President Trump claims AOC, far-left Democrats are backing away from controversial positions
President Donald Trump said Friday that far-left Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are now trying to distance themselves from some of the radical positions they once championed.In an interview with Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams, Trump was asked about Ocasio-Cortez's perceived shift away from her earlier calls to defund police departments, as well as other soft-on-crime policies."If you really look at it, they're all saying the same thing," Trump said of progressive Democrats. "They're all trying to disavow themselves from what they said about crime and, well, they're saying, ‘We love sanctuary cities.’"When asked directly whether he thinks AOC is positioning herself for a presidential bid, Trump said he thinks AOC will run.The congresswoman has refused to rule out a run for president, but she hasn't looked past November's midterm elections.ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SHRUGS OFF PAST 'DEFUND THE POLICE' COMMENTS, JOKING 'WOKE 1 WAS CRAZY'During an interview with ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, the congresswoman attempted to dismiss the extreme rhetoric of the so-called "Woke 1" era.The term is used by some progressive politicians to describe the pandemic-era social justice activism and far-left political rhetoric around 2019 and 2020, when some called for the defunding of law enforcement agencies, the abolition of police and prisons, the elimination of cash bail, as well as open borders and unchecked migration.Trump said some Democrats are now trying to distance themselves from sanctuary cities, which generally don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities."I think you're going to see sanctuary cities start to end, because sanctuary cities are a disaster.
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President Donald Trump said Friday that far-left Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are now trying to distance themselves from some of the radical positions they once championed.In an interview with Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams, Trump was asked about Ocasio-Cortez's perceived shift away from her earlier calls to defund police departments, as well as other soft-on-crime policies."If you really look at it, they're all saying the same thing," Trump said of progressive Democrats. "They're all trying to disavow themselves from what they said about crime and, well, they're saying, ‘We love sanctuary cities.’"When asked directly whether he thinks AOC is positioning herself for a presidential bid, Trump said he thinks AOC will run.The congresswoman has refused to rule out a run for president, but she hasn't looked past November's midterm elections.ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SHRUGS OFF PAST 'DEFUND THE POLICE' COMMENTS, JOKING 'WOKE 1 WAS CRAZY'During an interview with ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, the congresswoman attempted to dismiss the extreme rhetoric of the so-called "Woke 1" era.The term is used by some progressive politicians to describe the pandemic-era social justice activism and far-left political rhetoric around 2019 and 2020, when some called for the defunding of law enforcement agencies, the abolition of police and prisons, the elimination of cash bail, as well as open borders and unchecked migration.Trump said some Democrats are now trying to distance themselves from sanctuary cities, which generally don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities."I think you're going to see sanctuary cities start to end, because sanctuary cities are a disaster. And somebody like her, she was big for sanctuary cities," Trump said of Ocasio-Cortez. "They cause crime."EXCLUSIVE: LEGAL GROUP TELLS NYPD COPS THEY CAN CONTACT ICE DIRECTLY DESPITE BLUE CITY'S SANCTUARY RULES"That's when it all started.
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- President Donald Trump said Friday that far-left Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are now trying to distance themselves from some of the radical positions they once championed.In an interview with Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams, Trump was asked about Ocasio-Cortez's perceived shift away from her earlier calls to defund police departments, as well as other soft-on-crime policies."If you really look at it, they're all saying the same thing," Trump said of progressive Democrats. "They're all trying to disavow themselves from what they said about crime and, well, they're saying, ‘We love sanctuary cities.’"When asked directly whether he thinks AOC is positioning herself for a presidential bid, Trump said he thinks AOC will run.The congresswoman has refused to rule out a run for president, but she hasn't looked past November's midterm elections.ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SHRUGS OFF PAST 'DEFUND THE POLICE' COMMENTS, JOKING 'WOKE 1 WAS CRAZY'During an interview with ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, the congresswoman attempted to dismiss the extreme rhetoric of the so-called "Woke 1" era.The term is used by some progressive politicians to describe the pandemic-era social justice activism and far-left political rhetoric around 2019 and 2020, when some called for the defunding of law enforcement agencies, the abolition of police and prisons, the elimination of cash bail, as well as open borders and unchecked migration.Trump said some Democrats are now trying to distance themselves from sanctuary cities, which generally don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities."I think you're going to see sanctuary cities start to end, because sanctuary cities are a disaster.
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