Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Schumer and Jeffries are leading the Democrats' shutdown fight

WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has become a leading figure in the fight over government funding, but it's not a role she has asked for. Rather, it’s a role Republicans have thrust upon her. “Chuck Schumer is terrified he’s going to get a primary challenge from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday. “The reason why the American people’s government is shut down is because Chuck Schumer is listening to the far-left radicals in his own party because he’s terrified of a primary challenge.”