Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explained why she nominated Senator Bernie Sanders for president during her Democratic National Conference speech Tuesday night. After many viewers became confused, the progressive legislator from New York made it clear that it was a procedural move and said she supported Joe Biden for president.
“If you were confused, do not worry!” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Convention rules require roll call & nominations for each candidate who passes the threshold of the delegate. I was asked to nominate the 2nd for Sen. Sanders for roll call.”
In another tweet after, they congratulate Biden and wrote “I look forward to fighting together for our future and restoring our democracy in November.”
Delegates from all 57 states and territories appeared on video to cast their votes for Biden and Sanders – the only two candidates nominated on the ballot – based on the results of the presidential candidates. Biden claimed the Democratic nomination with 3,558 delegates. He is expected to formally accept it on Thursday.
Sanders, who received the second most delegates at 1,151, was also nominated by former United Auto Workers President Bob King.
During Ocasio-Cortez’s DNC speech, she praised the progressive movement Sanders led during his two presidential speeches and offered a summary of the role he has played in Democratic presidential politics. She said he “created a movement that strives to recognize and repair the wounds of racial injustice, colonization, misogyny, and homophobia – and to reimagine and rebuild imaginary systems of immigration and foreign policy that will deviate from the violence and xenophobia of our past. “
Additional report by Caroline Linton.
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