The nomination is opposed by members of the far left.
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Rutinel, who is 31, is not nearly as far left as Kiros or Darializa Avila Chevalier, the candidate who toppled Espaillat, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, last week in New York City.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2026 By that time, Brendan Carr will likely be last year’s model, obviating the need for any Carr insurance, as he is joined in retirement by Lina Khan on the far left.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
30 June 2026 The far right and the far left now share the contempt and disdain for any thinking other than their own.—
Joyce Kamanitz,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026 Speaker Jeffries could do big things for New York, but Avila Chevalier and Valdez prefer to be rejectionists of the far left.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026 But the suspicion the US wasn’t really a football nation was compounded at the opening ceremony, after Diana Ross danced the length of the pitch to take a penalty kick and yanked the ball far left of the goal, which was unfortunately rigged to split apart to simulate a wonder-strike.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026 Either side could read the report and reasonably conclude that Democrats lost because they were dragged too far left or, for progressives, not far enough left.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026 What counts as far left for you?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026 All eyes are on passengers of a cruise ship battling an outbreak of Andes virus, an infectious disease that has so far left three people dead and several others sick.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026