House Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested that socialists have expanded their power bloc in the Democratic Party, while asserting that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has broader say on what legislation gets proposed.
“She runs the floor,” McCarthy told Axios on HBO, referring to the freshman congresswoman who recently won her reelection bid. “That wing of the party, the socialist wing of the party, they are the new power of the Democratic Party.”
