Rep.-elect Marie Newman, a progressive who counted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among her backers, rejected the GOP branding of her party as socialists and said Democrats are the party of "jobs, jobs, jobs." Republicans throughout the 2020 election drove home a message that electing Democrats would mean a vote for socialism based on influential leaders on the left like Ocasio-Cortez and Sen.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who describe themselves as Democratic socialists. Newman, the incoming congresswoman from Illinois' 3rd District, dismissed the socialist tag as GOP fear-mongering and said she's focused on making life more affordable and creating sustainable job opportunities. "Republicans have been calling us socialists since about 1901,".
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