Ocasio-Cortez won't commit to backing Biden in 2024: 'We'll cross that bridge when we get to it'

[Polybius]

Source: CNN

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday would not commit to backing President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, saying instead that “we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.”

“I think if the President has a vision, then that’s something certainly we’re all willing to entertain and examine when the time comes,” Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat who wields a significant amount of influence over the party’s progressive wing, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked if she plans to support Biden in his 2024 reelection bid.

“That’s not a yes,” Bash said, to which the congresswoman replied: “We should endorse when we get to it, but I believe that the President’s been doing a very good job so far, and, you know, should he run again, I think that I, you know, I think … we’ll take a look at it.

“But right now, we need to focus on winning a majority instead of a presidential election,” she added, referring to this year’s November midterm elections.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-biden-reelection-2024-cnntv/index.html

[kimbutgar]

1. To be honest I don't care what she thinks

She still has to gain knowledge, experience and wisdom.

I like AOC but I’ll listen to President Joseph Biden with his 40+ years of experience over her.

[agingdem]

9. agree.

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every now and then AOC has a moment of clarity...this isn't one of them..more comments like this and she's in grave danger of morphing into a well dressed articulate Marjorie Taylor Greene..just saying...

[comradebillyboy]

14. +++++

[JohnSJ]

2. I sure don't care what she thinks

[Bayard]

3. Right now we need unity

Not bullshit.

[question everything]

4. But there are too many Democrats that for them getting headlines is the most important

[SuperCoder]

32. There is no unity

Or moving on...until Trump is held accountable and arrested for January 6th.

[ArizonaLib]

5. Who cares what anybody thinks about 2024 endorsements right now?

This is why CNN's viewership is so low when compared to its live coverage of the J6 hearings. They chase away a lot of their potential audience with stupid leads. Anything to Bash Biden I guess.

[dem4decades]

8. If AOC had said yes, there wouldn't be any Biden bashing.

[SunImp]

17. She never bashed Biden in her replies

I think her haters are making it more than what it is.

[ArizonaLib]

28. Exactly my point!

Dana Bash'd Biden - AOC said some good stuff about Biden and nothing negative. The headline is click bait at the President's expense.

[agingdem]

7. no offense but go away...

[Ellipsis]

10. Okay.

[jmbar2]

11. OK, she's pissing me off

Since 2021, Biden has been simultaneously dealing with
- America's first full blown coup and attempts to undermine democracy/vote.
- Economic consequences of covid (stimulus, child credits)
- Rapid reversal of Trump's vaccine debacle - rollout of multiple vaccines and boosters
- Invasion of Ukraine - rapid assembly of coalition, sanctions, provision of weapons
- China's aspirations to invade Taiwan
- Rising inflation and potential recession
- Mass gun incidents

I can think of NO other leader who has the international relations and trust that he has formed over a long career in public service.

Would you want a tRump clone in charge of this mess? Or someone with no experience?

He is an old and wise man, of sound temperament. Few could fill his shoes right now. And no one, regardless of talent and intellect, could handle all of this without error.

Sheesh... give our President a break!

[yorkster]

15. Excellent. And I agree. n/t

[SunSeeker]

19. +1

[PatSeg]

22. Thank you, well said

This is really getting old already.

[elleng]

57. Yes

[Cha]

75. Thank You!

💙💛

[brush]

12. God, she needs to learn to edit herself...

before she makes such ridiculous pronouncements. Joe Biden is going to be the nominee so who else is she going to back, a neo-fascist republican, or maybe a moderate Dem who gins up the nerve to primary Joe Biden? Or maybe she's going to pull a Jill Stein, have lunch with Putin and run herself as a third party candidate as she'll turn 35 a month before the 2024 election?

She says she'll take a look at supporting Joe when the time comes, talk about being full of oneself.

[yorkster]

16. I don't know if it's bad judgement or if she's merely self-serving

but this is getting really old. Her last minute endorsement of Nina Turner over Shontel Brown was really telling.
Unity is all, dammit. Especially at a time like this.

