Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she believes President Joe Biden is the strongest option the Democratic Party has to defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
During an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” on Sunday, AOC was asked about Biden’s abysmal polls and why Trump is fairing much better despite facing numerous legal issues.
“I think what we have right now, what we’ve seen in New Hampshire, he is virtually the nominee of the party. His turnout in New Hampshire is actually not something to ignore,” AOC said.
“We saw, from a write-in campaign, remember, President Biden wasn’t even on the ballot in New Hampshire, he won overwhelmingly with turnout that even exceeded Obama 2012 turnout when Obama was on the ballot,” she said.
“And so, there are quite a few indicators in his strength in New Hampshire,” AOC added.
“We will see what happens in South Carolina and, of course, when we get to important primaries like Michigan.”
When asked if Biden was the Democrat’s best option, AOC said “Yes.”
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He is “the strongest nominee” the party could put forward, she claimed.
“I think we can certainly do more to be advancing our vision,” AOC said.
“And I believe that we have a strong vision that we can run on.”
“You know I think – and – and for what it’s worth, the president has said, ‘If you give me the House, and if you give me the Senate and reelect me to the presidency, we will codify abortion rights and the right to choose in this country. We’ll codify reproductive rights.’ I think we can do more.”
“I think we – I think we need to be talking more about health care,” she continued.
“Of course, me as a progressive, I want to see the age of Medicare drop, whether it’s to 50, as the president has discussed earlier, or to zero, as is my preference, to extend Medicare to all people in the United States of America.”
“But I believe that we can be doing more.”
“We can talk even more about the fact that public colleges and universities should be tuition free or reduced.”
