The departure of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff has drawn some polarizing responses

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is undergoing a staff shakeup, The Intercept reports.

Her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, is leaving to go work for New Consensus, a nonprofit focused on climate issues that's promoting the Green New Deal, albeit not always smoothly. Ocasio-Cortez's communications director, Corbin Trent, will also depart the congresswoman's office and take over communications for her 2020 campaign, instead.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.