joe crowley, one of the most powerful names in the democratic party. >> joe wasn't just a powerful democratn washington. he was a powerful democrat here in new york. >> it would be like as if david had approached goliath with a sling and no rocks. >> ocasio-cortez had the support of the justice democrats, a political group backing progressive candidates across the country. the others were skeptical at best. the candidate herself forecast victory on instagram. >> we're not running to make a statement. we're not running to pressure the incumbent to the left. we're running to win. >> we knew it was a long shot. >> the odds were totally stacked against us. we had all of wall street's money, all of real estate's money in his bank account. and he just had small dollar doenors. >> rejecting corporate donations was key to her platform. as a whole, her policy stands were leftist. >> getting money out of politics, medicare for all, fighting for affordable housing and abolishing ice. >> ice was created after the attacks on september 11th. ocasio-cortez confronted trump's zero tolerance immigration pol

inre is that mix right now your democratic party between a center tendency, a joe crowley tendency andf a flux going on. the president is in no small part playing a role in this. we have seen a growth towards the left but at the same time, we have to remember and keep in mind how democrats won the house of representatives. it was not by winning my district, it was in districts where democrats actually took seats from sitting republicans or open republican seats. that is the middle of the country, the breadbasket, the rust belt, places like pennsylvania, iowa, florida. texas and elsewhere. that is where the growth took place. seat to: you lost your aoc, is there still room for moderates in your party? joe: i think it is the moderates who won the house of representatives for democrats. not in seats where it was democratic primaries that when the day, it is in those districts where it was a fight between -- discussions and whether moderate republicans or independents could sway -- those are the districts where democrats won and that is where the presidency will be won as well. francine: d

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neil: joe crowley, thank you, always good seeing you. >> thank you, neil. good to be with you. and in the meantime, brian y yen-- bryan llenas is back in the city of brotherly love. >> joe biden will be speaking near the steps of the philadelphia museum of art, those steps made famous in the movie "rocky", running the steps training for the biggiest heavy weight fight of his life. and today biden choosing philadelphia in the biggest race of his. and rocky lost the race, but biden hopes to lead to a win. and biden is doing well in pennsylvania, a 11 point lead over the president in this state the only candidate to hold a double digit lead in this pivotal battle ground. trump became the first republican to win pennsylvania in a presidential election since 1988. won by less than 1% of the vote and did it by winning over blue collar workers in rural parts of the state. biden who was born in scranton, pennsylvania believes he's the candidate who can win not only here, but in michigan and wisconsin. biden will be speaking closer to 1 p.m., but we did receive some excerpts of his spee

that name came up when i interviewed the man she beat, joe crowley last year.e was talking about what -- whether she's going to be primaried because there's a moderate push in the party. i want you to react to this. already there's talk about primarying here, whether it's you or somebody else. what do you think about that? >> i live by the sword and die by the sword. i take my half off to her. she won the primary. she's the congresswoman. i wish her well. >> neil: so you don't wall -- challenge her in 2020? >> no. >> neil: do you think she will be challenged? >> i suspect she will. what do you think, joe? >> i think that her approval rating nationally is at 23% in a morning consult poll. she would have to run on a record. think about her only achievement in terms of a major thing happening that she's responsible for. amazon not coming to new york, that was something her constituents by an overwhelming majority in every pole wanted and joe crowley ran this time, i think he would pay attention and show up and debate her and she's very beatable what is she going t

i would like to bring back joe crowley, former representative of new york.ou were saying something about the white house and president trump going back and forth with respect to threats on this and other things. he just in fact answered a question about european tariffs but i think he wants this to go through. i think he worked hard on this. it feels like it is the democrats who are holding it up, perhaps holding it hostage for political reasons or trying to get more out of deal. time is of the essence. can you handicap likelihood of this being ratified by our congress? >> i think there are also republican senators, particularly chuck grassley who has written a letter to the president complaining about the 232 tariffs as well. says he will not move the bill in the senate unless those tariffs are repealed. it's a separate issue as far as i'm concerned. i think on merits itself though, this agreement deserves support, bipartisan support. it is good for american workers. it is good for mexican workers and canadians. it opens up canada for the first time in a bi

