Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) mentioned on Thursday that he’s a “large fan” of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and he helps the progressive lawmaker’s bid to develop into the rating member of the committee he chairs.

Noting that he has a “lot of variations” together with her on coverage, Comer repeatedly informed CNN that Ocasio-Cortez is a “good individual” and “well-spoken.” He additionally claimed she could be a “nice” option to co-chair the oversight committee, including that he had a fraught relationship with the outgoing rating member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD).

In the direction of the top of a Thursday morning interview with CNN anchor Pamela Brown, Comer was requested his ideas about Ocasio-Cortez tossing her hat within the ring to interchange Raskin as the highest Democrat on the highly effective Home committee.

“Would you prefer to co-chair together with her?” Brown questioned.

“Clearly I don’t agree with very a lot of her coverage, however I believe she‘s a great individual,” the Kentucky Republican responded. “I believe she‘s very well-spoken.”

Declaring that it’s not a “secret” that he “didn’t have a great relationship” with Raskin, who he commonly butted heads with throughout the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, Comer insisted that the “Democrats have nowhere to go however up” with their subsequent rating member.

“So I believe AOC could be nice,” he added. After saying he thought another Democrats who’ve expressed curiosity would even be worthy candidates, comparable to Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the MAGA congressman continued to heap reward on Ocasio-Cortez.

“I actually stay up for working with the following rating member. And if it’s AOC, I believe we’ll have a great working relationship,” he concluded. “We‘ll clearly have plenty of variations on coverage, however I believe she’s a great, well-spoken individual for the Democrats to serve in that place.”

Whereas the New York congresswoman has lengthy develop into a frequent goal of criticism for the fitting and obsessively forged by conservative media as a bogeywoman, she’s additionally made unlikely mates throughout the aisle on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), a staunch conservative and Trump ally, has often stood up for the progressive lawmaker, referring to his pal as “Cortez.” Again in Might, he confirmed off his selfmade longboard to the congresswoman on the ground of the Home, prompting the 2 to pose for a photograph with Burchett’s creation.

Moreover, incoming Trump administration official Monica Crowley informed Fox Information final month that Republicans ought to “not underestimate AOC” after some Democrats pushed for her to guide the celebration.

“She’s younger, she’s vibrant, she’s enticing,” Crowley mentioned. “I believe she’s fallacious on all the pieces, however she does have actual grassroots assist. And all the vitality and activism within the Democrat celebration stays with the revolutionary left, of which she is a component.”