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Obama isn't the first Democrat woman to be criticized by D'Souza, who last month described congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the 'stupidest person elected to public office.' Dec 02, 2020 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the left-wing criticism of former President Barack Obama after he said the 'defund the police' movement was a 'snappy slogan' that alienated voters.

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A coalition of more than 40 progressive groups—Just Democracy—is ramping up the pressure on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer by running a digital billboard in New York's Times Square—the heart of Schumer's district—urging him to end the Senate filibuster. The filibuster rule requires most legislation to reach 60 votes to pass in the Senate.

The coalition—made up of over 40 grassroots civil rights and social justice groups from around the country—created and paid for the week-long billboard starting Monday.

Just Democracy tweeted Sunday that the billboard was previewed on NBC's 'Meet the Press' earlier in the day:

.@MeetThePress unveiled our new billboard to @SenatorDurbin. He responded: “If this filibuster has now become so common in the Senate that we can’t act, that we just sit there helpless, shame on us. Of course, we should consider a change in [the] rule under those circumstances.” pic.twitter.com/enXawodRxL

— Just Democracy (@JustDemocracy) January 24, 2021

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the majority whip, said on 'Meet the Press' that 'the American people want us to take action, action on this pandemic, action on this economy and on a host of other issues, and if this filibuster has become so common in the Senate that we can't act, that we just sit there helpless, shame on us. Of course we should consider a change in the rule under those circumstances.'

The Just Democracy ad quotes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'A Cherished Tool of Segragationists'; former President Barack Obama: 'Jim Crow Relic'; and ex-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: 'Outlived Its Usefulness.' Ocasio-Cortez is reportedly considering a challenge to Schumer for his Senate seat in 2022.

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“Democrats gained control of the Senate because of Black and Brown organizers and voters,' Stasha Rhodes, campaign director for 51 for 51 and a member of the Just Democracy coalition, said in a statement. 'Now they have a chance to remove the biggest impediment to the legislation those voters care about most — voting rights, healthcare, a serious COVID rescue package and more.'

Meanwhile, another progressive/labor coalition—Fix Our Senate—ran a full-page ad in Sunday's New York Times that also pushed Schumer to end the filibuster. “There is absolutely no reason to give Sen. McConnell months and months to prove what we absolutely know — that he is going to continue his gridlock and dysfunction from the minority,” said Eli Zupnick, a spokesman for Fix Our Senate. The group has launched a six-figure ad campaign and plans to deploy field staff in states where Democratic senators have expressed reluctance to ditch the rule.

Today, along with our allies, we launched a full page ad in the New York Times calling on Senate Democrats to eliminate the filibuster & remove Mitch McConnell’s most potent tool for creating gridlock & blocking President Biden’s agenda from the minorityhttps://t.co/sZIqzJZLZ9pic.twitter.com/PaMHvSmZjD

— Fix Our Senate (@FixOurSenate) January 24, 2021

The filibuster is a Jim Crow relic that must be abolished.

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— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) January 24, 2021

The Founders did not create the filibuster. In fact, Alexander Hamilton warned us that supermajority rule in the Senate would be a 'poison.'

Boy was he was right.

— Jeff Merkley (@JeffMerkley) January 23, 2021

It’s time we stop letting the Minority Leader control the Democratic majority. https://t.co/4hTY81Or6C

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 23, 2021

The filibuster must go.

There’s no time to waste.

The stakes are too high.

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— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 23, 2021

Former President Barack Obama called on the Democratic National Committee to give a bigger platform to progressives as they continue to butt heads with the party's centrist members.

'One thing I will say about the Democratic Party is that promoting young people is really important. We stick so long with the same old folks and don't make room for new voices,' Obama said in an interview with Peter Hamby on Snapchat's Good Luck America.

Obama also acknowledge the party's controversial decision to allot Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez only 60 seconds at this summer's national convention, while handing out significantly more television time to former Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich and businessman and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

'The Democratic National Convention, I thought, was really successful considering the pandemic but, you know, the fact that an AOC only got, what? Three minutes or five minutes? When she speaks to a broad section of young people who are interested in what she has to say, even if they don't agree with everything she says,' Obama said.

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'You give her a platform, just like there may be some other young Democrats who come from more conservative areas who have a different point of view. But new blood is always good,' he continued.

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His comments come as conflict between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and more centrists Democrats have widened following the November 3 election.

Last month, establishment Democrats were heard on a leaked caucus call blaming more progressive lawmakers, particularly Ocasio-Cortez and the so-called Squad, for costing Democrats seats with messaging like defund the police.

Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat, drew criticisms from the young congresswoman and others after tweeting, 'Defund the police? Defund my butt.'

In an interview with The New York Times, Manchin suggested Ocasio-Cortez is 'more active on Twitter than anything else,' including legislating in Congress.

'We're not going to defund the police, we're not for the new green deal. That's not going to happen. We're not for Medicare for All—we can't even pay for Medicare for some,' the senator added.

However, many were quick to note that Manchin missed more votes than Ocasio-Cortez in 2019 and that she co-sponsored 130 more bills than he did in the same legislative period.

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Ocasio-Cortez fired back at Manchin on Tuesday, tweeting, 'I find it amusing when politicians try to diminish the seriousness of our policy work, movement organizing & grassroots fundraising to 'she just tweets,' as though 'serious' politics is only done by begging corporate CEOs for money through wax-sealed envelopes delivered by raven.'

Despite Obama's push for newer voices within the party, the former president advised younger Democrats to steer clear of such 'snappy slogans' which can cost them 'a big audience the minute you say it.'

'If you instead say, 'Let's reform the police department so that everybody's being treated fairly, you know, divert young people from getting into crime, and if there was a homeless guy, can maybe we send a mental health worker there instead of an armed unit that could end up resulting in a tragedy?' Suddenly, a whole bunch of folks who might not otherwise listen to you are listening to you,' Obama said.

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'The key is deciding: Do you actually want to get something done? Or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?' he added.

Newsweek reached out to the offices of Manchin and Ocasio-Cortez for comment but did not hear back from either in time for publication.

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