Article snippet: A growing number of progressive House Democrats, frustrated with an ongoing spat between Speaker MORE (D), are taking the freshman New Yorker to task for accusing Pelosi of treating minority women unfairly. The critics say Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, crossed a line when she accused Pelosi of putting a target on “newly elected women of color” for their far-left policy positions. The remarks — and the media uproar they’ve created — led exasperated Democrats to sound off Thursday against the freshman social media sensation, accusing Ocasio-Cortez of harboring unrealistic views about her own influence on Capitol Hill — to the detriment of the Democrats’ ambitious policy agenda. “What a weak argument,” said Rep. Wm. MORE (D-Mo.), a member of both the Congressional Black and Progressive caucuses. “Because you can’t get your way and because you’re getting pushback you resort to using the race card? Unbelievable. Unbelievable to me.” Other liberals, while not so seething, also defended Pelosi, warning of the political dangers of adhering to stringent ideological demands — and airing gripes with other Democrats in public. “You know how people lose the elections? By not having the ability to see the big picture and not being able to keep their eye on the ball,” said Rep. MORE (D-Fla.), a Congressional Black Caucus member. But Rep. MORE (D-Wash.), a Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair who is Indian American, said that she could relate... Link to the full article to read more