[brush]

76. Yes, the last minute Nina Turner endorsement was...

phony if you ask me. She wanted to seem true to the so-called Justice Democrats by seeming to back Turner, but if she really wanted to support her she would've endorsed her a lot sooner. And of all people to back she picks a two-time loser like Turner...or is it now a three-time loser?

I don't know, AOC is coming off as calculating and self-serving to me. Why is it so hard for her to just back Democratic incumbents like other Democrats do? Even Bernie Sanders just said he would back Joe Biden and won't primary him.

[betsuni]

77. Exactly. Disappointing.

[Walleye]

13. "If The President has a vision"Having a vision does not get legislation passed

[Gore1FL]

18. CNN: Do you support Biden in a bid he hasn't even said he is a candidate for?

AOC: I think we should concentrate on 2022.

DU: AoC iS dIsUnItY!

Predictable as an eclipse.

[SunImp]

20. +1 This

[SunSeeker]

21. Biden has repeatedly said he intends to run in 2024 and that Harris will be his running mate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-reelection-2024/2021/11/20/0779469c-4947-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-2024-run-again-if-trump-does-report-2022-5

https://thehill.com/news/administration/3272281-biden-has-told-obama-hes-running-again/amp/#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16550998602513&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/19/joe-biden-run-again-2024-report

https://people.com/politics/president-biden-confirms-vice-president-harris-2024-running-mate/

[Joinfortmill]

34. Of course. It's what he should say.

[ReluctanceTango]

24. I agree that what she said here isn't

Quite as bad as it’s made to sound, but any enmity she has in D circles, she’s earned for boneheaded moves like supporting Nina Turner over Shontel Brown.

She does herself no favors when she aligns with asshats who have gone out of their way to tear down good Democrats. Turner has made an entire career about hating on any D who doesn’t march in lockstep with her on the lunatic fringe.

It shows really bad judgment to support a crank like that over a solid liberal like Shontel Brown.

[Wuddles440]

44. For a more informed perspective...

you may want to research Ms. Brown's record as Chairperson of the Democratic Party in Cuyahoga County.

[Ford_Prefect]

23. Setup BS question. Part of he ongoing attempts by MSM to split the party & portray any progressives

as absolutist spoilers. Meanwhile they show off corporate Dems as the mainstream great white hope. Get your ticket now for the next trifecta!

[ReluctanceTango]

25. As if loonie rhetoric like "corporate Democrats"

Isn’t divisive.

How do you spell hypocrisy?

[Ford_Prefect]

27. In the 60 years I've been a registered Democrat I've met many kinds. Corporate Dems are just one

class among them. I don't believe in party purity. It has no basis in the real communities we inhabit.

That there is collusion among corporate sponsors to manage the future of our party to their advantage is hardly a recent revelation. That I object to it should be no surprise either.

If you haven't yet picked up on how its been done you may have missed a few chapters in American History.

For the record Corporate Democrats were labeled as such by the press long ago. It is not "loonie rhetoric" for me to use the term. The idea that the Democratic Party stands primarily for middle class suburbia is another historical invention of the press. It is one which flies in the face of actual party history, just ask anyone with a union card.

[betsuni]

29. Edit: Oh, never mind.

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[oldsoftie]

35. Well then, she should be smart enough to not play along. She's not.

How DARE they ask a democrat if they'd support the current Democrat holding the office!!

[ripcord]

26. Is her seat safe?

Can the DNC take a page from her playbook and support another democrat for her seat?

[2naSalit]

30. What kind of fucking asshole question is that?

A click-bait we'll say anything to get people riled up bullshit question is what.

Fuck CNN and whomever was interviewing her! If you don't have anything valid to ask her then stop wasting her time and ours by asking ignorant fucking questions like that.

Fuck CNN. ("cause nothing's news).

[stuffmatters]

31. Exactly!

[onetexan]

56. Ditto. CNN's BS

[Emile]

64. She did the right thing by not answering the divisive question.

Some of these so called news people are hell bent to go out of their way and ask stupid questions to divide the democratic party. The question should have NEVER been asked!

[2naSalit]

68. True.

That it was asked at all at this time was divisive in itself. AOC is well practiced at this by now.

