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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will endorse Bernie Sanders

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) plans to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
(Associated Press)
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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a leading voice of the Democratic Party’s liberal wing, plans to endorse Bernie Sanders for president, according to his campaign.

Her support is a major boost for the Vermont senator, whose poll ratings have been sliding as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has emerged as a front-runner in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. It’s also a blow to Warren, who was the No. 1 target for attacks by rivals in a debate Tuesday in Ohio.

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Ocasio-Cortez will appear with Sanders at a rally in Queens, N.Y., on Saturday. The outspoken congresswoman emerged as a leading voice of her party’s progressives after she ousted longtime Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in the 2018 midterm election. Her endorsement of Sanders was first reported by the Washington Post.

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Another high-profile liberal congresswoman, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, announced Tuesday that she too is endorsing Sanders.

“Bernie is leading a working-class movement to defeat Donald Trump that transcends generation, ethnicity and geography,” Omar said.

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