'The View' co-hosts debate whether AOC is too progressive: 'Demonized by the right'

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who is 74 years old, beat 35-year-old Ocasio-Cortez by a 131-84 vote on Wednesday, in part due to the influence of 84-year-old ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

"A lot of this country does not support, for example, the Green New Deal, which would actually crush jobs across this country,' Griffin said. "It would actually make international travel virtually impossible to do because of some of the regulations that would be in place."

Hostin insisted the Green New Deal would create "millions of jobs."

"Universal healthcare, you should have of course, anyone who needs emergency coverage, people should have catastrophic coverage, but most Americans want to have some choice and optionality in their healthcare. There is a reason Obamacare did not have the public option. That's not where the majority of the country is. I would argue that AOC is definitely too left for the majority of the country," Griffin said. 

Co-host Joy Behar said she supported Ocasio-Cortez and that she reminded her of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Co-host Sara Haines echoed an op-ed written by Rahm Emmanuel in the Washington Post, arguing Democrats tell people what to care about rather than listen to what they actually care about.

"Oftentimes Democrats tell people what to care about rather than listening to what they actually care about, because he goes on to say they tiptoe around issues like crime, immigration, homelessness and then they quote stats while meanwhile, there is an uptick in carjackings and you have to lock up deodorant in CVS," Haines said.

Hostin then chimed in to say, "crime is down."

"You're doing exactly my point here," Haines said. "Each time people show statistics, everyone is saying crime is a problem, and that doesn't make them feel better when you say, 'but it's not.'"