“A president can’t wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want,” Ocasio-Cortez told the website.
If Sanders becomes president in 2020, “The worst-case scenario?” she continued, “We compromise deeply and we end up getting a public option.”
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She added: “Is that a nightmare? I don’t think so.”
AOC also said in the interview, though, that compromising for a public option is not the ultimate goal for leftists like herself.
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