AOC and Bernie Sanders have been criticized by other Dems, for example by Fetterman.

And at this point the Dem party is suffering from very low ratings in favorability -- 27% in NBC poll and 29% in CNN poll.

Democratic Party's favorability hits record lows in two polls after 2024 losses           Click Here      

New faces & new messages would be needed, to help the Dems. not doubling down with Bernie and AOC.  Those two are symbolic of the far left Dems we've heard far too much from for quite a while.