AOC breaks silence and endorses Kamala Harris despite warning days ago about 'enormous peril' if Biden forced to drop out of the 2024 race

After fiercely supporting President Joe Biden's reelection bid, Progressive 'Squad' leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has surgery her silence, throwing her afloat support down VP Kamala Harris. 

President Biden's shocking announcement Sunday seemed to tee up Harris to neatly presume nan run he near behind. Biden moreover endorsed her to return nan Democratic statesmanlike nomination. 

Harris, who had 1 of nan astir progressive records during her clip successful nan Senate, has been lauded and endorsed by AOC's Squad friends for illustration Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Cori Bush, D-Mo.

AOC, who conscionable past Thursday went to bat for Biden during a precocious nighttime Instagram livestream decrying nan 'enormous peril' posed by replacing nan president atop nan ticket, walked that backmost and pledged her afloat support for Harris aft Joe jumped retired of nan 2024 title this afternoon. 

'Kamala Harris will beryllium nan adjacent President of nan United States,' nan New York Democrat wrote connected X Sunday night. 

'I promise my afloat support to guarantee her triumph successful November.'

'Now much than ever, it is important that our statement and state swiftly merge to conclusion Donald Trump and nan threat to American democracy. Let’s get to work.'

The 34-year-old congresswoman took to Instagram - 1 of her favourite devices to scope her monolithic devoted and pursuing - and for an hr conscionable past Thursday to picture nan 'perils' of Biden dropping retired connected Thursday. 

'People request to understand nan reality and nan gravity of what these group are proposing,' she said. 

'I'm not saying this is each a logic not to do it, but I do deliberation group are talking astir this without having 2 eyes wide unfastened arsenic to what this really means.'

Then she raised nan alarm: 'I person not seen an replacement script that I consciousness will not group america up for tremendous peril.'

Also successful nan monologue, AOC warned that nan Democrats are acold from unified down nan vice president. 

'I'm conscionable going to opportunity it. If you deliberation that location is statement among nan group who want Joe Biden to time off that Kamala, that they will support Kamala, Vice President Harris, you would beryllium mistaken,' Ocasio-Cortez said connected nan stream.

'I'm successful these rooms. I spot what they opportunity successful conversations, Ocasio-Cortez said. 'They are willing successful removing nan full ticket.'

She called retired a 'lack of thought' from Democratic activity who did not want Biden to tally but did not person a fool-proof alternate plan. 

The congresswoman said that erstwhile President Trump is 'also very old, and a racist, and a neo-Nazi.'

Now, her tune has changed and she and her chap Squad members are lining up down nan erstwhile progressive senator. 

Harris has besides been endorsed by different notable Democrats for illustration nan Clintons and California Gov. Gavin Newsom - who has been thought to beryllium successful contention for nan nomination.