Establishment Democrats were stunned when newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a major upset victory over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) in Tuesday night's primary for New York's 14th District. But would-be fellow insurgents were apparently invigorated.
The Democratic Socialists of America said they received a whopping 1,152 new member sign-ups Wednesday, reaching a record 40,000 total members on Thursday, The Daily Beast reported. The political organizing group counts Ocasio-Cortez as one of its members, and the candidate has been unapologetic in her embrace of socialist ideals.
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Since then, the group's total membership has skyrocketed from 5,000 to the current 40,000 members. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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