Obama Says Democrats Should Make Sure AOC has a Platform [View all]

[peoli]

Former President Obama suggests in a new interview that the Democratic Party should give younger voices like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) a bigger platform regardless of ideology.

“The Democratic National Convention I thought was really successful considering the pandemic, and really used technology wisely,” Obama said in an interview with Vanity Fair contributor Peter Hamby for his Snapchat show "Good Luck America."

“But, you know, the fact that an AOC only got, what? Three minutes or five minutes? When she speaks to a broad section of young people who are interested in what she has to say, even if they don’t agree with everything she says,” Obama continued. “You give her a platform, just like there may be some other young Democrats who come from more conservative areas who have a different point of view. But new blood is always good.”





https://thehill.com/homenews/house/528329-obama-says-democrats-should-make-sure-ocasio-cortez-has-a-platform