Posted on 12/06/2019 10:38:19 AM PST by conservative98
Look, man, the “AOC” wing of the Democratic Party just isn’t where we’re at.
That’s Joe Biden’s consistent take on the state of politics this election cycle, and he re-emphasized it in an Axios interview set to air Sunday.
The former vice president, a top-polling contender for 2020, lamented the progressive Democrats whose politics align with those of star freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, arguing that those beliefs comprise a smaller part of the party than people think.
And because it’s Joe Biden, he also took particular aim at Medicare for All, the national single-payer health program that’s gotten a boost from politicians like AOC and democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), one of Biden's main 2020 rivals.
“The party’s not there. The party’s not there at all,” Biden said about Medicare for All, after Allen asked Biden whether he thought the plan was “political suicide.”
“Some of your opponents are [there],” Allen replied, before Biden interjects, “yeah, but the party’s not there. You know the numbers.” (Though the popularity of Medicare for All tends to fluctuate based on how pollsters present the question, a majority of Americans support the proposal.)
Biden then segued into a broader criticism of the Democratic Party –– and reporters have mistaken how far the party has swung to the left after the 2016 presidential election.
"You guys got it all wrong about what happened," Biden said. “It's just bad judgment. You all thought that what happened was the party moved extremely to the left after Hillary. [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] was a new party. She's a bright, wonderful person. But where's the party? Come on, man.”
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Actually, she's the starboard margin of where the Party's at.
Hey Vice says a majority of Americans support medicare for all.
Well that’s good enough for me!! Sign me up! :)
Idiots.
anyone have an AOC OK boomer meme handy?
Biden disrespecting AOC, ugh oh
Biden will the last white heterosexual male to represent the democrat party.
Joe rarely knows where he’s at, so how would he know where the party is at?
What on the Left is too extreme for the Left?
Nothing, it’s why so much looks far right to them.
“Biden said about Medicare for All”
If there was no medical debt, that would be very bad for Delaware’s credit card companies.
F’n deceptive moron cracker. Get off the stage, GROPER. Take that so called son with you.
What the leading leftists call “Medicare for All” really isn’t Medicare for all.
The leftists want to add benefits like dental care and custodial care. The last goodie would cost about a trillion a year.
Biden is wrong, again.
Biden and Pelosi represent the somewhat centrist Democrat party of yesterday. AOC and Liz Warren represent the radical Democrat party of today (and tomorrow).
It’s hard to take Biden’s sentiment seriously when the entire pool of Democrat candidates feel compelled to raise their hand when asked if they support free medical care for illegal immigrants.
“the ‘AOC’ wing of the Democratic Party just isn’t where we’re at”
It’s where most Democrats want to get to.
Yo, AOC, challenge him to a push-ups contest.
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