AOC Blasts Democrats Who Won’t Back A Sanders Nomination

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s “been concerned” about some Democrats not wanting to support her candidate – Sen. Bernie Sanders – if he eventually wins the party’s presidential nomination.

The freshman congresswoman from New York made the remarks Thursday night during an appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”

“I think it’s a two-way street,” Ocasio-Cortez told Meyers. “I’ve been concerned by some folks that say if Bernie’s the nominee, they won’t support him — and the other way around.”

“I’ve been concerned by some folks that say if Bernie’s the nominee, they won’t support him — and the other way around.”

— U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

The comments came amid accusations from many, including President Trump, that Democratic Party leaders were looking to somehow block Sanders from being the party’s standard-bearer in November, despite his early primary wins rivaled only by former Vice President Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday performance.

Ethics panel clears Gallego as Luna declares, ‘Once a creep, always a creep’

Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts Side with Liberal Justices on Key Election Integrity Case

Conservatives revolt after Trump-appointed Barrett joins liberals in ‘shockingly wrong’ mail ballot ruling

Netanyahu’s lawyers compare his treatment by court to Adolf Eichmann as yearslong trial could go to 2028

Judge delays trial for White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting suspect

Wife of Louis Farrakhan dead at 90

Who is Lisa Cook? The central bank governor at the heart of the Supreme Court’s Trump-Fed showdown

American Airlines flight aborts Miami takeoff after business jet enters runway

Luigi Mangione returns to court for jury selection hearing after reported plea deal falls apart

Deadly Palisades Fire Defendant’s Case Ends in Mistrial as Jury Remains Deadlocked

Banned Film About Anti-Islam Vigilante Is No. 1 on Amazon

Watch: Dems Trot Out Biden at Gala, But Now He Can’t Even Leave Podium Without Directions

Europeans Discover Simple Luxury As They Descend On US For World Cup

Fetterman Blasts His Own Party’s ‘Orgy of Socialism’ Primary Results

In Apple TV’s ‘Star City,’ Russians beat us to the moon

After Sanders won the Democrats’ Nevada caucuses, Trump said it was possible the U.S. senator from Vermont could face him in the general election – adding “unless they cheat him out of it,” referring to party leaders.

But since then, suspicions of behind-the-scenes dealing escalated after two moderate candidates — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg — each dropped out of the race ahead of Super Tuesday – giving a big boost to Biden, who surged back into the race after being written off by many.

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.