Updated below
I was happy to see an antiwar Democrat beat the establishment Joe Crowley in New York. I had read the following on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s website 6 weeks ago:
Foreign Policy:
Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United States has entangled itself in war and occupation throughout the Middle East and North Africa. As of 2018, we are currently involved in military action in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia. According to the Constitution, the right to declare war belongs to the Legislative body, not the President. Yet, most of these acts of aggression have never once been voted on by Congress. Alex believes that we must end the forever war by bringing our troops home and ending the air strikes and bombings that perpetuate the cycle of terrorism and occupation throughout the world.
(You can still read this on the May 16 archived version of her site at Archive.org)
However, a month later, the foreign policy section has been deleted (see here), and is still gone today.
I assume that someone in the campaign thought that she needed to avoid such a “controversial” stance against war and standing up for the constitutional position that “the right to declare war belongs to the Legislative body, not the President.”
What a shame. I hope that she doesn’t shy away from the strong antiwar positions she first campaigned on when she takes office.
UPDATE:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted this last night:
Hey! Looking into this. Nothing malicious! Site is supporter-run so things happen -we’ll get to the bottom of it.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) June 28, 2018
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