Conservative political commentator Scott Jennings said Thursday that Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) are now the unofficial faces of the Democratic Party.
“I mean, if you just turn on your television, turn on any media, what Democrats are you likely to see? AOC and Crockett,” Jennings said during an interview on the Tudor Dixon Podcast.
“They are the unquestioned spokespeople or leaders of the Democratic Party, and they’re radical and they’re out of the mainstream,” he added.
Both Democratic lawmakers were heavily involved in Vice President Harris’s failed 2024 presidential bid but Jennings said they didn’t learn much.
“I don’t really think they’ve learned anything from the 2024 election. The American people rejected this radicalism,” Jennings said.
“They rejected this kind of left-wing cultural and political lurch. And now they appear to be doubling down on it,” he added.
The frequent CNN guest said mainstream Democrats including Rep. Debbie Dingell (Mich.) have been “shoved aside” by this new wave of leadership.
Ocasio-Cortez in May passed on a bid for the top Democratic seat on the House Oversight Committee.
“It was clear by the numbers that my style of leadership is not exactly what they were looking for and so I didn’t think that it was fair for me to then push forward,” Crockett reportedly told journalists earlier this month regarding her dropped bid for the position.
“What I care about is winning. Now, whether or not we’re going to win and how big we’re going to win, that’s a whole other issue.”
