Ocasio-Cortez buried under more than 1,000 media requests after primary win

The democratic socialist who won a June primary election to unseat the No. 4 Democrat in the House is apparently still working on responding to more than 1,000 media requests her campaign staff have received since her victory.

A spokesman for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the Daily Beast’s Gideon Resnick that the campaign is “over 1,000 emails deep” with press requests one week after the 28-year-old defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) in the June 26 Democratic primary.

Ocasio-Cortez responded to a tweet from Resnick, confirming the figure and adding that she faced another 600 unread text messages, some apparently including requests for interviews, on her personal phone.

This is 100% true and I also have 600 unread text messages on my phone.

I am responding to them in no particular order at this point, so don’t be offended if you haven’t heard back! It’ll take a minute.

Patience, grace, and generosity are appreciated https://t.co/MTWMXHs7j0

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 3, 2018

{mosads}Ocasio-Cortez shocked Washington and New York political circles when she defeated Crowley, a 10-term congressman once considered a possible successor to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), by double-digits despite polling that showed Crowley comfortably ahead.

The Bronx native is a former organizer for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign and faces a clear path to victory in November in New York’s reliably blue 14th District.