New York Democratic boss warns AOC not to challenge Chuck Schumer

“I think it would be a primary driven by ambition more than by need,” Jay Jacobs told The Post.

“Chuck Schumer has been a progressive force in the state for decades,” added the chairman of the state Democratic committee. “She has a constituency that admires her and supports her, and they’re in her community, and I think it would be a loss for them if she were to do that.”

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And he would beat her, he said.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would “absolutely” lose a challenge if she went head-to-head against the veteran Democratic lawmaker, said Jacobs — who noted he’s yet to meet the Queens rep.

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