Meet Ayanna Pressley, the Black woman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants us to vote for next

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old Democratic socialist who unexpectedly defeated Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) in last Tuesday’s primary race, now wants us to root for another woman of color who has great promise but is being labeled a political underdog.

“Vote her in next, Massachusetts,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Wednesday about Ayanna Pressley, the first Black woman to serve on the Boston City Council in its 100 year history, who is now running to unseat Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) in the House.

ressley’s chances of winning against Capuano, a 10-term incumbent may have seemed slim a week ago, but Ocasio-Cortez’s shocking win over Crowley now has voters believing just about anything is possible and insiders wondering if a similar upset could be brewing in The Bay State.

And the support that Ocasio-Cortez expressed towards Pressley definitely goes both ways.

You proved that when we stand up for what we believe in, we win,” Pressley tweeted to …