Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) appeared on CNN’s “The Lead” Thursday to urge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) not to vote for a six-month stopgap spending bill.
Host Jake Tapper said, “You’ve been urging people to call their senators, tell them to vote no on cloture, which allows the bill to go forward for a vote of just a simple majority, and to vote no on the vote for a simple majority on the Republican bill. What do you say to the counterargument of, like, a government shutdown hurts the country, hurts the people you represent from Queens and the Bronx?”
Ocasio-Cortez said, “Absolutely. And that is why House Democrats have laid out a plan, as well as several Senate Democrats laid out a plan to keep government open for another 30 days as Republicans negotiate a deal with Democrats.”
She continued, “This continuing resolution…