joining me now, joe crowley and also carlos curbelo. great to see you both.ant to start with you, congressman, because immigration was obviously an issue that you played a big role in, you came up with a compromise. now it seems as though stephen miller and jared kushner is spearheading this immigration plan in -- they have started in the senate. but it is very unclear that it would offer for example anything on dreamers, which susan coloracollins says it is a nonstarter. >> the big question is whether the president and mr. kushner want to actually proffer a proposal that could gain bipartisan support or if the administration is going to continue using immigration as a wedge issue, kind of how the president began his campaign back in 2015, to divide and conquer to get that republican base riled up. if there is no dreamer component to the deal, it is probably dead arrival. so the fact that kushner is involved gives me a little bit of hope because he did put together the criminal justice reform clo mompromise at the en the last congress, but from what i'm heari

joe crowley you can talk to that from a new yorker standpoint. people are heralding the assault weapons ban after some horrendous mass killings out in california in her state. there was a lot to like about that crime bill as well as the incarcerate rate went way up and now the sentencing provisions were too harsh among many people. it came up in 1996 and hillary clinton got herself in a jam speaking about the super predators about those teenage gangs. >> it was envogue during the time. i was in the state legislature. i remember well. state legislatures were passing two strikes and you're in legislation. three felonies and you're in for life. it wasn't just here in washington. it was all over the country it was happening. i do think it's important to note here that there were other aspects of the bill that were positive. >> community policing. >> it's also important to note that donald trump fueled the fire of those flames of that fire by taking out a full page ad in every new york city newspaper going after the central park five and calling for t

she beat joe crowley because she painted him as part of the d.c.personally, they don't see her at the community board meetings, they don't see her fighting for the local hospitals. they see her as all hollywood all day, trying to get her name up in the spotlight. that's not going to play well to people who have realistic and real life problems in parts of the queens, parts of queens and parts of the bronx. it's just not. neil: gabby, what do you think? >> i think he's absolutely right. she's suffering from a fairly low approval rating in her district right now. the decision to interfere with amazon building their second headquarters in that part of the country surely had an impact as well in how her constituents view her. i do think that that's probably going to lead to somebody challenging her when she's up for re-election. neil: it's interesting, too, because when you look at these polls and i think you would remind me, it's way too early to put much stock in them, but you know, right now, joe biden is running away with a decidedly moderate stanc

she absolutely beat joe crowley who was an established politician. >> lisa: i want to turn it on itsd is aoc toxic to a democratic candidate who really wants to win and beat donald trump because she is proposing essentially sending your gas prices up $5 a gallon that would be the ultimate result of her green new deal. and it would literally put millions of people working the energy industry out of work. remember what hillary clinton said about coal to the coal miners. i will put you out of work and find you another job. she could be, again, she could a liability to somebody. his list i think that kind of rhetoric from hillary clinton and president obama's assault on co-workers is part of the reason why there was such a disconnect with working class voters rural voters and why president trump won in 2016 or at least a factor of that regarding joe biden, yes, he is up in polling right now. there is a lot of time between now and when we start hitting into early primary contests and what really matters is these state-to-state contest. because the vote is so flipped there is an opportunit

congressman joe crowley and dave brat as well congresspeople, good to see you gentlemen today. >> thankstart with this joke, because we go way back you go back with this show you know, aoc. we have you to thank for aoc it's not your fault, but she's here, and we see what moving to the left can do in the right context. we've got 20 candidates now sort of trying to get some attention, and it seems like joe biden has got a pretty big lead. is this sort of a, just a way of being heard, or are these serious policy proposals from people like bernie sanders, do you think, joe >> i do think it's interesting i think that joe biden has said that the general election, the fight against donald trump is for the heart and soul of america. i think that's -- i'm paraphrasing to some degree. and i think what's also going on here, joe, is for the heart and soul of the democratic party in this primary itself. i do think it's interesting and ironic and i hope it's not been lost on you. i don't think that disney, or disney world or disney productions could have been produced anywhere in the world except the

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