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Gaetz backed Ocasio-Cortez's critique of a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) policy intended to protect incumbents that seeks to prevent consultants from working with Democrats who challenge sitting lawmakers.

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“General elections determine whether your party gets power," Gaetz wrote in a tweet on Monday. "Primaries determine what you’ll use it for. #KeepPrimariesGreat.”

Gaetz was quote-tweeting Justice Democrats, a progressive political action committee that has sought to unseat incumbents and endorsed Ocasio-Cortez and six other House members in the 2018 midterm elections.

General elections determine whether your party gets power.



Primaries determine what you’ll use it for. #KeepPrimariesGreat https://t.co/MWRl5ccwhE — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) April 8, 2019

Under the DCCC policy, introduced in late March, consultants and strategists wishing to be added to a list of approved vendors eligible to work for the DCCC would have to pledge not to work for any candidate challenging a sitting Democratic member of Congress.

The proposal has attracted scathing criticism from Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ayanna Pressley Ayanna PressleyTrump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Pressley applauded on House floor after moving speech on living with alopecia San Francisco considers changing local voting age to 16 MORE (D-Mass.), both of whom were elected in the 2018 midterms after defeating a longtime incumbent in the Democratic primary. Other liberal Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal Pramila JayapalDHS opens probe into allegations at Georgia ICE facility Progressive Caucus co-chair: Whistleblower complaint raises questions about 'entire detention system' Buttigieg, former officials added to Biden's transition team MORE (D-Wash.), the co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, have also criticized the policy.

Gaetz, despite his conservative politics, has praised Ocasio-Cortez in the past and sought to leverage his social media presence to similar effect, telling Politico “I aspire to be the conservative AOC” in January.

Last week, in a shot at her signature Green New Deal initiative, Gaetz introduced a “Green Real Deal,” a climate plan he said was more realistic and stood a better chance of passage.