The Daily Populous Friday July 19th, 2024 evening edition
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New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on Instagram Live early on Friday morning to share her thoughts on Joe Biden’s floundering re-election campaign - and warning that many of those who want the President to drop out of the race, also want Vice President Kamala Harris off the ticket too.

“If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave ... that they will support, Vice President Harris, you would be mistaken,” she told viewers.

She slammed her colleagues for giving anonymous quotes to the press, calling it “bull****” and urged those resigned to a loss to Donald Trump to give up their seats.

“My community does not have the option to lose,” she said.

“If they’re going to come out and say all their little things on background, off the record, but they’re not going to be fully honest, I’m going to be honest for them. I’m in these rooms. I see what they say in conversations,” the congresswoman said.

“A lot of them are not just interested in removing the president. They are interested in removing the whole ticket.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke out about Joe Biden’s candidacy on Instagram live early on Friday ( Screenshot / Instagram / AOC )

This comes amid mounting pressure on Biden to leave the race. While he remains publicly committed to staying in the race, Axios reports that in private, the president has resigned himself to increasing calls from lawmakers for him to drop out amid bad polling and mounting scrutiny of his age and mental acuity.

“I’m not here to tell you that if Joe Biden is the nominee, he’s definitely going to win because I don’t think if anybody is the nominee, we’re definitely going to win,” Ocasio-Cortez also said on Friday.

“I’m here to tell you that a huge amount of the donor class and a huge amount of these elites and a huge amount of these folks in these rooms that I see that are pushing for President Biden to not be the nominee also are not interested in seeing the Vice President being the nominee,” she added.

re0dlysa on July 19th, 2024 at 06:01 UTC »

Did anyone actually watch the live? She was expressing concern that if the DNC doesn't have the ticket swapped quickly, then state governments will litigate against the new ticket being on ballots. Courts could then further disrupt access to voting for the Democratic nominee.

drexler57346 on July 19th, 2024 at 05:35 UTC »

I want whatever gives the Democrats the best chance of winning. Period.

ChanceryTheRapper on July 19th, 2024 at 05:31 UTC »

Whoever the fuck they pick, they better get their shit together behind them immediately.