AOC says Democrats shouldn’t trust Majorie Taylor Greene

CongressRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Democrats shouldn’t trust Marjorie Taylor GreeneThe position puts her at odds with some on the left, such as Rep. Ro Khanna, another potential 2028 contender, who said he wants to find “common ground” with people like Greene.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 12, 2026, 5:33 AM EDTBy Natasha Korecki and Jonathan AllenWhen Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez singled out former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as an “antisemite” and a “bigot” in public remarks Friday, she rattled more than a few cages.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.One of those was Greene herself, who charged Monday that Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was “very hypocritical” to attack her. “I’m not a bigot. I’m not an antisemite,” Greene, a Republican from Georgia, said in an interview. “I just think the U.S. should not fund Israel.” In a conversation Friday at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics moderated by David Axelrod, the onetime political strategist to President Barack Obama, a student asked Ocasio-Cortez whether she stood by past remarks that there were “legitimate white supremacist sympathizers at the core of the House of Representatives caucus” and, if so, why she worked with some of them. Ocasio-Cortez did stand by them and said she wasn’t scared of reaching across the aisle, holding up her work with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.But she set a clear boundary. “I personally do not trust someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene, a proven bigot and antisemite, on the issue of what is good for Gazans and Israelis,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I don’t think it benefits our movement in that instance to align the left with white nationalists. I don’t think it serves us.”The remarks drew criticism from some on the left, including Ryan Grim, editor of Drop Site News, who...