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LISA: WOW, PRAYING FOR
EVERYONE IN AUSTRALIA.
SO FRESHMAN CONGRESSWOMAN
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
STANDING BY HER DECISION TO
NOT PAY 250,000 IN PARTY
DUES, DESPITE RILING UP
FELLOW DEMOCRATS.
>> I'M PLAYING MY PART AND
I'M CONTRIBUTING TO OUR
PARTY.
BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
YEAR VERY CLEAR MESSAGE THAT
THEY WOULD BLACKLIST ANY
PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION
THAT HELPS CANDIDATES LIKE
ME.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT MY
FUNDRAISING SHOULD GO TO
PREVENTING MORE PEOPLE LIKE
ME FROM BEING HERE IN
CONGRESS.
LISA: OUR NEXT GUEST IS
RUNNING FOR OCASIO-CORTEZ
SEAT AND SAYS THIS IS JUST
ANOTHER SELFISH MOVE BY THE
DEMOCRAT.
G.O.P. CONGRESSIONAL
CANDIDATE SCHERIE MURRAY
JOINS ME NOW.
YOU SAY THIS IS JUST AN
EXAMPLE THAT SHE IS IN IT
FOR HERSELF.
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
>> DEMOCRATS ARE FRUSTRATED
WITH HER, LISA.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF AOC TRYING TO DELIVER
SOCIALISM TO AMERICA.
AND SHE IS TRYING TO RECRUIT
RADICALS TO DO SO.
I THINK IT'S JUST A SHAME
THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO
SUPPORT HER OWN PARTY AND BE
A TEAM PLAYER.
LISA: I WANT SO GET TO
THOUGH SHE IS BEING
CRITICIZED BY DEMOCRATS
OBVIOUSLY AS A RESULT OF
THIS.
I WANT TO GET TO THAT AS
WELL.
REPRESENTATIVE KNEE A LOUIE
OF NEW YORK, ALSO OF NEW
YORK SAYS THIS.
IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT AND
YOU ARE HERE, YOU SHOULD BE
PART OF THE EFFORT.
AND HERE IS ANOTHER
DEMOCRATIC AID WHO CHOOSES
TO NOT BE KNOWN THEY SAY
DEADBEAT CORTEZ SHOULD PAY
HER BILLS.
REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MEEKS
OF NEW YORK SAYS DCCC DUES
ARE ABOUT SUPPORTING OTHERS
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE A
PART OF THE TEAM.
DOES THIS IMPACT NEW YORK'S
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT?
DOES THIS IMPACT VOTERS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING HER
ON, LISA.
I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOUR
VIEWERS TO GO TO SCHERIE
MURRAY.COM.
WE ARE IN THIS FIGHT COMBAT
WHAT WE CEASE AS A FAR LEFT
SOCIALIST NARRATIVE
DETRIMENTAL TO AMERICA.
DEMOCRATS ARE UP IN ARMS
WITH HER.
LISA: IN 2018 THOUGH YOU DID
TWEET OUT YOU SAID
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ,
THIS IS THE NEW LEADERSHIP
THAT WE NEED.
SHE WAS A SOCIALIST THEN.
SHE IS A SOCIALIST NOW.
>> ACTUALLY NOT.
LISA: WHY SHOULD VOTERS
TRUST YOU?
>> ACTUALLY I DIDN'T SAY
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
I WAS EXCITED.
LISA: KIND OF LEADERSHIP YOU
WERE SUPPORTING HER.
>> SHE OUSTED AN INCUMBENT
THAT WASN'T IN THE DISTRICT.
LISA: WHY SHOULD PEOPLE
TRUST YOU THOUGH.
>> I PLAN ON BEING IN THE
DISTRICT AND I HAVE A
RECOVERED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
UNLIKE MY OPPONENT WHO FROM
THE TIME SINCE SHE HAS BEEN
ON ELECTED HAS BEEN ON BID
FOR THE LIMELIGHT AND LEFT
THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE 14TH
DISTRICT ABANDONED.
QUEENS AND THE BRONX DESERVE
MORE AND THAT'S WHY I'M THE
BEST CANDIDATE.
THE BEST MESSENGER TO
DELIVER A MESSAGE OF UNITY.
WE DON'T NEED SOMEONE IN
WASHINGTON THAT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO DIVIDE THE
FIGHT.
WE NEED SOMEONE THAT IS
GOING TO EUROPE NIGHT THE
FIGHT.
WE NEED A LEADER IN
WASHINGTON THAT CAN WORK
ACROSS THE AISLE AND THAT'S
WHAT I PLAN TO DO IS F. DULY