AOC's public commitment to vote for Hakeem Jeffries as speaker destroys her leverage and power within the House.

“Why would you announce that publicly now? That just means that going into those negotiations, you have zero power and leverage.”

AOC is being overly cautious and deferential to colleagues instead of utilizing her political capital to advance the progressive movement.

“I think she's playing it too safe. I think that she is deferring too much to the feelings of her colleagues versus um the the needs of of the movement.”