
<p>Controversial progressive Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has some scathing criticism for President Biden, accusing him of a &#8220;lurch to the right&#8221; after he approved a massive oil drilling project, saying it was a &#8220;profound miscalculation&#8221; and &#8220;quite dangerous.&#8221;</p>



<p>Her comments come as the divide between progressives and more moderate members of the Democratic Party widens just as Biden has announced his bid for reelection. ;</p>



<p>AOC made the comments during an April interview where she was asked about Biden&#8217;s approval of the Willow Project, a 30-year oil drilling project in Alaska, and whether he should be challenged in a Democratic primary. ;</p>



<p>&#8220;This lurch to the Right at a time when the Right is scrambling and lost in the desert on how to even win an election after these stunning losses — I think it&#8217;s a profound miscalculation. And it is quite dangerous,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said.</p>



<p>The New York lawmaker also seemed to warn the president against forgetting &#8220;who it was that put him over the top&#8221; and added that some of the Biden administration&#8217;s latest moves were &#8220;highly concerning.&#8221;</p>



<p>She also predicted that the president&#8217;s recent dip in approval was due to the oil project. ;</p>



<p>Ocasio-Cortez, joined by Reps. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., issued a statement criticizing Biden&#8217;s approval of the Willow Project.</p>



<p>&#8220;The Biden administration has committed to fighting climate change and advancing environmental justice—today’s decision to approve the Willow project fails to live up to those promises,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;Their decision ignores &#8230; the irrefutable science that says we must stop building projects like this to slow the ever more devastating impacts of climate change.&#8221;</p>



<p>Ocasio-Cortez also criticized the president on immigration. ;</p>



<p>&#8220;I’m a major critic of the party. I think the Biden administration has been very disappointing on climate. In the first twenty-five months of the Trump presidency versus the first twenty-five months of the Biden presidency, Biden has authorized more fossil fuel permits. This is a serious issue. The Biden administration is failing on immigration as well, but that’s a separate conversation,&#8221; she said during the same interview.</p>



<p>Her rebuke of President Biden comes as rumors swirl that AOC has her sights on a Senate challenge to New York&#8217;s Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2024.</p>

AOC Accuses Biden of a “Dangerous” Lurch to the Right!
