Ocasio-Cortez: Democrats must 'rally' behind the nominee 'no matter who it is'

[RandySF]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a high-profile surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) campaign for the White House, said Sunday that the party must rally behind whichever Democratic presidential candidate wins the nomination to take on President Trump in November.

“Bernie has said this, I absolutely believe this: whoever gets the nomination, we have to rally behind them, no matter who it is,” the freshman lawmaker told Time in an interview published the day before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. “And I would hope that everybody would do so if Bernie is the nominee as well.”

Ocasio-Cortez also told the magazine she thinks Democratic Party attempts to stop Sanders from winning the nomination have been “overblown” but suggested she could see a situation in which elements in the party may be used to try and block Sanders.

She warned against party leaders from using rules to block the Vermont senator if he advances as the nominee after the upcoming caucuses and primaries, adding she thinks it could hurt the party's chances of beating Trump in the general election.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea for people to try to use superdelegates or other kind of subversive policies to deny anybody the nomination because it’s incredibly divisive to do so, and very demoralizing, which is a direct threat in November,” she told Time.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/481171-ocasio-cortez-democrats-must-rally-behind-the-nominee-no-matter-who-it-is

[JoeOtterbein]

1. AOC is the....

...coolest ever!

[highplainsdem]

2. LOL! Quite a switch from her complaining that the Democratic Party is too big a tent.

[JudyM]

12. Perhaps Sanders had a talk with her. She did mention that's what he wants.

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

AOC is outstanding. She gives voice to many people in this country.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

4. "superdelegates or other kind of subversive policies?"

[Lordquinton]

5. Exactly my reaction to superdelegates

[showblue22]

6. Bernie is the only won who begged superdelegates to choose him

when he did not have a plurality of delegates.

[TwilightZone]

7. "try to use superdelegates"

As I recall, there was only one candidate who lobbied the super-delegates to switch allegiances.

[JudyM]

13. You have to play the hand you're dealt. Superdelegates have no legit place in a democratic election.

[ripcord]

8. I think the reason Biden supporters are sure only he can beat Trump

Is that they will not support Sanders.

[Cha]

9. No.. you think WRONG, ripcord.

[LeftTurn3623]

10. I love AOC!

[Love-All]

11. Me too.