Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) warned Friday that top Democrats aren’t interested in a Kamala Harris ticket, should President Joe Biden drop his reelection bid.
As she vowed to tell “the straight truth” about what Democrats are saying about Biden’s reflection bid in private, the feisty New Yorker told her Instagram live audience: “A lot of them are not just interested in removing the president. They are interested in removing the whole ticket.”
As a member of the “Squad,” a progressive group of House Democrats, Ocasio-Cortez wields significant influence within the lower chamber. While the New York congresswoman recently reaffirmed her support for a Biden-Harris ticket, her latest words come as a revealing expose into the intraparty dynamics playing out as the Left mulls a Biden replacement strategy.
In the early hours of Friday morning, Ocasio-Cortez spoke at length over “all of the craziness you see in the media about Joe Biden.” While Ocasio-Cortez ultimately says, “I don’t know what’s going to happen,” the congresswoman warned that a political “class of donors, decision-makers, power players” are calling the shots behind the scenes.
“I’m going to say what a lot of these people aren’t saying. If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave, that they will support Kamala, that they will support Vice President Harris, you would be mistaken,” Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram livestream that lasted nearly an hour.
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Congresswoman @AOC just did a nearly hour long live where she shared her grave concerns with replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee.
Here’s the full video minus the very short intro she did on other work she is doing at the moment. pic.twitter.com/eeVWhRUlwC
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Ocasio-Cortez admits that Biden is “really old” and isn’t polling well with voters, saying, “I’m not here to tell you that if Joe Biden is the nominee, he’s definitely going to win.” However, she warns, “I’m looking at a watch, and I’m looking at a clock, and I’m looking at a calendar.” Ocasio-Cortez worries that Democrats are running out of time — especially if they want to discard not just Biden but Harris.
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The congresswoman from the Bronx expressed anger that Democratic leaders are having the conversation to replace Biden now after refusing to listen to concerns about Biden or allow alternative candidates to have their chance a year ago.
“This whole class of people who are coming with this other opinion [to drop Biden from the presidential ticket] now has supported the president the entire time, and many of those people are the same people who closed ranks against anyone who even wanted to raise this conversation a year ago,” the congresswoman said.