Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the insurgent Democrat who beat 10-term congressman Joseph Crowley in a primary last month, is now criticizing him for not getting his name off the ballot in the general election.

Despite his loss in New York�s Democratic primary, Crowley�s name will still be on the ballot as the candidate of the lesser-known Working Families Party in November.

Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter Thursday to accuse Crowley of purposely staying in the race.

�He�s stood me up for all 3 scheduled concession calls,� Ocasio-Cortez wrote. �Now, he�s mounting a 3rd party challenge against me and the Democratic Party.�

Crowley responded on Twitter, writing that he�s not running and supports her candidacy.

�Alexandria, the race is over and Democrats need to come together,� he said. �I�ve made my support for you clear and the fact that I�m not running. We�ve scheduled phone calls and your team has not followed through. I�d like to connect but I�m not willing to air grievances on Twitter.�

Crowley added that getting his name scratched from the ballot as the Working Families Party nominee wouldn�t be simple.

He would have to be nominated by the party for a different elected position, move out of the state, be convicted of a crime or die.

The Working Families Party�s state director, Bill Lipton, said that after Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary, he asked Crowley�s campaign to help get his name off the ballot, and it declined.

�It is disappointing that Crowley has refused to vacate the Working Families Party ballot line. He chose not to show Ocasio-Cortez and the WFP respect by allowing us to put Ocasio-Cortez on our ballot line,� Lipton said in a statement. �WFP is giving all we have to electing Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive insurgents all across the nation.�

Lipton suggested that Crowley switch his voting residency to Virginia, where he already has a home and his children go to school.

�It would fix the problem he created in an instant,� he said.

(AP)