Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday sharply criticized an anonymous “senior Democrat” who was quoted saying the party was “resigned” to another four years under former President Trump.
Ocasio-Cortez, in a post on the social platform X, said Democratic members who feel that way should “absolutely retire” from their positions in Congress.
“If you’re a ‘senior Democrat’ that feels this way, you should absolutely retire and make space for true leadership that refuses to resign themselves to fascism,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X.
“This kind of leadership is functionally useless to the American people,” she added. “Retire.”
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to reporting from Axios about a shift among Democrats, who say they are focusing more now on their staffs’ personal safety, rather than on President Biden’s standing as the party’s presidential nominee.
“We’ve all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency,” a senior House Democrat said in the Axios story.
Democrats and Republicans have both largely signaled an effort to strike a unified tone in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump’s life.
The Biden campaign has paused political activity, even taking down political advertising for the time being.