Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is 'inclined to say yes' to calls by progressive organizations and at least one fellow Democrat in Congress for 82-year-old Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire at the end of the current term of the high court.
"You know, I – it's something that I’d think about but I, I would probably lean towards yes. But yes, you're asking me this question so I've just, I would give more thought to it, but, but I'm inclined to say yes," Ocasio-Cortez answered.
Earlier in the CNN interview, host Dana Bash asked Ocasio-Cortez if she agreed with comments in April by Democraticurging Breyer to retire, she said"I believe Representative Jones has a point."
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