ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ RESPONDS TO SANDERS CRITICISM ON 'THE VIEW'
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez On The View Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responds to criticism that Sanders' policies are too radical. The congresswoman says Sen. Sanders inspired her to run for office and explains why she’s endorsing him: “We want to talk about health care... a living wage... women’s rights... he did this when it was least convenient.” “He was fighting for these things since before I was even born,” she adds. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says to the co-hosts that “Our entire political system revolves, frankly, around rich men, and rich men are not the center of my universe. Working families are.” “We are not a moment that is disconnected from our past,” she says to Whoopi Goldberg on the progress made by previous generations. “We are part of a long movement of ancestors and elders that we should always acknowledge.” “The majority of Americans would vote for Bernie Sanders and that’s because of his record,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says when asked if Democr...