GOP senator: Schumer holding ‘American people hostage' over 'fear of AOC'

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said on Tuesday that the main reason that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) rallied Democrats to defeat a Republican funding bill and trigger a government shutdown is because he’s afraid of facing a primary challenge from firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in 2028. “This is a Schumer hysteria act,” Mullin...