Why AOC Backed Joe Biden and Got Dumped By the Socialists The Daily Beast
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Inearly2020,ninemonthsbeforethepresidentialelection,NewYorkMagazineprofiledoneofthenewestHouseDemocratsandaskedthemwhattheythoughtofapossibleJoeBidenpresidency.“OhGod,”theyreplied,“Inanyothercountry,JoeBidenandIwouldnotbeinthesameparty,butinAmericaweare.”
Earlierthisweek,asBidenstruggledtosurvivethefalloutfromhisdisastrouspresidentialdebateperformance,thesamememberofCongresstoldreportersoutsidetheCapitol.“Thematterisclosed.JoeBidenisournominee.Heisnotleavingthisrace.Heisinthisrace,andIsupporthim.”
WelcometothechangingfaceofAlexandriaOcasio-Cortez.
HerrisefrompoliticaloutsidertoD.C.insiderhasnotpleasedeveryone,andhercriticsonthelefthavebeenespeciallyvoluble.ThisweektheDemocraticSocialistsofAmerica(DSA)groupwithdrewitsconditionalendorsementofOcasio-Cortez,claimingsheisnotsupportiveenoughofthePalestinianpositionineffortstoendthewarinGaza.
AtfirstasaCongresswoman,AlexandriaOcasio-Cortezleanedintoherradicalro
