https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/aoc-just-a-phantom-of-the-media-without-real-influence-ex-gov-paterson-says/

AOC just a ‘phantom of the media’

without real influence, ex-Gov. Paterson says

New York Post, by Sam Raskin

Posted By: Ribicon, 7/3/2022 6:10:54 PM

Former New York Gov. David Paterson dismissed US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s influence as a “phantom of the media” after left-wing candidates endorsed by the socialist firebrand suffered brutal losses in last week’s primaries. “AOC are just three letters in the alphabet,” the 68-year-old Democrat said in an interview on WABC radio’s “The Cats Roundtable” aired Sunday. Paterson was asked by host John Catsimatidis about the Tuesday primary results in which the majority of left-wing state Assembly contenders were unsuccessful in their efforts to expand their presence in Albany by ousting more moderate Democrats.(Snip)“I think AOC, who defeated a congressman who was notably absent