 Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked about whether or not she'd be making an endorsement soon, who she's considering, and whether or not she'd endorse Joe Biden, or considering endorsing Joe Biden. Here's what she had to say about that. presidential candidate is one that has a coherent world view and logic from which all these policy proposals are coming forward. I think Senator Sanders has that. I also think Senator Warren has that. And I also want to see us centering working people in the United States to stem income inequality, tackle climate change, and people who are emboldened of really big ideas that are going to make people's lives better. So do you think you will endorse during the Democratic primaries that's something you're leaving? I'm entertaining but it's not going to be for a while. So I love how the minute he name-dropped Biden she was like pardon because ideologically speaking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Joe Biden are so different that the thought that she'd endorse him over someone like Bernie Sanders or Tulsi Gabbard or Elizabeth Warren is honestly preposterous. And I think she knows it's preposterous which is why you know they decided to not answer that. But she is genuinely struggling about this decision. It appears whether or not she'll endorse Bernie or Elizabeth Warren. And on one hand part of me wants to give her a pass but the other part of me is irritated if I'm being honest because on one hand this isn't the same as 2016 right? We were presented with two very different options. Hillary Clinton who was right wing and Bernie Sanders who was a social Democrat. So if you are progressive if you're someone like Elizabeth Warren it's not even a question you obviously would opt for someone who you ideologically aligned with. But in this situation I get that it is a little bit different. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are two fairly progressive options that she's considering. I'm not honestly sure why Tulsi Gabbard isn't even a consideration for her but with that being said she doesn't talk much about foreign policy so maybe just that's something that doesn't appeal to her. I wish Tulsi was part of her consideration but nonetheless you know there are different options. There's more progressives you know if you don't opt for Bernie because you support Warren I would disagree with that but at least I could see how it could be rationalized. Whereas back in 2016 there's no way to rationalize endorsing Hillary over Bernie if you're progressive unless you're only looking out for your own career. But I believe that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez she's not just a careerist she's someone who actually cares deeply about the issues so I get that. However on the opposite side of the same coin really AOC? I mean she was a staffer for Bernie Sanders in 2016 and even if the difference between Bernie and Warren is substantially smaller than the differences between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders still Bernie Sanders is Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren is Diet Bernie Sanders. Elizabeth Warren lacks the courage to get any of her goals accomplished. I don't believe that she would deliver Medicare for all to us because she cosponsored the bill and anytime an interviewer brings it up and asks her about it she runs away from it and says well you know I also cosponsored a public option bill and you know dropping the age of Medicare to 55 so she's someone who ideologically speaking I think that she has a lot of great ideas she's constantly coming up with new innovative policy positions but what we need is to fundamentally change the system and I just don't believe that Warren would do that whereas Bernie Sanders wants to do that. Elizabeth Warren would introduce several policies that I think would drastically improve many lives of Americans but if you don't get that reform on a broad level you're just not doing much and that's really the key difference between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Suncora did a really phenomenal article about this where he outlines these differences you know Bernie Sanders is more socialistic to his core whereas Elizabeth Warren she was formerly a Republican and that was a long time ago she certainly gets a pass for that but she still describes herself as a capitalist so these are very important things that you should consider if you're someone like AOC who self identifies as a democratic socialist so on one hand I get it there are more progressives running this time but on another hand still it's obvious that Bernie is the answer Bernie is the individual who will deliver what we all want so if she doesn't endorse Bernie Sanders I will be thoroughly disappointed however I coming into 2020 set my expectations extremely low like they're on the ground because after 2016 when Elizabeth Warren didn't endorse Bernie Sanders and she left them hanging in Massachusetts when that could have made the difference I I told myself you're not going to get your hopes up otherwise you will be disappointed there's no heroes in politics and if we understand that going into 2020 mentally speaking we'll all be better off myself included yourself included so I wasn't even expecting Ro Connor to endorse Bernie and then I was pleasantly surprised when it was announced that he'd be a national co-chair for Bernie Sanders so my expectations are very low