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AOC’s DNC Speech Was a Betrayal of the Gaza Movement

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's decision to lend her credibility to the Biden-Harris administration’s false narrative around Gaza was a stinging slap in the face, says Julian Zelizer .

Zelizer: Her decision was an outright betrayal of the democratic socialist movement .

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could have used her time to plot a new course for the Democratic Party on Gaza .

She could have spoken about the pain that Americans , particularly Palestinian , Arab , and Muslim Americans , feel.

Instead, she opted for an intensely disappointing and borderline-sickening approach.

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