Bernie Sanders' Former Spokesperson Accuses AOC of Lying
Summary
Briahna Joy Gray, Bernie Sanders’ former 2020 campaign press secretary, accused Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of misrepresenting a remark about “Woke 1 was crazy.” Ocasio-Cortez said she meant that progressive politics should welcome more people without changing its principles; Gray argued the remark was made in response to questions about calls to abolish prisons and police.Key Facts
- Gray served as national press secretary for Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign.
- Ocasio-Cortez made the remark during an August interview on ABC’s This Week.
- Host Jonathan Karl asked Ocasio-Cortez about Wisconsin state representative Francesca Hong’s past statements on abolishing prisons and police.
- Ocasio-Cortez said candidates should be assessed based on what they say now and said rhetoric from the pandemic period was not rhetoric progressives would use today.
- Gray posted on X that Ocasio-Cortez was lying and cited Karl’s question as context for the remark.
- Ocasio-Cortez said she did not support many positions in the Democratic Socialists of America platform, including abolishing the police and prison system and abolishing the Senate.
- Hong lost the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.
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