ASSOCIATED PRESS/J. Scott Applewhite Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks at an event to advocate for the Paycheck Fairness Act on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has raised over $100,000 toward her re-election in response to a call to primary her issued by an anonymous House Democrat.

Ocasio-Cortez’s re-election campaign put out the call for donations in an email blast and Facebook advertisements after The Hill reported on Tuesday that an anonymous colleague had encouraged the New York congressional delegation to run someone against Ocasio-Cortez.

“You’ve got numerous council people and state legislators who’ve been waiting 20 years for that seat,” the anonymous lawmaker said. “I’m sure they can find numerous people who want that seat in that district.”

Ocasio-Cortez’s political operation immediately sought to cast the threat as an effort by the Washington establishment to tamp down on her unabashedly progressive agenda.

“They’re plotting a primary challenge because they don’t like that we’re shaking things up in DC,” the campaign wrote in a Facebook ad.

“We need to show how strong our campaign will be when they come after us in 2020,” the ad continued.