It had to do with the procedures for roll call call.
After her 1-minute speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to social media to elaborate on her role in nominating screenwriter Bernie Sanders for president.
Vermont Senator and former Vice President Joe Biden were the only two candidates nominated for the vote. In her tweet, the congresswoman stated that the organizers of DNC asked her to second the nomination for Sanders for purposes of the roll call – a move that appeared to confuse some viewers who expected her to nominate Biden, the presumptive nominee , would support in her speech.
“If you were confused, do not worry !,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “Agreement rules require roll call and nominations for each candidate who crosses the threshold of the delegation.”
Ocasio-Cortez, along with former President of the United Auto Workers Bob King, gave the nominating speeches for Sanders, while Senator Chris Coons and rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester they took on behalf of Biden. The speeches were followed by the call, in which delegations from 57 states and territories cast their votes for each candidate based on the results of the presidential candidates.
Sanders ended the call with 1,151 delegates to Biden’s nomination clinch 3,558. Biden will accept the nomination for the Democratic ticket on Thursday night.
When the DNC wrapped up, Ocasio-Cortez expressed her support for Biden on Twitter.
“I look forward to fighting together for our future and restoring our democracy in November,” she said. tweeted, before continuing to thank the DNC for delivering Sanders’ roll call nomination speech.
The progressive lawmaker also took to Instagram Live to further call on her followers to support Biden this November. “The moment Joe Biden is elected, we will continue our fight for guaranteed health care. We will continue our fight for a living wage,” she said.
ABC News’ Ashley Brown and Kendall Karson contributed to this report.
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