House Dem blasts 'juvenile' Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff: 'Ignorance is beyond belief'

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Growing number of Dems back Pelosi in feud with AOC
The differences between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have gone public and grown uglier by the day since last weekend and the rift between the far-left and central wings of the party have been laid bare for all to see. However, on Thursday, it appeared Ocasio-Cortez's suggestion that the speaker was "singling out" her and her progressive colleagues - Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass - because of their race was starting to backfire.

Public support among Democrats appeared to swing in Pelosi's favor. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., slammed AOC's suggestion as "inappropriate" and "weak." "It tells you the level of ignorance to American history on their part as to what we are as the Democratic Caucus," he told Fox News. Clay urged the four freshmen members of Congress to allow themselves to mature and learn how to be "effective legislators."

Clay wasn't the only one to attack Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday. "The View" hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg criticized her decision to attack Democrats like Pelosi. Meanwhile, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and a Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair, said that she could relate to Ocasio-Cortez and told the Hill that she is requesting a meeting with Pelosi. Several Democrats are worried the Pelosi-AOC feud is an unnecessary distraction from the 2020 presidential election and is only helping President Trump. Meanwhile, Fox News' Sean Hannity made an offer to AOC that he hopes she finds too tempting to refuse.