ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared Jesse Jackson’s 1984 stab at the presidency to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s uphill battle against Joe Biden to secure the 2020 Democratic nomination.

“We have a choice to make. In November, we will do everything we can to defeat that margin of despair. The question is, how? Will we defeat it by going back to how things were, or will we defeat it by fighting for working people?” the New York Democrat said in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Sunday, drawing a contrast between Sanders and rival Biden.

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