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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “If you think that's going to be an easy transition, I'm here to tell you that a huge amount of the donor class, and a…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2024
If you think that's going to be an easy transition, I'm here to tell you that a huge amount of the donor class, and a huge amount of these elites, and a huge amount of these folks in these rooms that I see that are pushing for President Biden to not be the nominee, also are not interested in seeing the vice president being the nominee.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Warning about the challenges of transitioning to Kamala Harris as the nominee if Biden steps down.

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