but I think it is obvious that the person who she should endorse is Bernie Sanders and if she doesn't endorse during the primary I think that will be really disappointing for a lot of progressives really disappointing now with that being said doesn't make sense for her just from a strategic standpoint to wait to endorse I think so because for me if I'm in her position if I'm a lawmaker I wouldn't endorse unless I secured some type of concession whatever that may be so maybe she wants to wait to endorse to see if Elizabeth Warren surges or if she really does peter out I think that that would make sense and that could potentially explain why she's waiting and another reason is that she's just you know genuinely torn but with that being said it's obvious the correct answer is Bernie Sanders she knows that she worked for Bernie Sanders so I hope that she does the right thing but with that being said there's an article from the New York Post by Lee Brown that talks about Elizabeth Warren and why she is now aggressively going after an AOC endorsement because AOC is someone with a lot of political capital she has name recognition she's highly popular so if you can secure an AOC endorsement you're getting a boost so here's what Lee Brown writes about Senator Elizabeth Warren Senator Elizabeth Warren is making an aggressive pitch Politico says having met with AOC privately and written a gushing essay about her for Time magazine perhaps referring to herself when she wrote millions are taking cues from her really Warren you gave us the cold shoulder back in 2016 you wouldn't endorse Bernie Sanders you left them hanging and now when it's convenient for you you want progressives to support you you want someone literally from Bernie Sanders campaign in 2016 to support you after you didn't have the courage to endorse someone who is obviously more closer to you ideologically so I see this and I think I mean the nerve what would make you think that you deserve an endorsement over Bernie Sanders from AOC I mean and look part of me is trying to put my feelings aside here right facts over feelings as another soy boy says because if you just separate what Warren did and how she betrayed progressives in 2016 how she is running away from Medicare for all how she refused to go to Standing Rock if you put that aside she's a good politician right she is the second most progressive senator there's a lot of great things about Elizabeth Warren so if you put aside your feelings yeah you know there's value there and hopefully we can all move on from 2016 but without being said realistically speaking there are so many progressives people who I know personally who can't move on because what she did was such a betrayal that it makes it really difficult to see past her unwillingness to support us in 2016 and I believe it's more than just her betraying us in 2016 if she didn't have the courage to make an easy decision then then will she fight for us if she's in the White House and I think that's what people are genuinely conflicted with when it comes to Elizabeth Warren now did she probably wait to endorse Hillary because she thought Hillary would win and wanted some leverage or some type of policy concession in the event Hillary became president sure but you can't call yourself a real progressive if you're not willing to get people elected into powerful positions who are willing to fight for what you and I believe in so on one hand I feel like it's important that we put aside our feelings but on another hand it still does speak volumes to the way in which I think Warren would govern in the event she's elected president and I just don't think she has a lot of political courage which is incredibly sad but I don't want to make this about Bernie versus Warren because I do feel like it's really important for progressives to stay united because Warren isn't the enemy and if you're supporting Warren Bernie isn't the enemy Tulsi Gabbard isn't the enemy Andrew Yang isn't the enemy Marianne Williamson is not the enemy we have one very big enemy we have a common enemy regardless of who you support and that individual is Joe Biden because like it or not maybe we underestimated him he poses a fairly large threat and this is only the beginning right so he could you know eventually die out the momentum could dissipate but with that being said he may be more out of touch than Hillary Clinton but I think that he is at least more talented as a politician than Hillary Clinton because he knows what to say to drum up these feelings of nostalgia that can win people over like if you go to his youtube channel the next ad that he posted was a video of Obama saying really nice things about Joe Biden he knows exactly what to do he's playing on your emotions on a really visceral level so regardless if you support Tulsi or Warren or Williamson or Yang we all have a common enemy and that person is Joe Biden and we all need to unite to defeat him so going back to AOC do I hope she makes the right decision and endorses Bernie Sanders who's a social democrat of course I do if she does not will I be upset absolutely um but with that being said at the end of the day if you're still pushing for the right policies I can get past it I'm trying to get past it with Warren but again I'm setting my expectations incredibly low because I'm embedding disappointment into my expectations so I can move on from 2020 and we don't have another 2016 on our hands so I'll leave that there