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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should appoint progressive leaders should he win the presidency in November.
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should appoint progressive leaders should he win the presidency in November.
"I believe that it's critically important that the Biden administration appoint progressive leaders," Ocasio-Cortez said on CNN Sunday when asked if Biden should appoint Sen. Bernie Sanders to cabinet if he is elected.
Ocasio-Cortez said while she will advocate for progressive issues if Biden is elected, Democrats "need to focus on winning the White House first."
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should appoint progressive leaders in his administration should he be elected, in response to a question on whether he should give Senator Bernie Sanders a seat in the cabinet.
In an interview with AOC on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, host Jake Tapper pressed on her thoughts on whether Bernie Sanders should be given a cabinet seat if Biden were elected.
"I believe that it's critically important that the Biden administration appoint progressive leaders, " Ocasio-Cortez said.
"This isn't just about the progressive movement," Ocasio-Cortez continued. "This is about making sure we're not just going back to how things were and rewinding the tape before the Trump administration, but this is about making sure how are we going to not just make up for lost time but leap into the future and actually ensure that we are making the investments and policy decisions that will create an advanced American society."
"And frankly, conservative appointments will not get us there," she added.
—State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 25, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have both issued their support for Biden in the November election.
In April, following Biden's nomination, Ocasio-Cortez said it would be a "tightrope" to balance her support for the Democratic presidential nominee while backing a progressive movement. She made clear that in the event Biden is elected in November, she will advocate for progressive policies like the Green New Deal.
"It's just about making sure that you continue to advocate for the issues that we find to be most important," Ocasio-Cortez previously told Insider.
Also on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez, who opposes fracking, told CNN that she would ask Biden to reconsider his position on banning fracking, which the Democratic nominee said he would not do.
"It will be a privilege to lobby him should we win the White House, but we need to focus on winning the White House first," Ocasio-Cortez said.
—State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 25, 2020
In an interview with AOC on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, host Jake Tapper pressed on her thoughts on whether Bernie Sanders should be given a cabinet seat if Biden were elected.
"I believe that it's critically important that the Biden administration appoint progressive leaders, " Ocasio-Cortez said.
"This isn't just about the progressive movement," Ocasio-Cortez continued. "This is about making sure we're not just going back to how things were and rewinding the tape before the Trump administration, but this is about making sure how are we going to not just make up for lost time but leap into the future and actually ensure that we are making the investments and policy decisions that will create an advanced American society."
"And frankly, conservative appointments will not get us there," she added.
—State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 25, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have both issued their support for Biden in the November election.
In April, following Biden's nomination, Ocasio-Cortez said it would be a "tightrope" to balance her support for the Democratic presidential nominee while backing a progressive movement. She made clear that in the event Biden is elected in November, she will advocate for progressive policies like the Green New Deal.
"It's just about making sure that you continue to advocate for the issues that we find to be most important," Ocasio-Cortez previously told Insider.
Also on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez, who opposes fracking, told CNN that she would ask Biden to reconsider his position on banning fracking, which the Democratic nominee said he would not do.
"It will be a privilege to lobby him should we win the White House, but we need to focus on winning the White House first," Ocasio-Cortez said.
—State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 25, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is heavily favored to win her reelection race. Her challenger has still raised $10 million because Republicans are desperate to beat her.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the overwhelming favorite in her reelection race in New York's 14th Congressional district.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the overwhelming favorite in her reelection race in New York's 14th Congressional district.
Her Republican opponent, John Cummings has still raised $9.6 million — seemingly a sign of how keen conservatives are to challenge her.
"I guarantee you 75% of his contributors don't know anything about him," a Republican strategist told The New York Times.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is widely expected to win reelection next month as the US Representative for New York's 14th district.
Her Republican challenger, John Cummings, has still managed to raise $9.6 million, in a sign of how desperate her critics are to beat her, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
"I guarantee you 75% of his contributors don't know anything about him," Tom Doherty, a Republican strategist, told the newspaper of Cummings, a former Bronx schoolteacher and police officer.
"The people that are interested in that race financially are giving because it's AOC," he said.
Ocasio-Cortez, who has raised $17.3 million so far, champions progressive policies such as public healthcare, tuition-free public college, the abolition of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the rollout of a Green New Deal that would transform the US economy to combat climate change and protect the environment.
The lawmaker's bold proposals have polarized Americans, winning her passionate support among liberals and making her a popular target for conservatives.
The result is that more money has poured into backing her and her opponents than in any House of Representatives race in the country bar one, The New York Times said.
More then $30 million has flowed into the campaign, most of it going to Ocasio-Cortez and Cummings.
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC anchor who lost to Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic primary, has also raised $2.4 million and loaned $1 million to her campaign in order to run against Ocasio-Cortez again as the candidate for the Serve America Movement.
Cummings' campaign staff knew they could capitalize on Ocasio-Cortez's public profile to raise money from across the country.
"I just sensed that national fund-raising against someone like AOC would be successful," Chapin Fay, Cummings' campaign manager, told The New York Times.
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