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Axios Re:Cap

Challenging AOC

Axios Re:Cap

Axios

Daily News, News

4.5705 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, long a proponent of smaller government and a self-described centrist, is running as a democrat in New York’s 14th district primary against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Caruso-Cabrera joins Pro Rata to discuss her campaign.  PLUS: A bipartisan push to investigate Google’s search results and how our political differences affect our views on coronavirus

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0:00.0

Well, that's this pro rata, where we take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech, business, and politics.

0:12.2

Sponsored by Bridge Bank. Be bold. Venture wisely. I'm Dan Permac. On today's show, a bipartisan push to investigate Google's search results and how our political differences affect our views on coronavirus.

0:24.5

But first, challenging AOC.

0:26.8

One of the biggest stunners of the 2018 off-year election cycle was the success of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

0:33.8

who used her social media skills and progressive politics to knock off veteran Democrat and Pelosi pal

0:39.6

Joseph Crowley. Since then, AOC has become one of the Democratic Party's highest profile Congresspeople,

0:45.6

let alone freshmen, and the leading force behind what's known as the Green New Deal.

0:49.4

Now, it's almost impossible to imagine AOC losing this November to a Republican, but she did recently get a notable challenger in the Democratic primary, MCC, or Michelle Caruso Cabrera, a longtime anchor with business cable network CNBC.

1:04.0

What's perhaps most interesting about Cabrera is that while she shares AOC's working class roots, she has a very, very different economic philosophy.

1:12.3

More Reagan than Bernie Sanders, less government, not more. The question, therefore, is if a self-described

1:18.0

centrist, like MCC, can stun everyone by taking out the left's leading light, just like

1:24.0

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took out Joe Crowley two years ago.

1:27.9

We'll go deeper in 20 seconds with Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.

1:30.9

But first, this.

1:32.2

Bridgebank believes in the risk-takers, the game-changers, and the disruptors, those committed

1:36.8

to leveraging innovation to make the world a better place.

1:39.9

That's why Bridgebank has been dedicated to providing financial solutions to sponsor-backed

1:44.2

to emerging technology and growth companies for nearly two decades through its national network

1:48.5

of banking teams and offices.

1:50.7

Bridgebank is a division of Western Alliance Bank.

1:53.3

Bridge Bank.

1:54.0

Be bold, venture wisely.

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