AOC: 'Tone-deaf' Biden tried to 'ignore racism' so he could work with segregationists

Weighing into the controversy over Joe Biden’s comments about segregationists, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to sarcasm and argued that he gave cover for “racists” in the 1970s.

“If you ignore racism and if you don’t address issues of race with racists, then everything is fine, right?” Ocasio-Cortez told Politico on Wednesday. “That’s how you work with segregationists: By not confronting the racism and their institutionalization of second-class citizenship and a lack of fully recognizing African Americans.”