MCC vs AOC battle
In a bit of a shocker, long time CNBC reporter, anchor, investigative journalist Michelle Caruso Cabrera is announce that she will challenge Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez for congressional 14th district seat in New York. Caruso Cabrera will run as a Democrat in the primary this year.
Cabrera will no longer be a CNBC contributor.
Cabrera is known as a skeptic of government and proponent of free markets. In 2010 she published book called "You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government". She's been a registered Democrat for several years.
Ocasio-Cortez the freshman Congresswoman shock the world when she defeated representative Joe Crowley in the parties congressional primary in 2018. She cruise to a victory in the general election. She is outspoken for policies such as "Medicare for all". She has been a big endorser of democratic socialist Bernie Sanders in his run for the presidential nomination. She has also been a favorite target for Pres. Trump in both tweets and speeches.
So the MCC vs AOC battle is on. It will certainly be an interesting one to follow.
