AOC’s Similarities to LBJ Should Be Warning for CPAC

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) listens as Michael Cohen, former attorney for President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 27, 2019. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

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WASHINGTON—As thousands of political leaders and activists from across the country convene Feb. 28 just outside the nation’s capital for the 46th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), odds are a former bartender-turned-socialist lightning rod will be a constant topic of conversation.