Democratic socialist Jabari Brisport talks anti-capitalism, the Squad with AOC

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jabari Brisport, the Democratic socialist running to represent part of Brooklyn in the state Senate, see themselves as moles “on the inside” for the progressive, anti-capitalism movement, they said in an interview.

Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Brisport, who won the Democratic primary for the state Senate’s 25th district with AOC’s endorsement, made the remarks in a conversation published by Interview Magazine on Tuesday.

“It’s funny, I kind of see myself as, like, a mole on the inside,” Brisport said after discussing how he kept himself focused after winning his primary.

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