Darling of the far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has revealed she’s worried former President Trump would “throw her in jail” if he wins the November election. The leader of the infamous Squad also said she thinks that the former president is “out of his mind.”
AOC made the comments while being interviewed on the podcast “On with Kara Swisher.”
During the interview, Swisher and AOC touched on the power of technology corporations — including Ocasio-Cortez’s “tangle” with Amazon and tech moguls’ conservative fundraising — Israel, artificial intelligence, and the upcoming presidential election.
“I mean, it sounds nuts, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy threw me in jail,” she said. “He’s out of his mind. I mean, he did his whole first campaign around ‘lock her up.’ This is his motto.”
The ultra-progressive said she takes Trump “at his word.”
“I take him at his word when he says that he’s going to round up people. I take him at his word when he threatens journalists. I take him at his word,” AOC said. “I feel like what we saw in his first presidency was an amuse-bouche to what his intentions are. He has learned from his mistakes of appointing professionals, and he will not make that mistake next time.”
Trump said during a recent interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that critics saying he would seek retribution were wrong.
“Number one, they’re wrong,” Trump said. “It has to stop because otherwise, we’re not going to have a country. Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have every right to go after them, and it’s easy because it’s Joe Biden, and you see all the criminality, all of the money that’s going into the family and him, all of this money from China, from Russia, from Ukraine.”
Swisher asked the New York Democratic lawmaker if she thought Trump really had a chance at winning the election now that he’s a convicted felon.
“Trump does absolutely have a chance to win. That is why I have thrown my support behind Biden early, and I support it vociferously,” she said.
Ocasio-Cortez also told Swisher that she understands why there was a lack of excitement around President Biden.
“I think when it comes to presidential elections, and especially to young people, I understand the lack of support for President Biden. And I think the demoralization around the president has caused folks to sometimes tune out on down-ballot candidates that will actually advance more alignment with their interests. And so the answer here is to get into the game, not to get out of it,” she continued.