Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said she will be supporting President Biden's re-election given the current field of candidates.
voiced support for President Biden in an interview Thursday, though she said the president could have done better in certain areas.
"There are areas that I think are quite strong — when he came right out of the gate with the American Rescue Plan, and of course the Inflation Reduction Act was a massive step in terms of our climate agenda." — on immigration issues. Ocasio-Cortez has been a tepid supporter for Biden since his election in 2020. In the Democratic Party's primary, she backed fellow democratic socialistShe has, until now, refrained from saying she will support the president in a 2024 Democratic primary. In her Thursday interview, she noted that she would back Biden out of the current line-up of candidates.
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