Ocasio-Cortez Confronts Crowley Over His ‘Third-Party Challenge’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to comment about how Representative Joseph Crowley, whom she defeated in the Democratic primary, was mounting a third party challenge against her. Mr. Crowley responded, “I’ve made my support for you clear and the fact that I’m not running.”CreditAnnie Tritt for The New York Times

 

 

So will Representative Joseph Crowley remain on the ballot in November, and challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a third-party candidate on the Working Families Party?

That question, raised in an article in The New York Times about third-party politics in New York, took on a life of its own Thursday morning, as Ms. Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to complain about Mr. Crowley — with the longtime congressman quickly responding.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, 28, wrote on Twitter that Mr. Crowley “stood me up for all 3 scheduled concession calls. Now, he’s mounting a 3rd party challenge against me and the Democratic Party — and against the will of @NYWFP.”

Bill Lipton, state director of the Working Families Party, said he reached out to the Crowley campaign immediately after Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s upset victory.