Rep Ocasio-Cortez: I’m Not ‘Extreme’ Like Marjorie Taylor Greene...I Believe in American Democracy

WALLACE: “I want to put up a finding from the CNN exit poll on election night. When voters were asked which party is too extreme — this is nationally, not New York — 39% said only Republicans, but 38% said only Democrats. Do people want both parties to move from the fringes, from the extremes back to the center?”

OCASIO-CORTEZ: “Well, I think — I think a lot of people in this country may say yes, but it’s important for us to dig into the substance of what that actually means. I would argue that our media environment contributes a lot to people’s perceptions about what ‘extreme’ means on either end of the spectrum. As someone who is often, I think, characterized as extreme, I, of course, would object to that. I don’t believe that I’m as extreme in the way that Marjorie Taylor Greene on the Republican side is extreme. I believe in the full integrity of our elections. I believe in American democracy. I believe that should you lose an election, we don’t question the very core principles. I believe in the United States Constitution. I believe in acknowledging court rulings whether I agree with them or not. And I believe that that is also — you know, the idea that there is an equating of believing in someone who believes in guaranteed universal health care in the United States with someone who believes that undocumented people should incur physical harm are somehow in the same level of extreme is something that I would object to.”