Ocasio-Cortez Tells ABC's Jon Karl There's a 'Very Real Animus' for Speaker Pelosi Among Progressive [View all]

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By Caleb Howe Jun 16th, 2019, 1:16 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos for her first Sunday morning interview since taking office, and spilled some tea about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s standing with progressives.

ABC News Chief White House correspondent Jon Karl was the fill-in host, and he brought up recent polling that indicates Democrats are becoming increasingly favorable toward impeachment of President Donald Trump. He said that Speaker Pelosi has “really held her line” on impeachment, referring to her now frequently repeated position that bringing impeachment immediately would be a bad idea.

“How is that flying with progressives?” he asked.

“Well, you know, I think for me this question has — should not be about polls, it should not be about elections,” said Ocasio-Cortez. “I think that impeachment is incredibly serious, and this is about the presence and evidence that the president may have committed a crime, in this case more than one. And so I believe that our decision on impeachment should be based in our constitutional responsibilities and duties, and not in elections or polling.”

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