The Lever - AOC Sounds The Alarm About Biden 2024

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On this week’s special episode of Lever Time, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocazio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sits down for an extended interview with David Sirota.

In the interview, the New York lawmaker warns that President Biden's lurch to the right is “a profound miscalculation and it is one that is quite dangerous” ahead of the 2024 election.

During the discussion, Sirota pressed Ocasio-Cortez about why congressional progressives have not more often withheld their votes in order to pressure Democratic leaders, why Democrats voted to break rail workers' strike, and whether Democrats can counter President Joe Biden's support for expanded fossil fuel development during the climate crisis. They also discussed breaking news of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepting luxury trips from a billionaire Republican donor, which Ocasio-Cortez says is grounds for impeachment.

A rough transcript of this episode will be posted on our website later today.

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