From Omar to Ocasio-Cortez, outspoken House freshmen creating friction with Dem leaders
February 13, 2019 at 09:25 AM EST
A brash batch of freshmen Democrats captured the hearts and imagination of the Democratic Party’s activist wing with an agenda combating climate change and income inequality and beyond. But the influence and attention they are quickly amassing, as well as high-profile stumbles along the way, are creating tensions with party leaders that exploded in full public view this week.