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WASHINGTON – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said the Democratic Party needs new leadership during an interview that aired Wednesday.

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During a new podcast with The Intercept, Ocasio-Cortez said 'I mean, I think so,' when asked directly whether it’s time for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to be replaced.

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Ocasio-Cortez, who hasn't been shy in criticizing members of her own party, hit the Democratic leadership with one of her most direct criticisms in the interview.

She also said Democrats have failed to create a succession plan for when older leaders like Pelosi and Schumer do step aside.

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Schumer, 70, was re-elected as leader of the Democrats in the Senate last month.

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Pelosi, 80, recently indicated this upcoming two-year term will be her last as Speaker if she wins the Speaker's gavel on Jan. 3rd. House Democrats have already nominated her to serve as Speaker next year.

Ocasio-Cortez said the party has not 'groom[ed] the next generation of leadership.'

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'A lot of this is not just about these two personalities,' she said of Pelosi and Schumer, 'but also the structural shifts that these two personalities have led in their time in leadership. The structural shifts of power in the House, both in process and rule, to concentrate power in party leadership of both parties, frankly, but in the Democratic Party leadership to such a degree that an individual member has far less power than they did 30, 40, 50 years ago.'

That setup, Ocasio-Cortez continued, drives 'really talented members of Congress that do come along' to pursue other opportunities.

The House Democratic Caucus will likely continue to be governed by the same leadership as it has been for more than a decade: Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn. All are in their eighties.

'The internal dynamics of the House has made it such that there is very little option for succession,' Ocasio-Cortez stated.

She also criticized progressives, saying: 'The Speaker has indicated that she may be looking at transitioning and leaving at some point, and the Left isn't really making a plan for that either. It's something that we need to think about.'

Ocasio-Cortez continued to warn that “there are folks more conservative than even” Pelosi and Schumer who would be “willing to kind of fill that void” in leadership.

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“The hesitancy that I have is that I want to make sure that if we’re pointing people in a direction, that we have a plan. And my concern — and this I acknowledge as a failing, as something that we need to sort out — is that there isn’t a plan,” the progressive Congresswoman said. “How do we fill that vacuum? Because if you create that vacuum, there are so many nefarious forces at play to fill that vacuum with something even worse.”

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She took herself out of running for the speakership this year, saying, 'It's easy for someone to say: 'Oh, well, why don't you run?' But the House is extraordinarily complex. And I'm not ready. It can't be me. I know that I couldn't do that job.'

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says Democrats need new leadership in Congress

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Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel tells 'America Reports' that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reckless and divisive for asserting Republicans sympathize with white supremacists.

Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel reacted to comments made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday, calling her assertion that Republicans sympathize with white supremacists 'reckless' and 'divisive.'

During an interview 'America Reports', McDaniel added that Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is not helping to take down the ‘temperature' in American politics, citing a past incident where federal offices were attacked in the wake of her comments comparing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Nazis.

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McDaniel also criticized President Biden’s record early number of executive orders, saying that he is governing in a way that shows he 'doesn’t care' about middle America and instead is 'in the pocket' of the elite.

RONNA MCDANIEL: 'I think many Americans disagree with taxpayer funds having to pay for abortions overseas, including here in the United States, and to see Joe Biden do that, especially as the March for Life is happening, is just a slap in the face to many Americans who do not believe that their taxpayer dollars should have to pay for that. But again, it goes to the Biden administration. They are going to do everything they can to upend the gains of the Trump Administration. They ran as moderates, he ran as, 'I hear you, I care about what all Americans think, let's unite.' But, he is governing in a way that shows he doesn't care about Middle America and many Americans and their feelings about these key issues ...

He has put forward a record number of executive orders. When he was a candidate, he said a president who governs with executive orders is a dictator. That's Joe Biden, those are his words. He has come into office and used that power at a level we've never seen, and I think it shows a real dishonesty to especially those hard union-working Americans who work on the Keystone pipeline ... He is in the pocket of the elite and those on the coasts of California and New York ...

You know, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reckless with her language and it has consequences. You know, when she called ICE agents Nazis that are running concentration camps, four ICE offices were attacked within a month and she says she has no regrets. As our country is divided like we've never been before, rhetoric matters, and she hasn't had her Twitter account suspended, yet her rhetoric is divisive and it is hurting our country. The Republican Party has no place for white supremacists. That is very clear. We have made that very clear. I would like the Democrat party to say there is no place for Louis Farrakhan or Antifa. Let's say that at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and let's not call half the country racist and supremacists.'