{"id":1512479,"date":"2022-06-12T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T15:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1512479"},"modified":"2022-06-12T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T15:49:16","slug":"aoc-dodges-laughs-off-question-about-whether-shell-back-biden-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-dodges-laughs-off-question-about-whether-shell-back-biden-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Dodges, Laughs Off Question About Whether She\u2019ll Back Biden in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-dodges-laughs-off-question-about-whether-shell-back-biden-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1512479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Progressive New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) dodged a question about whether she would support President Joe Biden\u2019s re-election campaign in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d Sunday morning, AOC refused to answer whether she would back Biden if he ran for a second term, saying that she was focused on helping the Democratic Party keep control over its slim majority in the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to ask about President Biden,\u201d Bash asked. \u201cHe is saying he\u2019s going to run again in 2024. Will you support him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, if the president chooses to run again in 2024, I mean, first of all, I\u2019m focused on winning this majority right now,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez chuckled in response. \u201cAnd preserving a majority this year in 2022. We\u2019ll cross that bridge when we get to it. But I think if the president has a vision, then that\u2019s something we\u2019re all certainly willing to entertain and examine when the time comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not a yes,\u201d Bash said bluntly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, you know, I think we should endorse\u2026when we get to it,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez replied. \u201cBut I believe that the president has been doing a very good job so far. And, you know, should he run again, I think that I \u2014 you know, I think it\u2019s \u2014 we\u2019ll take a look at it,\u201d she added, laughing again. \u201cBut right now we need to focus on winning a majority instead of a presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201c[Biden] is saying he\u2019s gonna run again in 2024. Will you support him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: \u201cWe\u2019ll take a look at it. Ha ha ha.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ztJJe55vJv\">pic.twitter.com\/ztJJe55vJv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1535978133953863680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AOC\u2019s non-committal answer comes just one day after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/increasing-number-of-democrats-express-doubt-over-partys-future-with-biden-concern-for-gop-momentum-report\">New York Times report<\/a> suggested that many Democrats are also non-committal on backing Biden should he decide to run again. Many top Democrats and Democratic voters are anxious that Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-rcp-average-drops-under-40-as-more-polls-show-him-hitting-record-lows\">approval ratings<\/a>, which slid under 40% earlier this week in RealClearPolitics\u2019 average of polls, as well as the fact that he\u2019ll be 82 years old by the end of his first term, could become a liability in a re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, meanwhile, has indicated both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/22\/biden-confirm-2024-run\/\">publicly<\/a> and privately that he is interested in running again. A source told <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/administration\/3272281-biden-has-told-obama-hes-running-again\/\">The Hill<\/a> in April that Biden has told former President Obama that he intends to run. And Delaware Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSunday\/status\/1535974745002455042\">Chris Coons<\/a> said on \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d this week, \u201cAs of now, it is my understanding that the president is seeking a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progressive New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) dodged a question about whether she would support President Joe Biden\u2019s re-election campaign in 2024. Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d Sunday morning, AOC refused to answer whether she would back Biden if he ran for a second term, saying that she was focused &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1512484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}