Why AOC Backed Joe Biden and Got Dumped By the Socialists

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the face of a socialist revolution in Democratic politics. Now she’s been ditched by them. So what went wrong?

Published Jul. 14 2024 4:56AM EDT

AOC hand in hand with Joe Biden — Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

In early 2020, nine months before the presidential election, New York Magazine)" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/aoc-first-year-in-washington.html__;!!LsXw!VGS-TfDWepEJM1zDrwlEvNl9FOuUKAZYMln8ur0rul50M1E5A9mALEf5lmfCn37qNNxFEhzlToP3-cSyWkNlVDMZH_lSXZxdwZVS$">New York Magazine profiled one of the newest House Democrats and asked them what they thought of a possible Joe Biden presidency.

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Why AOC Backed Joe Biden and Got Dumped By the Socialists

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the face of a socialist revolution in Democratic politics. Now she’s been ditched by them. So what went wrong?

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John Mulholland