During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that a one-year extension of healthcare subsidies to end the government shutdown is “laughable, because it’s cynical.” And “as a member of the party, we put negotiations in the hands of our party’s leadership, with Hakeem Jeffries. He says it’s no, it’s no.”

Host Kaitlan Collins asked, “Over in the House, there are 14 House Republicans who have said that they will sign on and they will vote for a one-year extension of the subsidies. House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has said he thought that proposal was laughable. Do you think that’s laughable, or is that something you could get behind?”

Ocasio-Cortez answered, “[L]et me tell you why it’s laughable, because it’s cynical. Republicans want t

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