into office must grow into a tidal wave.”
I.e., a wave Ossé needs to surf into his subsequent job.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to reporters as the House heads towards a vote on a invoice to pressure the Justice Department to release the case recordsdata on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. AP
Then again, many DSAers despise the left-centrist Jeffries, who solely endorsed Mamdani shortly earlier than Election Day and is backing a number of average Dems as a way to win a House majority subsequent 12 months.
We’d be glad to see the DSA fall into inner warfare, as varied factions battle over prioritizing the struggle to seize retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler’s seat, or to oust insufficiently anti-Israel Rep. Dan Goldman or possibly take out Queens Democratic boss Rep. Greg Meeks.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the rally. Not For Sale rally with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani. Aristide Economopoulos
It’s amusing to watch onetime firebrand AOC play the accountable stateswoman.
And to trace Mamdani’s makes an attempt to pragmatically work the halls in Albany to win his tax hikes and some other unfastened money that may fund his $10 billion first-year plans.
The mayor-elect, that’s, must keep his DSA troops from going full Viking to burn down the Democratic Party earlier than it pays him some danegeld.
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Even if it does serve Mamdani’s wants, we’ll be glad to see him be a part of AOC in squashing the unbearable Ossé.
