Dem strategist hits Jill Stein with 'taste of reality' on 'the one thing AOC has done that' she hasn’t

Green Party candidate Jill Stein was swiftly checked by Democratic strategist and Breakfast Club co-host Angela Rye Thursday after the presidential hopeful criticized US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Keith Edwards, who's also a Democratic strategist shared the video clip via X, writing, "@DrJillStein had a taste of reality this AM: 'The one thing @AOC has done that you haven't is win some elections.' Ouch!"

When Stein slammed the New York congresswoman for "taking her marching orders from" the Democratic National Committee, Rye replied, "It is amazing to hear you talk about women of color as parroting talking points instead of us looking at basic math. The one thing AOC has done that you haven't, is win some elections."

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Ocasio-Cortez replied to the interview clip, writing, "Nobody needs talking points to know Jill Stein hasn’t won so much as a bingo game in the last decade and if you actually give a damn about people, you organize, build power and infrastructure, and win."

Last week, TIME reported that in a video posted to social media "that has since gone viral, Ocasio-Cortez sought to answer the user-submitted question: 'How do I tell my friends who are Jill Stein voters they are wasting their time and effort?'"

The New York Democrat replied, "Trust me, I’ve been on record about my criticisms of the two-party system, so this is not about that." She continued, What I have a problem with is the fact that if you’re running for president, you are the de facto leader of your party, and if you run for years and years and years and years in a row, and your party has not grown and you don’t add city council seats and you don’t add down ballot candidates and you don’t add state electeds, that’s bad leadership. That, to me, is what is upsetting."

The progressive lawmaker then emphasized, “If all you do is show up once every four years to speak to people who are justifiably pissed off, but you’re just showing up once every four years to do that, you’re not serious. To me, it does not read as authentic, it reads as predatory."

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Stein responded to Ocasio-Cortez in a video of her own, according to TIME, blaming "the Green Party’s lack of power on 'the anti-democratic tactics and strategies that the Democratic Party uses to crush and silence political opposition,' citing Democratic efforts to limit ballot access for independent candidates and that Ocasio-Cortez 'appropriated' the 'signature issue of the Greens'': the Green New Deal."'

Watch the video below or at this link.