Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has exasperated her fellow House Democrats by announcing that she will not pay dues to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the House.āFor me personally, Iām not paying D-trip duesā for a āmyriad of reasonsā the freshman progressive congresswoman from New York said, using a nickname for the DCCC.According to records, she has so far not paid her $250,000 in dues despite leveraging her massive social media following to raise millions for her own reelection, Fox News reported.Ocasio-Cortez said her gripe with the party's official House campaign organization relates to the DCCC's practice of not supporting newer progressive candidates in order to insulate incumbent Democrats.āOne, I donāt agree with the policy around blacklisting groups that help progressive candidates,ā she said. āI think we need to evolve as a party and make room for that.āāI want to help frontline members by putting that money...