There was a lot of confusion last night after NY Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders for President during her roughly two minute speech during the DNC's roll call. For those who don't know (and I'm one of those people learning about this stuff as I go), every candidate for president who brings delegates to the party convention is required to be formally nominated by someone. In this case, that someone was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as she formerly endorsed him earlier on in the race and shares the same progressive movement ideas that Bernie does so the DNC thought she was an appropriate choice to do the honors. If you did not hear her comments, this is the almost 2 minute speech AOC delivered:
For those who would prefer to read her speech, here is her speech laid out, nominating Bernie Sanders as a formality at the convention:
Furthermore, AOC used her speech to celebrate the progressive movement that Bernie Sanders led despite him not being the front-runner for the party. It was a nod to the work they have done and AOC did not want any supporters to feel unrecognized for the difference they've made thus far. With this speech though, confusion was present over AOC's intentions. NBC tweeted out that AOC endorsed Bernie Sanders without context. AOC called them out for pushing a false narrative. You will see that NBC turned around and made an edit to their original tweet:
In conclusion here, while AOC endorsed Bernie Sanders, it was a formality for every candidate for president who brings delegates to the party convention, it is required to be formally nominated. That did not mean she does not support Joe Biden. She even put out a tweet clarifying that:
-Producer Lightning