Ocasio-Cortez, the two-term representative from New York who’s probably the most high profile progressive in Congress and the most well-known of the group of distinct of lawmakers on the left known as "the Squad," was asked Sunday in an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union" whether Breyer should retire.
"You know, I – it's something that I’d think about but I, I would probably lean towards yes. But yes, you're asking me this question so I've just, I would give more thought to it, but, but I'm inclined to say yes," Ocasio-Cortez answered.
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Some progressive are prompting Breyer to leave now – while the Democrats control both the White House and the Senate, which approves Supreme Court justices – so he can be succeeded by another younger but equally progressive-minded justice.
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Earlier in the CNN interview, host Dana Bash asked Ocasio-Cortez if she agreed with comments in April by Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones of New York asking Breyer to leave, she said "I believe Representative Jones has a point."
Mondaire in April argued that "there’s no question" that Breyer should step down, adding "my goodness, have we not learned our lesson?"
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The late progressive-leaning justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg countered calls during President Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House to leave. Her death last year at age 87 – during then-President Trump’s term in office and while the Republicans still controlled the Senate – allowed Trump to place a third conservative justice on the Supreme Court.
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“We have had very difficult experiences with making, I believe, the opposite mistake, and especially if Senate Democrats are not going to pass reforms on H.R. 1, we cannot rely solely on a wish of winning elections, particularly in the Senate, when voting rights are under attack in Georgia, Arizona and Texas, across the country,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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“And if we're not going to pass H.R. 1 with the preemptive clauses that can roll some of that voter suppression attacks back, yeah, I believe that we should protect our Supreme Court and that that should absolutely be a consideration,” she continued.
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Ocasio-Cortez during the interview also elevated concerns over President Biden’s Department of Justice for recent moves that are being challenged and criticized by progressives.
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"The actions of Biden’s DOJ have been extremely concerning," the congresswoman emphasized. She argued that "across the board ... we aren’t seeing a transformational DOJ that I think people had been looking forward to and that is something that deserves a lot more questions."
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