CHICAGO, Illinois — One day after stealing the show at the Democratic National Convention, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday cemented her central role in the party, praising her one-time antagonist former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“What we saw last night, and what we are seeing this moment is a real passing of the torch,” Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC as she’s known, said during a Dream.org event at the Union League Club of Chicago. “Not only with the tremendously selfless decision that Joe Biden made.