AOC Says Her Bernie Sanders Endorsement Was ‘Authentic Decision’

  • Sanders calls New York lawmaker ‘a political phenomenon’
  • N.Y. rally Vermont senator’s first event since heart attack
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wave during a campaign rally on Oct. 19Photographer: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her move to formally endorse Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday, weeks after the 2020 Democratic candidate suffered a heart attack, was an “authentic decision.”

The influential first-term lawmaker was interviewed at Sanders’s Saturday rally in New York City. Her comments will air in full Monday on CBS’s “This Morning.”