James Comer Endorses Ocasio-Cortez to Serve as Ranking Member on Oversight Committee: ‘I’m A Big AOC Fan’

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) endorsed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) bid to serve as the ranking member on the committee in an interview on CNN Thursday.

Last week, Cortez officially announced that she would seek to become the top Democrat on the committee, pitting her against Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). The post opened up after Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) decided to challenge to Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) for same post on the Judiciary Committee.

Comer and Raskin famously had a contentious relationship.

During a Thursday morning interview on CNN, Comer told anchor Pamela Brown that he is a “big AOC fan.”

OCASIO-CORTEZ: I want to ask you about AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announcing her bid for the top Democrat spot on your committee. What are your thoughts? Would you like to co-chair with her?

COMER: I’m a big AOC fan. Obviously, I don’t agree with very much of her policy, but I think she’s a good person. I think she’s very well-spoken. I did not have a good relationship with Jamie Raskin. I don’t think that’s any secret. I tell the press when they ask about the race for ranking member, the Democrats have nowhere to go but up after having Jamie Raskin for the last four years. So I think AOC would be great. Gerry Connolly would be great. I know Raj Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, their names have been thrown in the hat. But I certainly look forward to working with the next ranking member. And if it’s AOC, I think we’ll have a good working relationship. We’ll obviously have a lot of differences on policy, but I think she’s a good, well-spoken person for the for the Democrats to serve in that position.

Watch the clip above via CNN.