Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aired her grievances on the failure of Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s massive “Build Back Better” legislative package which she suggested was the reason for the explosion of crime in areas that are largely under the control of her party also while warning that democracy could soon be extinct.

In a long and wide-ranging interview with The New Yorker, AOC singled out senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema who have been obstacles to the larger agenda while also griping that Biden hasn’t been sufficiently assertive with the two renegade Democrats, saying “his hesitancy around them has contributed to a situation that isn’t as optimal.”

“That’s why I kind of started off by talking about the executive powers of the president because I don’t think that there’s any guarantee of getting something through that Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will approve of that will significantly and materially improve the lives of working people,” she added. “It’s a bit of a dismal assessment, but I think that, given an analysis of their past behavior, it is a fair one. The president has a responsibility to look at the tools that he has.”