Bernie Sanders: AOC will have key role in my White House if I'm elected in 2020
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., would be given a vital role in a Bernie Sanders administration and could even be tapped for a cabinet-level position, the 2020 presidential hopeful told ABC News on Sunday.
"Look, I have said this before, let me say it again -- and I don't want [Ocasio-Cortez] to hear this, because [her] head will explode," Sen. Sanders, I-VT., said during a joint interview alongside the freshman House member.
"I don't know of any person -- I've been in Congress for a few years, who in the course of less than one year -- she's been in office less than one year, who has had more of an impact on American politics as a freshman member of Congress than she has."
When asked about the possibility of Ocasio-Cortez joining his cabinet, Sander responded that she's deserving of an influential role if he wins in 2020.
"She is, again, at the end of one year she is a leader in the United States Congress and her ideas are resonating all over this country," he said. "If I am in the White House, she will play a very, very important role, no question."
Sanders also criticized former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg in the same interview for floating the idea of his own presidential run, and declining to campaign in the early primary states.
"That is the arrogance of billionaires," he said "I'm doing five events this weekend right here in Iowa.
"We're all over New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, California. But he's too important. You see, when you're worth $50 billion, I guess you don't have to have town meetings, you don't have to talk to ordinary people," Sanders said. "What you do is you take out, I guess a couple of billion dollars, and you buy the state of California."
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Lmao Ole Bernie will do anything for a vote. Why not use the socialist dingbat for one.
About the only impact she has had on American politics is proof that people will vote for anybody if you promise them free shit.
Thanks for the warning Bernie...you old commie.
I don't think we'll get too excited about the possibility of this disastrous combo.
I disagree. I don't think a Bernie/AOC ticket would get many votes except from the extreme left - although I think it would guarantee a Trump reelection, even if just due to a lot of people just not voting because they couldn't stomach either choice.
He needs to do something to out-leftist Elizabeth Warren.
Biden Is falling in the polls and Bernie and warren are racing to the bottom seeing who can give away the most free shit.
Even Bloomberg sees that these two socialist can't beat Trump. I just seen Deval Patrick has jumped into the clown show also.
I sure hope this impeachment works out for the Democrats....
Sad to hear. Personally, I am much more interested in what's good for the country, rather than focusing on pissing off members of a political party. Trump deserves to be impeached and your partisanship shouldn't blind you to that fact. You should expect ethics and integrity of any president, not give him a pass because he's in your party.
I will never understand why the GOP and Republicans don't want decent GOP candidates in a primary for this election.
Impeached for what? Do tell. And not some unproven bullshit that the press has spoon fed the ignorant masses.
That's why I went with the lesser of two evils. You telling me you actually believe Hillarious Hillary had Ethics and integrity?
Please, Take your BS elsewhere. What's a "decent" to you? One that would lose to a socialist POS?
On what grounds? Yesterday, Rep. John Ratcliffe asked both William B. Taylor and George Kent to state an impeachment offense. Both sat there in embarrassing silence and could not answer, and they are Schiff's and Pelosi's key witnesses!
By that rationale, Clinton should have been removed just for his behavior with Monica Lewinski, not to mention his other mistresses. We wouldn't have even had to wait for lying under oath and obstruction of justice, which is what he was actually impeached for.
Spilled milk.
Seems they are getting a head start on stupid.................
" Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) unveiled sweeping legislation Thursday to invest up to $172 billion over the next decade to drastically upgrade the nation’s 1.2 million public housing units as part of a Green New Deal ."
You object to 17 billion dollars a year to upgrade public housing?
How about this? We take the 17 billion a year for that out of the 700 billion a year spent on the military. That will leave the military industrial complex with 683 billion dollars a year. Everybody's happy.
The military should be paid for by taxes on business profits. The entire purpose of the U.S. military is to make the rest of the world safe for US companies to conduct business with.
I dont care how it works , I am making a point. They are aghast at spending 17 billion a year to upgrade public housing. Why?
The only reason anyone ever went anywhere "overseas" was to find markets. Why do you think Columbus got into his boat?
They are aghast at spending 17 billion a year to upgrade public housing. Why?
Because public housing, like a job at McDonalds, is supposed to be a stepping stone to help people lift themselves up. Make it cozy and what's the point?
He was looking for a shortcut to India in order to trade for spices.
"The entire purpose of the U.S. military is to make the rest of the world safe for US companies to conduct business with."
Gotta agree with Tex on this one. BLATANTLY false..............unless you have a link to the contrary.
I dont know if you are capable of understanding this or not, but in a capitalist economic system there are ALWAYS poor people, who in turn would probably need public housing. There is no stepping stone in which the poor disappear one day.
Paying for "public housing" is nothing but the cost of doing business. Stop bitching about it.
I have an idea. Don't talk to me. I didnt solicit your comments. They are generally a waste of time.
Of course China's military is meant to ensure it's business prospects. That is the reason countries "expand".
I am sure there are many places in the federal budget where cuts could be made. Let's start with all corporate subsidies. Why should taxpayers pay money to profitable private companies?
"You are hilariously entertaining."
That does not even come close to describing it!
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WOW John - that sure as hell got off topic in a hurry.
Enjoy that?
I would rather see funding for useless studies (ie - why there is obesity among lesbians) go to a better use.
"she will play a very, very important role, no question."
She makes a mean drink !
If Bernie won the election, he'd better be careful with AOC being his sidekick. In less than a year, the bartender has made great progress in catching up to Biden's number of gaffes!
She'll have the key to the White House liquor cabinet.
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Please see 8.1.1 .
She will be in charge of the garbage disposal
Too many buttons.
When I moved I got a new phone number that obviously belonged to a Bern supporter. Since May I have been getting messages from his campaign. Just for shits and giggles I always reply MAGA.
Awesome!!!!!
so, he just forfeited the race... LOL
LOL. Bernie didn't need to add yet another "kiss of death" to his campaign - he's swimming in them.
Has Bernie received a greater amount of campaign donations than any other Democrat candidate? If so, it amazes me that Americans, assumed to be educated and intelligent, can be so wasteful. There are better causes to support for a tax benefit.
Sanders is intentionally sinking his campaign. Something is seriously wrong with this guy.
The fact that AOC once married her own brother makes me go ewwww gross.
That wasn't AOC, that was that Jew hating Muslim from Minnesota.