Flashback: former AOC assistant challenging pelosi wore the shirt of the Nazi employee


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A former assistant of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., was once depicted with a shirt that a Nazi employee figured out in an image that appeared again after the “squadron” employee announced one Conference campaign Against former house speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Saikat Chakrabarti managed the Ocasio-Cortez conference campaign in 2018 and served as staff chief of the progressive member before he left only a year later after he publicly criticized some Democratic legislators.

After Ocasio-Cortez won its first elections, Chakrabarti wore a shirt with the face of Nazi sympathizant Subhas Chandra Bose, an Indian nationalist who collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War, During an interview To talk about the emerging political career of the new congressman.

The video, entitled “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Chief of Staff On Acting Fast in Congress”, was shared by Now this Impact, a progressive organization.

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AOC, center, with Saikat Chakrabarti behind her left

Saikat Chakrabarti, left, and representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., Center, leaves a press conference in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2019. (Getty Images)

On a separate photo, Chakrabarti was seen with the same shirt with the face of the Nazi employee.

Bose was known for its support for socialist policy in the late 1930s and early 1940s. During the Second World War, Bose made an alliance with the “asholds” of Germany, Italy and Japan, and met Personally Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo.

Chakrabarti announced on Wednesday That he is planning to run to the household chair that is currently being held by Pelosi, who will be 86 years old when she is re -election in the Midterms of 2026.

Saikat Chakrabarti

Saikat Chakrabarti, then head of the staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., attends a press conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday, July 15, 2019. (Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

“It has become clear to me that the Democratic party needs new leadership,” said Chakrabarti in a post about X. “I don’t understand how DC’s democratic leaders are so paralyzed and unprepared before the moment after life by President Trump’s first term – And after Trump and Elon warned us exactly what they were planning. “

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Pelosi has submitted paperwork To run for a 21st term next cycle, which indicates that she is planning to seek re -election.

Nancy Pelosi on the Capitol Close -Up Scot

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., A former speaker of the house, has indicated that she will seek re-election in 2026. (Getty Images)

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While working for Ocasio-Cortez, Chakrabarti tweeted that rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., One of the first two Indian women in the congress, made a racist system possible after she voted for a border of the Senate border that was not supported by progressives.

Louis Casiano from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.