Representative. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ, DN.Y. has said that she thinks. Donald Trump If elected president in November, he could be jailed. Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks while speaking with podcast host Kara Swisher on her show – On With Kara Swisher.

The two discussed topics including the power of technology corporations, Israel, artificial intelligence and the presidential election. “I mean, it sounds crazy, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy threw me in jail,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “He’s out of his mind. I mean, he built his whole first campaign around ‘lockup’. That’s his slogan.”

Ocasio-Cortez added that he takes the former president “at his word.” “I take him at his word when he says he’s going to arrest people. When he threatens journalists, I take him at his word. I take him at his word,” she said. said “I think what we saw in his first presidency was fun about his intentions. He’s learned from his mistakes of appointing professionals, and he won’t make that mistake next time.

During a recent interview with Fox News, Trump told host Sean Hannity that critics were wrong to think he would retaliate. “Number one, they’re wrong,” Trump said. “It has to stop, because otherwise, we won’t have a country. Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I have every right to go after them, and that’s easy, because It’s Joe Biden and you look at all the crime, all the money that’s going into the family and that, all this money from China, from Russia, from Ukraine.

‘Trump has absolutely a chance to win’

Meanwhile, Swisher asks Ocasio-Cortez if he thinks Trump can win the election now that he’s a convicted felon. “Trump absolutely has a chance to win. That’s why I’ve thrown my support behind Biden so quickly and I strongly support him,” the New York Democratic lawmaker responded. “It’s unclear that if Donald Trump wins, we’re looking at the potential dissolution of democracy in the United States of America, and the question of what will happen to me or the Democratic Party is a joke compared to the question of what’s going on with our country.” be”

Ocasio-Cortez also said she knows the reason for the lack of excitement around. Joe Biden. “I think when it comes to presidential elections, and especially young people, I understand the lack of support for President Biden. And I think the disillusionment around the president sometimes makes people think about down-ballot candidates. “There are reasons to talk that will actually further align with their interests. And so the answer here is to get in the game, not get out,” he said.