Democratic candidate for president and former Vice President Joe Biden called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) "brilliant" and her three progressive freshman colleagues in the Congress "really smart" in an interview with 'Morning Joe' co-host MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski. Biden said while the party needs AOC's type of "energy," her wing of the party is not the majority of Democrats that got elected in 2018.



"AOC is brilliant and the other three women we're talking about are really smart," Biden said in an interview airing Tuesday. "They're the exception rather than the rule. If you listen to the guys in your business. They say that's the majority of the people that got elected. We need that energy but that's not the majority of the Democrats who got elected last time."





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