Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezThe Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight Ocasio-Cortez hits back at Marjorie Taylor Greene over 'dumb blonde' joke on Twitter Ocasio-Cortez to voters: Tell McConnell 'he is playing with fire' with Ginsburg's seat MORE (D-N.Y.), a freshman progressive congresswoman, on Thursday said she doesn't know yet who she'll back for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

She said she's watching to see the candidates act on progressive goals.

“I think that we need commitments with teeth, so I don’t want to be placated as a progressive, and I now the progressive movement does not want to be placated in 2020,” she said Thursday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily.”

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“I want a 2020 candidate that says we can do these things, we can be audacious.”

Ocasio-Cortez, who won her seat in Congress by winning a primary against House Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley Joseph (Joe) CrowleyHillicon Valley: Election officials prepare for new Russian interference battle | 'Markeyverse' of online fans helps take down a Kennedy | GOP senators unveil bill to update tech liability protections 'Markeyverse' of online fans helps take down a Kennedy The Hill's Campaign Report: Trump visits Kenosha | Primary day in Massachusetts | GOP eyes Minnesota as a battleground MORE (D-N.Y.) last year, outlined a number of issues that could be sticking points for the progressive wing of the party.

“I think that it’s really about the comprehensive understanding of this moment that we’re in right now as a country and our ability to articulate it. So I don’t think a 2020 nominee can afford to be bad on issues of race, I don’t think they can afford to be bad on issues of economic justice either,” she said.

“When we talk about things like the role of the labor movement, the role of labor in the working conditions of everyday Americans. When we talk about fighting doggedly for workers, whether it’s wages, whether it’s union jobs, whether it’s good jobs, I think that is what we’re really talking about in fighting for economic justice.”

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, also mentioned health care, rejecting ideas from potential 2020 contenders Sens. Amy Klobuchar Amy KlobucharBattle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight Sunday shows - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death dominates Klobuchar: GOP can't use 'raw political power right in middle of an election' MORE (D-Minn.) and Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell BrownBipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Emboldened Democrats haggle over 2021 agenda Hillicon Valley: Russia 'amplifying' concerns around mail-in voting to undermine election | Facebook and Twitter take steps to limit Trump remarks on voting | Facebook to block political ads ahead of election MORE (D-Ohio) to put Medicare for All on hold and instead bring the age for Medicare down to 50 or 55.

“For me, I reject that outright. I reject the rationale. I reject the rationale of saying ‘adopting the same insurance models or a similar insurance model to any other developed country in America is unrealistic,’ I reject that. I reject the idea that single payer is impossible, I reject the idea that universal healthcare is impossible. All of these things are possible,” the New York Democrat said.

Several of the high profile Democrats already running in 2020, including Sens. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Fox's Napolitano: Supreme Court confirmation hearings will be 'World War III of political battles' Rush Limbaugh encourages Senate to skip hearings for Trump's SCOTUS nominee MORE (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenJudd Gregg: The Kamala threat — the Californiaization of America GOP set to release controversial Biden report Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? MORE (D-Mass.), Cory Booker Cory Anthony BookerBipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death DHS opens probe into allegations at Georgia ICE facility Democratic lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations of medical neglect at Georgia ICE facility MORE (D-N.J.) and Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten GillibrandSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Suburban moms are going to decide the 2020 election Jon Stewart urges Congress to help veterans exposed to burn pits MORE (D-N.Y.), will have to grapple with progressive ideas within the party.

Some of Ocasio-Cortez’s most ardent supporters have floated her as a presidential candidate, though at 29 she would not be old enough to run for the White House until 2024.