Barack Obama will address the rebellious class of freshman Democrats including ...

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Former President Barack Obama will meet Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of the rebellious Democratic freshman class that has already caused headaches for leaders of the newly empowered House majority.

Obama, who came in with a large House majority of his own after his historic 2008 win only to watch it get wiped out in successive elections, will speak to the 67-strong class that has already been challenging leaders on impeachment while pushing forward on taxes and environmental policy.

The president, himself a former community organizer, will get to interact for the first time with Ocasio-Cortez, who landed on the cover of Time Magazine this week and has become better known than many of her party's presidential candidates.