Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reportedly going to endorse Bernie Sanders for president
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is expected to endorse Bernie Sanders (I) for president at the Vermont senator's rally in Long Island City, Queens, on Saturday, The Washington Post reports. Sanders' team has teased that a "special guest" would be joining him at the event. CNN Politics reporter Greg Krieg adds that Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) — who along with Ocasio-Cortez are part of an influential progressive group of freshman congresswomen known as "the Squad" — are also expected to endorse the 78-year-old senator.
Ocasio-Cortez is a rising star in the Democratic Party, and one of the most prominent voices in the country's young progressive movement. Her decision to endorse Sanders over fellow progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) comes at a pivotal moment, as Sanders has slumped in recent polls. Ocasio-Cortez's vote of confidence also importantly comes during an event celebrating Sanders' return to the campaign trail after he was sidelined by a heart attack earlier this month.
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have often seen eye-to-eye, both identifying as Democratic Socialists and sharing stances on issues like the Green New Deal, taxing the wealthy, and Medicare-for-All.
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