AOC: It's time for Dem leadership to step up

She tells Scarborough that what happened with Manikin was expected. And it's why she and other progressives tried to tie BBB with the infrastructure bill. So what now?

"It’s really up to leadership in the Democratic Party who made the decision to get us to this juncture and how we’re going to move forward. I think right now that Democratic leadership has a very large number of tools at their disposal. The President particularly. And it’s really about time that we take the kid gloves off and start using them to govern for working families in this country."

But will they now when they haven't so far? It you still believe that you are at best in denial. The consequences by now should also be obvious but we still have some Democrats in denial about that too.