AOC Knocks Biden’s SOTU Address Leaving Some Issues ‘Left Unsaid’: ‘Lost Opportunity’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized President Joe Biden for failing to address certain issues during his State of the Union address. During an appearance on MSNBC Tuesday night, host Rachel Maddow asked…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized President Joe Biden for failing to address certain issues during his State of the Union address.
During an appearance on MSNBC Tuesday night, host Rachel Maddow asked Ocasio-Cortez, “How did you like what you heard?”
Ocasio-Cortez said Biden’s speech had a “strong opening” but argued there are “some things that were left unsaid in which we’re really going to have to work on as a party in order to really speak to constituencies that have historically supported the president whose turnout we need and whose support we need right now and in the coming years that perhaps haven’t heard their issues spoken to in the way they wanted to hear it.”
She mentioned issues including student loan debt, crisis in education, and immigration, which she says was “glossed over” during Biden’s speech.
Ocasio-Cortez continued, “We heard some speaking to some Dreamers, but Dreamers want their families to be able to stay. They don’t want to be separate from their parents either.”
She suggested there are “some things left a little to be desired from key constituents in the Democratic base, but the president’s goal was very clear. He was laser-focused on really projecting a theme of unity, and I think he stuck to that.”
Watch her comments below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkVHpb16pU
The Democrat was then asked about Biden’s decision not to discuss moving away from fossil fuels.