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Ocasio-Cortez REFUSES to distance herself from extremist influencer

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While many believe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is positioning herself for a presidential run, she refuses to separate from extremist influencer Hasan Piker. Piker is a far-left communist who defends Muslim terrorists and has even said America deserved the 9/11 attacks, but many Democrats have found it difficult to condemn him. 'And young people are engaging in mediums and conversations that we have a responsibility to attend to and be responsive to. ... Millennials are not, you know, punk kids anymore.' Ocasio-Cortez was given the chance to reject Piker's extremism when confronted by CNN chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju about Abdul El-Sayed, the Islamic Democratic Michigan candidate for the U.S. Senate. "Do you think that Abdul El-Sayed needs to do more to disavow Hasan Piker, given how big of an issue he's become?" Raju asked. "I do not think that a Twitch streamer is what the people of Michigan are concerning themselves on," she replied. "So I think that what th

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