Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has ‘Backed Away’ From Sanders Campaign, Won’t Stump For Bernie Until He Disavows Joe Rogan

HuffPost reports that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the head of the “Democratic socialist” movement in Congress and once a star surrogate for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), has “backed away” from the Sanders campaign and is refusing to stump for the Senator amid a disagreement over podcast host Joe Rogan.

Ocasio-Cortez hit the trail for Sanders in Iowa, stumping for Sanders in college towns where Democratic socialism is a major draw and, some experts contend, could have been responsible for Sanders’ narrow Iowa win. But after Sanders’ team touted a clip from Rogan’s show, in which the controversial host said he’d likely cast his Democratic primary vote for Sanders, things got frosty.