“I think if the president has a vision, then that’s something we’re certainly ready to entertain and explore when the time comes,” Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat who has a significant influence on the party’s progressive wing, told CNN. Dana Bash on the state of the Union when asked if she plans to support Biden in his candidacy for re-election in 2024.
“That’s not yes,” Bash said, to which the congresswoman replied, “We have to approve when we get to him, but I believe the president is doing a very good job so far and, you know, should he run again, I think I, you know, I think … we’re going to look at it.
“But right now we need to focus on winning a majority instead of a presidential election,” she added, referring to the November midterm elections.
The White House said last year that Biden intended to run for re-election in 2024, following a report showing that the commander-in-chief and his staff were trying to allay fears about his future political prospects.
At the time, The Washington Post reported that Biden and members of his inner circle had told the Allies that he planned to run again – an attempt to address concerns about whether he could run for another presidential campaign given his age and ease. which return to power.
One of Biden’s close allies, Democrat Sen. Chris Koons of Delaware, said Sunday that he expects the president to run for re-election in two years.
“I understand at the moment that the president is fighting for a second term,” he told Fox.
CNN reported earlier this year that a significant number of both Democrats and Republicans are now hoping their parties will find alternatives to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in the next presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by the SSRS in January and February. But very few have specific candidates in mind who emphasize how far away – and potentially volatile – the 2024 race remains.
Unlike Biden, Trump has not yet officially announced another candidacy for the White House, although he often irritates his next candidacy and still maintains influence in the direction of his party more than a year after leaving office.
Megan Vagaquez and Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN contributed to this report.
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