Ocasio-Cortez says Trump win would result in ‘grave impacts’ on democracy

Rep. Alejandra Ocasio-Cortez of New York issued a stark warning Tuesday about former President Donald Trump’s second term, claiming it would have “serious consequences” for democracy.

“If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States, we don’t know if there will be another election that is verifiable with integrity,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday. “He has already tried…what we saw on January 6th, he tried to overturn the results of the presidential election by force by inciting a riot.”

“I think we need to be very realistic about the significant implications of the election of President Donald Trump,” she added. “This is not a game. We need to defend our democracy, and ideally it will be based on progressive values.”

She then pointed to the former president’s ongoing legal battle, in which he faces 91 felonies in four federal and state indictments, two of which are related to the 2020 election results. He pointed out that it was related to his efforts to overturn the

Ocasio-Cortez’s comments came as part of a conversation with CNN anchor Jake Tapper about Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Biden released last week, which included questions about the president’s age and mental health. It also included a scathing evaluation of his sharpness.

The report focused on the investigation into Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents after he retired as vice president, but the image of Mr. Biden that Mr. It described him as a “sympathetic, well-meaning and caring older man”. I have bad memory. ”

Asked whether she should be concerned about Biden’s age or whether he should be the nominee, Ocasio-Cortez pointed to the mere few years between the 81-year-old president and Trump, the 77-year-old Republican front-runner.

“I think now when it comes to the age of the president, people talk about him being 81 years old, but the first thing you have to think about is Donald Trump, who is about the same age…he is He’s 77 years old. They could have gone to high school together,” she said.

The New York progressive defended the Biden administration’s record, telling Tapper, “And my choice is to be one of the most successful presidents in modern American history,” while also praising the Biden administration’s efforts to curb inflation. He praised the efforts. Law and the American Rescue Plan.

Her remarks about the president follow those last month in which she called on Democrats to “do more” to tout their accomplishments and their “vision” for the nation.

Asked by NBC’s “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker if Biden’s team had reached out to her to help with his re-election bid, she said she had been in contact with the administration throughout his presidential term. I answered that I had taken it.

She said at the time that she is “committed to ensuring that the policy movement is not eradicated by President Trump’s inauguration.”