Her message will be played on Tuesday night.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigns on June 23, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New YorkCity. Ocasio-Cortez is running for re-election in the 14th congressional district against Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC anchor.
The DNC will air a 60 second pre-recorded message filmed by AOC in her home. The convention is being held virtually because of the coronavirus, and speakers include former first lady Michelle Obama, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, who will deliver a live speech on Thursday, according toOther progressive leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are also slated to speak. It’s unclear if any other speakers are subject to the same time limits, and the DNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment fromAOC did not criticize the party directly, tweeting a poem by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays in response: “I only have a minute / Sixty seconds in it / Forced upon me, I did not choose it / But I know that I must use it,” the poem reads.Some slammed the Democratic Party for being out-of-touch with young voters, especially considering AOC’s national profile.In addition to AOC’s minute, the DNC speaker lineup has been widely panned by left-leaning activists for including former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, while not giving enough time to
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