Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that she believes that President Joe Biden is the Democratic Party’s best option against former President Donald Trump in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
AOC made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” when asked about why Biden is struggling in the polls against Trump despite Trump facing numerous legal issues.
“I think what we have right now, what we’ve seen in New Hampshire, he is virtually the nominee of the party. His turnout in New Hampshire is actually not something to ignore,” she said. “We saw, from a write-in campaign, remember, President Biden wasn’t even on the ballot in New Hampshire, he won overwhelmingly with turnout that even exceeded Obama 2012 turnout when Obama was on the ballot. And so, there are quite a few indicators in his strength in New…