AOC is stumping for Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire—but her performance in Iowa stoked some tensions between herself and the Sanders campaign
largely sequestered in Washington, D.C., at the end of last month ahead of the critical Iowa caucuses, the Vermont senator’s campaign deployed what is arguably its greatest weapon:And traversing the state, Ocasio-Cortez delivered, drawing massive crowds and pushing the message of progressive populism and younger voters that underlies Sanders' campaign. Ocasio-Cortez’s celebrity is bigger than politics, delivering a wattage that few campaign surrogates can match.
Abolishing ICE is a major platform plank for AOC and a number of other progressive figures—including Congresswomenwho have also endorsed Sanders. In the past, Sanders has been for stricter immigration laws than those supported by some of his progressive colleagues, though he’s tacked left more recently. He has previously drawn criticism for comments about “.
Ocasio-Cortez and her team, after all they’d done for Sanders, were said to be annoyed at being called on the carpet. And AOC’s team is also said to have had concerns about radio hostof Rogan in which the libertarian-leaning host and comedian said he would “probably vote for Bernie.
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