U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) was asked on CNN Sunday morning about which Democratic presidential contender has the best chance to win Michigan.

She was being interviewed in Detroit by Jake Tapper, who’s in Michigan during the runup to the Democratic National Committee debates on Tuesday and Wednesday. He asked if former Vice President Joe Biden or one of the progressive candidates had a better shot.

Tlaib, one of the four freshman progressive congresswomen known as the “Squad,” didn’t namecheck any of the two dozen candidates running.

She had someone else in mind.

“Look, this might be controversial, but I have an amazing, incredible [Michigan] attorney general right now, Dana Nessel,” Tlaib said. “And I wish she was running, to be honest, because — no, let me tell you—”

Tapper then broke in. “But she’s not.”

Tlaib responded, “She’s not, but let me tell you why I need somebody like her that’s fearless. Every single time you turn around, she doesn’t hesitate. She puts people first. And I want folks to know, and especially the listeners to know this. Don’t watch … the performance of someone’s debate. Watch what their previous votes were. Watch their previous policies. That is more important than how they perform and debates, how they’re answering questions, because all of us can perform.”

Tapper said, “Nessel 2020 is what I hear, yes?”

The congresswoman then said voters should look at “how did the person in their previous roles — and every single one that’s running has been in some sort of role where they’re making decisions, where either they chose people or they chose profits for the corporations. And pay attention more to that … than pay attention to how they perform in debates.

Alas, Nessel quickly tweeted in response to Michigan Radio Network reporter Rick Pluta that she wasn’t interested, making a reference to the late Gilda Radner’s famous “Saturday Night Live” character.