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- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended a statement she made in a profile for New York magazine published on Monday in which she said that she and former Vice President Joe Biden would not be in the same party if they lived elsewhere in the world.
- When asked about her role might be as a member of Congress during a Joe Biden presidency, she responded with a groan, according to the New York magazine piece.
- "Oh God, in any other country, Joe Biden and I would not be in the same party, but in America, we are," she said.
- She later explained her statement on Twitter, saying that in another country with a multiparty system, she would be "in a Labor Party like Jacinda Ardern."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York defended a statement she made about former Vice President Joe Biden in a profile for New York magazine that was published on Monday: She said that elsewhere in the world she and Biden would not be in the same political party.
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