House Republicans demand vulnerable Democrats return AOC donations: 'Give back her socialist cash'

The Republican Party's campaign arm launched a new website this week calling on more than two dozen House Democrats, many from highly competitive districts, to return campaign contributions from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

"Every vulnerable Democrat who refuses to give back donations from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is complicit in her socialist agenda that wants to defund the police, open our borders and raise taxes," Michael McAdams, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement to Fox News. Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive firebrand and a lightning rod for criticism on the right, gave $5,000 donations to some of her colleagues to help keep the House majority ahead of what's expected to be a tough election cycle for Democrats. The New York Democrat made the donations, which came through her Courage to Change leadership PAC, without directly contributing to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, with which she's publicly feuded. DCCC aides gave lawmakers’ wire transfer information to Ocasio-Cortez's aides without the approval of more senior officials, according to Politico, which first reported the news.