MEDIA_ Former cop and teacher jumps into race to take on AOC: Dems 'knocking each other over' to embrace socialism

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Former cop and teacher jumps into race to take on AOC: Dems 'knocking each other over' to embrace socialism

By David Montanaro | Fox News



Former police officer plans to challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2020
Former high school government teacher and police officer John Cummings says the Democrat's surprise primary win inspired him to make his own run for the New York House seat as a Republican.


John Cummings, a retired teacher and former NYPD Harbor Unit officer, is joining a group of Republicans who intend to challenge Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2020.

In an interview with "Fox and Friends," Wednesday, Cummings explained that while he had been encouraged by his students to run for some time, he had long considered it impossible to beat then-incumbent Congressman Joe Crowley.

"The present congresswoman, Ocasio-Cortez, obviously ruined that excuse for me," he joked.

In 2018, Ocasio-Cortez’s GOP opponent, Anthony Pappas, won just 14 percent of the vote. Cummings said he understands that winning as a Republican in the overwhelmingly blue district will be an “uphill battle,” but he is confident he can pull it off.

“I think this transcends party, I think people are really interested in local representation and that’s something that we’ve seriously lacked in that district for a long time," he said.

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“I despise socialism, I despise everything about it. For many years, the Democrats have flirted with socialism ... and now they are almost knocking each other over to see who can grab the socialist ring first.”

“When you’re doing so in a climate where the economy is really chugging along, unemployment is low…everything seems to be moving in the right direction, and now you’re going to flip the script? I think it’s outrageous and I think people know that at the local level.”

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