Joe Crowley: AOC Is a Great Talent But We Have to Appeal to Some Republicans to Cross over and Vote

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CROWLEY: "Well, first off, I think that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a great talent. There‘s no doubt about that. I think that what she‘s doing is speaking in no small part, as Bernie Sanders is, to the base of our party. And we need to maintain that base. We need to turn them out in the general election as well. But in order to win many of these seats in the House of Representatives, we need to go beyond our base. We have to appeal to moderates. We have to — we have to actually appeal to some Republicans to vote — to cross over and vote for a Democrat. And so, I do think that these are important things to happen, that they should continue to do this, but at the same time, we need to keep in mind, in order to win back the House of Representatives, we have to take seats that are presently held by Republicans. And to do that, you have to go to the moderate or you have to appeal to Republicans."