WASHINGTON—Insurgent Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) still dazzles star-struck mainstream journalists, but a showdown is coming with centrist Democrats who seek a different future for their party.
The first signs of such conflict on the political horizon first became clear three weeks ago, when two key AFL-CIO union leaders announced their opposition to the Green New Deal, the climate change proposal most closely associated with Ocasio-Cortez (aka “AOC”).
