Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took aim at members of her own party on Thursday in a podcast interview for closing ranks around former President Joe Biden."The Majority Report" host Emma Vigeland asked Ocasio-Cortez about how the Democrats lost credibility on the issue of democracy.
The host said the Democrats boxed out voters with "the genocide in Gaza" and Biden's run for re-election with no real Democratic primary."When Kamala Harris was going around and talking about democracy with a banner behind her, they didn't have the credibility that they needed to fight this fascist threat," the host said.JAMES CARVILLE ARGUES ONE KEY MISTAKE FROM BIDEN HAS LEFT DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAYRep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers remarks during a rally for Pennsylvania state Rep.
Chris Rabb on May 15, 2026, in Philadelphia, Pa.(Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)"What I find very interesting about that moment and the people who talk about that time is that I think that some, not all, but some of the Democrats that are most aggressive about getting their narrative out about how they wanted to push Biden out were also the same Democrats that were most aggressive about closing the wagons on a primary process when we had a chance to have that in a presidential election," Ocasio-Cortez said.The lawmaker said Democrats were compensating, and said calling on Biden to drop out became a litmus test within the party."I feel like a lot of them are compensating, because, and you hear sometimes, there's these like consultant class and some of these folks that want, you know, who backed Biden when it was time to step down, as like some sort of litmus test," the progressive congresswoman said.
"But those folks were part of the establishment that were closing the ranks around Biden when before a primary process would have even started."Ocasio-Cortez was loyal to Biden staying in the race right up until he dropped out in July 2024, even as Democratic calls intensified for him to give up the nom...