South Brooklyn DSA

"It conveys a profound misunderstanding of how to address this problem," @Ocasio2018 added. If any comment wins over support in #NY14, it might be the ones on ICE. The fear of ICE in the district is real — realer than anyone can imagine. 20/x

.@repjoecrowley, citing Sen. Kamala Harris' stance on NOT defunding ICE, responded by inferring voting to defund it would be symbolic in nature, as the agency would more than likely continue to exist, regardless of any vote. Hard to say he's wrong. #NY14 21/x

.@errollouis' lightning round ended the #NY14 debate. First question: Nancy Pelosi for speaker? @repjoecrowley says yes (he's actively campaigning behind the scenes to potentially be speaker himself) while @Ocasio2018 said "I want to see new options." #NY14 22/x

Closing Rikers Island, which is in #NY14? Both a yes. Should NYCHA employees who falsified records to HUD be prosecuted? Both a yes, as well. 23/x

Who won the #NY14 debate? It's hard to emphatically declare a winner when the debate was so short with little chance to rebut. Both @repjoecrowley and @Ocasio2018 told untruths and they both hit each other's weaknesses — that so much is certain. 24/x

@Ocasio2018's major weakness is she has no experience or real community connections to do this job.

How you mean? Ocasio lives and organizes in the community. Joe's ties are to party bosses and lobbyists. No contest.

I'm a grassroots community activist and way down the food chain, but for 20+ years my neighbors & I have been able to go to Congressman Crowley when we have problems. And we get help.