[Joinfortmill]

33. She'll do the right thing when the time comes.

[cab67]

65. ok, but let's hope she knows the right time when it happens

Voting for Biden is certainly important, but so is supporting him (assuming he's the candidate in 2024) early enough that we don't see the devastation that divisiveness can cause.

We've seen the kind of damage this can cause. We just don't live in the kind of world where a political party in the US can survive it during an election year.

[oldsoftie]

36. In pro wrestling, this is called "going into business for yourself"

Not doing what's best for the party but what's best for YOUR image

[betsuni]

37. And fundraising.

[gab13by13]

38. This is the most recent right wing narrative

and it has made its way to DU. AOC has been one of the most outspoken critics of Trump and his Congressional traitors.

I watched the interview live and I knew this would happen. She admitted she should have given a better answer but with that said, I wish we had 100 AOC's in Congress.

The Magats know who to go after and Democrats even help them, think Al Franken.

[Wuddles440]

43. Agree!!!

And I'm still pissed about how harshly he was treated by many in leadership positions within our party. He should have just apologized for the inappropriate behavior, vowed to abstain from any such actions in the future, promote policies to further combat harassment, and move on. With his resignation we lost a significant voice and visable in our party and that achieved the GQP's prime objective.

[Lasher]

39. She would never make it here at DU. EOM

[RevBrotherThomas]

55. Yeah right?

What with that pesky House seat and all...

[AntivaxHunters]

40. READ the article people!

It's not what ya think.

[betsuni]

41. Why not?

[AntivaxHunters]

42. Because the headline is tabloid bullshit

done to create drama & controversy.

It's misleading and done so intentionally to drive people to their website.
"Clicks for cash" otherwise known as "ad revenue".

She literally praises Biden in the article.

[betsuni]

46. But she was asked three times, also asked three time if she'd vote for the compromise gun

bill. No real yes. That's what she said, her words. She also said legislators shouldn't be "elected in perpetuity forever."

[AntivaxHunters]

47. She said this

[betsuni]

48. Huh?

"elected in perpetuity forever."

[AntivaxHunters]

49. She praised Biden

as I showed. I don't know what else to tell you. She's correct that we should be concentrating on midterms right now and not 2024.

[betsuni]

51. Justice Democrats.

[867-5309.]

74. Ah - so you're suggesting

she wasn't leaving open the possibility of supporting a challenger to Biden in 2024. She was simply saying we shouldn't worry about 2024 right now?

[867-5309.]

45. She's under no obligation to back Joe in a 2024 primary

Obviously, she's not talking about the general and didn't bash Joe in her response. No problem with it.

[Demsrule86]

53. She has voted against Democratic legislation more than once. Perhaps she could face a

primary at some point.

[867-5309.]

62. Of course she could - that's how she came into office

And we have a more progressive, effective, and representative congressperson. Primaries aren't necessarily harmful.

I also don't think she's obligated to vote for "Democratic" legislation, tbh.

[Demsrule86]

73. I do think she is obligated to support Democratic legislation which is the point of electing her.

[womanofthehills]

63. Come on - more people recognize her name than Nancy Pelosi's

Unless you want to put big corporate super pac funded candidates up against her - like what happened with other progressive women recently

[Demsrule86]

72. More people in Ohio knew who Nina Turner was too...but she lost the primary and the special.

Recently, Nina lost again. I value loyalty and accomplishments...perhaps some in her district do as well. I do think AOC is destroying any chance of running and winning a Senate seat. I once thought she might be the first woman president.

[bucolic_frolic]

50. Nuanced, grounded in reality, and allowing Democrats to climb a wall of worry

Just like Wall Street, just like Trump did in 2016. Climb a Wall of Worry. Keep the public ill at ease and uncertain until the money's on the line.

[Lil Liberal Laura]

52. Okay

She's a freshman (maybe sophomore) Representative. I doubt she'll be a significant factor.

[Demsrule86]

54. Excuse me? She is in Congress and we are in the middle of a midterm. What she says does matter.

And I think if she doesn't support President Biden, she could face a primary herself.

