AOC warns Democrats on 2020 primary: Please don’t nominate Biden

Published June 26, 2019 8:36pm ET



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not yet said who she thinks should be crowned the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in 2020. But the Bronx Democrat certainly has opinions on who should not be the candidate to face President Trump next year.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is “not a pragmatic choice,” Ocasio-Cortez told Vogue, arguing that the current Democratic primary front-runner would appeal mostly to voters who would otherwise support President Trump — that is, white voters.

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