WATCH LIVE: AOC holds town hall after announcing reelection bid
Bryan Woolston
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is holding a town hall the same day she announced she will be running for reelection to her New York City district in November.
The event, being held in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City, is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. EST. The event is set to discuss the five-year anniversary of the Green New Deal being proposed.
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Ocasio-Cortez is unlikely to face any trouble being reelected to her heavily Democratic district, while some of her progressive Democrat colleagues in the House are facing primary challengers over their stances on topics including the war in Gaza.
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