Fox Host Declares AOC ‘Took a Page Off Of Donald Trump’ After She Tops Chuck Schumer By Double Digits In Poll: ‘Should Not Be Underestimated’
Fox News’ Rachel Campos-Duffy drew a comparison between President Donald Trump and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) after the latter topped Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a head-to-head poll by double digits.
The liberal firm Data for Progress shared survey results this week with Politico, finding that in a primary matchup, 55% of Democratic likely voters backed or leaned toward Ocasio-Cortez compared to 36% feeling the same about Schumer. Another 9% were undecided between the two.
The margin of error in poll is 4%. It was conducted in late March among 770 likely voters through text messages and web panels.
The results follow Schumer facing internal backlash in his party for choosing to back a GOP funding bill last month to keep the federal government from shutting down. The Senate leader has maintained that he feels he made the right decision in avoiding a shutdown.
“This poll really does show that Democrats are united in just wanting to stand up, wanting to fight, wanting to see someone taking a stand for them,” Danielle Deiseroth, executive director of Data for Progress, told Politico.
While reporting on the poll on Fox & Friends Weekend, hosts Campos-Duffy, Griff Jenkins, and Charles Hurt all argued Ocasio-Cortez should not be “underestimated,” arguing she has become the new face of the more progressive Democrats.
Campos-Duffy also claimed the congresswoman has a similar appeal to Trump.
She argued:
This is one of the dangers of staying too long, of not exiting stage right while still on top. And Chuck Schumer has been there a long time and I have always said do not underestimate AOC. People write me by the way, they think I support AOC. I don’t like AOC but I can recognize raw talent, raw political talent when I see it. AOC is a person who understands her base, who understands the leftist populist streak that runs through the party, she understand social media, she has a massive following, she took a page off of Donald Trump by the way speaking directly to the people, not having to go through the media all the time, although the media is very friendly to her. She should not be underestimated. If this matchup happened, I believe that poll is right. I believe she would win.
Jenkins added that Schumer backing the GOP funding bill was a “major political move” and gave Ocasio-Cortez an opening to rise through the ranks.
“I think that’s when AOC saw the moment to strike. That’s why you saw her out in the country doing her town hall stuff with Bernie Sanders,” Jenkins said, referring to recent town halls hosted by Ocasio-Cortez and close ally Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
“That was Bernie handing over the torch to her for that wing of the party,” Campos-Duffy said. “No question.”
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