[Magoo48]

58. Well, isn't this a unity encouraging, non divisive headline?

Let’s bash the progressive Latina who didn’t bash our President, for Bashing our President

Since when does what is, ultimately—Let’s Waite and se—a bash?

[nycbos]

59. My friend from Manhattan Young Dems calls her...

... Always On Camera

[dbonds]

60. This is CNN doing a clickbait gotcha question.

I saw the interview, AOC was just focused on things happening now.

[TiberiusB]

61. I can't seem to find the thread about Biden praising Mitch Mcconnel on Kimmel

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I don't know, but maybe going on national television and praising the Republican Minority Senate leader and blatantly ignoring the decades of unhinged opposition to your own party might not be the best mid-term strategy.

Nah, it can't be that. It has to be that AOC person that is "always on camera" because she's young, attractive, outspoken, and who knows the value in messaging. All traits that draw the press corps like flies.

Let's review:

Biden sh*ts on Millennials:

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-says-millennials-dont-have-it-tough-780348

and let's not forget this:

https://prospect.org/politics/bidens-votes-on-the-bankruptcy-bill-middle-class-joe/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/02/joe-biden-student-loan-debt-2005-act-2020

How is any of that somehow less impactful than a random statement from AOC that only seems to register with political obsessives on random internet forums?

[twodogsbarking]

66. I don't have a problem with her answer.

[Farmer-Rick]

67. Neither do I

We'll cross that bridge when we get there is what she is saying.

And she added that he has done a good job so far. My opinion too.

Corporate media is making a mountain out of a mole hole. They are trying to divide the left into 2 camps and get some infighting going on. So then the Russian trolls can come in and make that crack between very liberal and mildly liberal a canyon.

[llashram]

69. so what

ms. Ocasio-Cortez. Don't back your POTUS. I ran into a repthug recently. He was blaming President Biden for the high fuel costs that the gasoline companies are gouging out of the American people. I asked him, can you remember that d.trump possibly knew because of his very close association with putin in Russia that a war was coming. Being so obsessed with the then President's son, he tried to leverage his backing of President Zelensky with some kind of information which would show some type of unlawful behaviour by President Biden's son. The repthug that showed up at our weekend barbecue sputtered something about Hunter Biden's guilt on his laptop. I then asked why would d.trump as POTUS withhold critical help to Ukraine with Russia threatening, behind the scenes at that time, to go to war with that country? We didn't know it but I bet trump knew it and that's one of the reasons he fought so hard, outside of his narcissistic personality disorder not allowing him to see himself as a loser, to overthrow the election. He would have backed Putin to the hilt. With all that might have entailed in intel etc... He said Russia is just taking back its rightful land from "nazis".

I could go on, but my final question was who's responsible for our high fuel cost? He said, President Biden. I stopped. I said President Biden was no friend of Putin's and along with the EU had to exact some type of price from Russia for an unlawful incursion-war-genocide against Ukraine and if I had to suffer some with high prices then I just had to bite the bullet. My friend and I walked away from that clown after laughing in his face. Not many people talked to him.

I just hope though that something can be found to stop the oil companies from ripping us off. My retirement $$$ go just so far.

[oldsoftie]

70. Like it or not its going to take compromise.

Oil companies don't want to spend billions on new infrastructure if they think the Govt is going to make them stop using it 2,4,6 whatever years from now. The push to go AWAY from oil & gas will affect their decisions.
But if they were given a guarantee of X years maybe they'd get off the pot. I don't know. But right now there pressure is coming from their investors. We need to get MORE of it to come from the PUBLIC

[llashram]

71. name of the

game...always and you are right on "the pot". Given the last couple of years, I( don't know anything for certain anymore.

[jcmaine72]

78. CNN.....

...Desperate for ratings as usual and willing to sink to any depth to bolster them. This story is little more than the deed to the Brooklyn Bridge being waved before your very eyes. Don't buy it, cause it's fake.

[machoneman]

79. Sorry for all her defenders here but: this kind of talk does not help our party. Not one bit.

She needs a filter to prevent her from killing off Democratic votes.

And if you disagree....please tell me how this kind of statement helps.

Good luck with that!