AOC Blasts Democrats Who Won’t Back A Sanders Nomination

In addition, Biden has repeatedly referred to himself as a “real Democrat,” playing up a distinction between himself and Sanders, an independent progressive who describes himself as a democratic socialist.

On Thursday, fellow progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the race – but endorsed neither Sanders nor Biden.

Perhaps hoping to sway Warren to the Sanders camp, Ocasio-Cortez saluted the U.S. senator from Massachusetts on the Meyers show, praising Warren for running “a historic candidacy.”

“She’s a champion and I think that she ran an absolutely stunning, incredible race,” Ocasio-Cortez told Meyers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Today is a hard day for so many people who love and respect @ewarren and admire her campaign – and I include myself in that.

Elizabeth Warren is a progressive lion, a champion for working families, and her commitment to inclusivity is exemplary. Thank you for being a role model. https://t.co/E9iZzo4Dwt

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2020

She also told Meyers that she believed Election Day turnout among younger voters would be key if Democrats hope to deny President Trump a second term.

“It is going to be now and in November, I believe, turnout of young people that will have a huge determination in our future as a country,” she said, according to The Daily Beast. “And this is an enormous responsibility. And we’ve got to really, really turn up or else—you get what you fight for. And you get what you vote for. And I think it’s so incredibly important that we fight for a future that will work for us.”

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