Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has infuriated colleagues by aligning with a progressive outside group that's threatening to primary entrenched Democrats. Now some of those lawmakers are turning the tables on her and are discussing recruiting a primary challenger to run against the social media sensation.

At least one House Democrat has been privately urging members of the New York delegation to recruit a local politician from the Bronx or Queens to challenge Ocasio-Cortez.

"What I have recommended to the New York delegation is that you find her a primary opponent and make her a one-term congressperson," the Democratic lawmaker, who requested anonymity, told The Hill. "You've got numerous council people and state legislators who've been waiting 20 years for that seat. I'm sure they can find numerous people who want that seat in that district."

The New York delegation has eyed Ocasio-Cortez with skepticism ever since last summer when the 29-year-old self-described democratic socialist shocked the political world and defeated then-Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) in what many thought would be a sleepy primary race. Crowley, a Queens powerbroker and affable House Democratic Caucus chairman, had been considered a possible future Speaker.

Many New York and Congressional Black Caucus lawmakers were also furious with Ocasio-Cortez after a recent Politico report stated she and the grass-roots group aligned with her, Justice Democrats, were considering backing a primary challenge to fellow New York Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, a Black Caucus member and establishment insider who succeeded Crowley as caucus chairman.

Both Ocasio-Cortez and Justice Democrats have denied the report, but the group of insurgent progressives has vowed to target centrist Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and is eyeing other potential 2020 targets....

"She's pissing off a lot of people and has probably made a lot of enemies.  A lot of people who are furious with her are Joe's allies, including some named Crowley," said the insider, referring to Crowley's cousin, Elizabeth Crowley, a former New York City councilwoman....

But it's not just Black Caucus members she has rubbed the wrong way. Ocasio-Cortez, whose mother was born in Puerto Rico, has also annoyed members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus by targeting one of their own: Cuellar. Earlier this month, she appeared in a Justice Democrats promotional video with her spokesman, Corbin, and her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, touting a program recruiting progressive insurgents to run for Congress.

Justice Democrats is currently searching for a progressive to launch a primary challenge against Cuellar. Hispanic Caucus members aren't happy about those efforts but say they are taking a wait-and-see approach before intervening with Ocasio-Cortez, who joined the caucus this month.

"We're going to protect our members and we're going to protect our own. Full stop," said centrist Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), a former whip for the Hispanic Caucus.

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Who is AOC's sugardaddy?

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I was thinking this would happen, she's been shooting her mouth off and someone is going to try to shut her up

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She keeps it up she's goin to find herself the victim of a mugging gone wrong with no items taken.

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Establishment Democrats plotting a primary challenge?

They are going to have her killed because that's how democrats roll.

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I was thinking this would happen, she's been shooting her mouth off and someone is going to try to shut her up

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In for the splitting of the democrat party

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Prediction: she will kick their ass.

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Our own house isn't in much better shape.

You have:
Trump
Big government northeast style RINOs
Libertarian leaners
Old school religious right big Jesus types

Glad to see there is as much infighting on the other side of the fence but we got our own problems to worry about.

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Prediction: she will kick their ass.

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We shall see.
The right is trying to figure out WTF happened in the midterms and looking at pathways to victory in 2020.

And then you have RINOs being headed up by the new McCain (Romney). He and his merry band of idiots may mount a primary challenge to Trump.

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And, FAOC.

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Her and her kind are the future of the Democrazy Party.

The dangerous future.

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Democrats underperformed badly in the midterms vs. the historical average and predictions, they and their media lackeys had to walk the goal posts back a country mile just to claim a narrow, partial win.  Granted, in a just world with an average IQ anywhere above room temperature they should have been utterly smashed and run out of town on a rail following the horseshit Kavanaugh hearings.  It's true that they outperformed my hopes following that shameful goat rodeo.

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We shall see.
The right is trying to figure out WTF happened in the midterms and looking at pathways to victory in 2020.

And then you have RINOs being headed up by the new McCain (Romney). He and his merry band of idiots may mount a primary challenge to Trump.

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Who is AOC's sugardaddy?

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Establishment Democrats plotting a primary challenge?

They are going to have her killed because that's how democrats roll.

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The DSA is taking over the DNC. Watch many centrist Democrats become Republicans and many Constitutionalists kicked to the curb.