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Yahoo
5 days ago
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Progressive chair on possible Ocasio-Cortez White House bid: ‘The sky is the limit'
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said he thinks 'the sky is the limit' for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) when asked whether she could be a contender for president. 'I think the sky is the limit for Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, and she will be making her own decisions about whether she stays in the House or runs for anything else in the future,' Casar told NBC News's Kristen Welker in an interview Wednesday on 'Meet the Press Now.' Ocasio-Cortez has been crisscrossing the country in recent months as part of the 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that has drawn massive crowds and reignited speculation about the congresswoman's political future. The tour has been billed as 'hitting the road to have real discussions across America on how we move forward to take on the Oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power and influence in this country.' Casar said Democrats need to pay attention to the way Ocasio-Cortez, who is 'just a member of the House, continues to be able to speak to so many millions of people all across the country.' 'For too long, I think, in the House, we just had this view that whoever's been there the longest should be the first person in line,' Casar said in the interview, reflecting on the future leadership of the party. 'When, instead, I think, as a Democratic Party, we should be looking to messengers like Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez that could speak to millions of people.' Casar also suggested Democrats model some of the New York Democrat's messaging, including on billionaires, adding, 'And we shouldn't try to avoid controversy.' 'Donald Trump certainly doesn't avoid controversy,' Casar said. 'We should be willing to take strong stands that get people talking about who the Democrats really are — so that the Republicans don't fill the void talking about us.' 'I think we should be going right after guys like Elon Musk, but Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, too. We should stop acting like these billionaires are friends of the working person,' he continued. 'Trump, Musk, Bezos, all of them should be the folks that the Democratic Party is standing up against, so that way people know that we're actually for them.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Progressive chair on possible Ocasio-Cortez White House bid: ‘The sky is the limit'
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said he thinks the 'sky is the limit' for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) when asked whether she could be a contender for president. 'I think the sky is the limit for Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, and she will be making her own decisions about whether she stays in the House or runs for anything else in the future,' Casar told NBC News's Kristen Welker in an interview Wednesday on 'Meet the Press Now.' Ocasio-Cortez has been crisscrossing the country in recent months as part of the 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that has drawn massive crowds and reignited speculation about the congresswoman's political future. The tour has been billed as 'hitting the road to have real discussions across America on how we move forward to take on the Oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power and influence in this country.' Casar said Democrats need to pay attention to the way Ocasio-Cortez, who is 'just a member of the House, continues to be able to speak to so many millions of people all across the country.' 'For too long, I think, in the House, we just had this view that whoever's been there the longest should be the first person in line,' Casar said in the interview, reflecting on the future leadership of the party. 'When, instead, I think, as a Democratic Party, we should be looking to messengers like Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez that could speak to millions of people.' Casar also suggested Democrats model some of the New York Democrat's messaging, including on billionaires, adding, 'And we shouldn't try to avoid controversy.' 'Donald Trump certainly doesn't avoid controversy,' Casar said. 'We should be willing to take strong stands that get people talking about who the Democrats really are — so that the Republicans don't fill the void talking about us.' 'I think we should be going right after guys like Elon Musk, but Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, too. We should stop acting like these billionaires are friends of the working person,' he continued. 'Trump, Musk, Bezos, all of them should be the folks that the Democratic Party is standing up against, so that way people know that we're actually for them.'
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
House Progressive Caucus chair joins Truth Social
House Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas) joined President Trump's social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday in an effort to advocate against potential cuts to Medicaid in Trump's legislative agenda. Casar introduced himself as a 'proud progressive Democrat' in his first post on the platform, acknowledging that most users on the platform are more conservative than him. 'But right now House Republicans are trying to pass the biggest Medicaid cut in American history (while giving billionaires tax breaks), and that will hit all Americans regardless of party or ideology,' Casar wrote. 'Even if you disagree with me on some issues, if you oppose cutting healthcare and want to take back our government from the billionaire class, I want to talk to you.' Casar included a link to an op-ed in Fox News in which he further explains his reasoning to join the platform. The move is part of a broader strategy some Democrats have implemented to reach voters outside of their base on more conservative territory. Casar, who was elected in 2022, made his Fox News debut in March. Casar is not the first Democratic lawmaker to join Truth Social. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) joined the platform after Trump was elected last year, but he has recently become a target of criticism from Democrats. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is in the process of unifying his Republican conference to pass Trump's legislative agenda, which would extend Trump's tax cuts and boost his border funding priorities while reforming Medicaid and food assistance programs. Democrats have railed against the legislation, arguing it would cut government assistance programs. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
21-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
House Progressive Caucus Chair joins TruthSocial
House Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-Texas) joined President Trump's social media platform TruthSocial on Wednesday in an effort to advocate against potential cuts to Medicaid in Trump's legislative agenda. Casar introduced himself as a 'proud progressive Democrat' in his first post on the platform, acknowledging that most users on the platform are more conservative than him. 'But right now House Republicans are trying to pass the biggest Medicaid cut in American history (while giving billionaires tax breaks), and that will hit all Americans regardless of party or ideology,' Casar wrote. 'Even if you disagree with me on some issues, if you oppose cutting healthcare and want to take back our government from the billionaire class, I want to talk to you.' Casar included a link to an op-ed in Fox News in which he further explains his reasoning to join the platform. The move is apart of a broader strategy some Democrats have implemented to reach voters outside of their base on more conservative territory. Casar, who was elected in 2022, made his Fox News debut in March. Casar is not the first Democratic lawmaker to join TruthSocial. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) joined the platform after Trump was elected last year, but has recently become a target of criticism from Democrats. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is in the process of unify his Republican conference to pass Trump's legislative agenda, which would extend Trump's tax cuts and boost his border funding priorities while reforming Medicaid and food assistance programs. Democrats have railed against the legislation, arguing it would cut government assistance programs.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
House Democrat Gives Marjorie Taylor Greene Absolute 'Hell' Over Trans Fixation
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) called out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday after the DOGE subcommittee — a panel she chairs under the House Oversight Committee — held a hearing on transgender people in sports. 'What the hell are we doing here? Seriously?' asked Casar of the GOP-majority panel's 'Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports' hearing. 'We are here because Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks that if she picks on vulnerable people like trans folks, she can avoid having a discussion about the allegations of insider trading against her.' Casar made a nod to the congresswoman's disclosure that she'd bought somewhere between $21,000 and $315,000 in stocks on the day before — and the day of — Trump announcing a pause to most of his widespread tariffs last month. Democrats have since accused Greene of violating insider trading laws, suggesting that she knew about the trade policy change-up prior to the president's announcement, which sent markets soaring. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), as part of a push to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, claimed that Trump's approach to tariffs was 'all about manipulating the markets so that he could quietly enrich his friends who bought the dip.' Greene told reporters at the time that her financial adviser handles her stocks and claimed she doesn't place her own buys, per the Georgia Recorder. 'That's something that my portfolio manager does for me, and he did a great job. Guess what he did? He bought the dip,' she said. 'And that's what anybody that has any financial sense does when they know the market's going to be going down. That was obvious to everyone.' On Wednesday, Casar continued to dig into Greene over her focus on debating trans athletes, a population that Republicans have fixated on and legislated against despite trans people making up just a tiny portion of all athletes. 'She thinks she can distract from the fact that Trump and MAGA Republicans are raising your costs every single day, suppressing your wages every single day, stealing your taxpayer dollars every single day and threatening your health care,' he stressed. 'That's the reason we're at this crazy hearing today.' Related...
