AOC reveals her biggest fear if 'out of his mind' Trump wins the presidential election as she warns critics to 'take him at his word'

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has shared concerns over the possibility Donald Trump would send her to jail should he retake the White House in November's presidential election. 

Speaking with podcast host Kara Swisher the progressive Democrat said that she takes Trump 'at his word.'

'I mean, it sounds nuts, but I wouldn't be surprised if this guy threw me in jail. He's out of his mind. I mean, he did his whole first campaign around 'lock her up.' This is his motto,' Ocasio-Cortez said.

'I take him at his word when he says that he's going to round up people. I take him at his word when he threatens journalists. I take him at his word,' she went on. 

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has shared her concerns over the possibility Donald Trump might send her to jail should he retake the White House in November's election

AOC is urging critics of Trump to take the former president at his word when he makes threats. Trump is pictured during a campaign event, in Las Vegas, Nevada

'I feel like what we saw in his first presidency was an amuse-bouche to what his intentions are. He has learned from his mistakes of appointing professionals, and he will not make that mistake next time.'

AOC's concern stems from Trump's response to a question earlier this month when he was asked during a Fox & Friends interview if 'revenge' will be his 'success.'

'These are bad people. These people are sick, and they do things that are so destructive… If it weren't me, they'd be going after somebody else, and I know a lot of the competition,' Trump said. 'They wouldn't do so well.'

Speaking with podcast host Kara Swisher the progressive Democrat said that she takes Trump 'at his word'

But more recently Trump attempted to allay fears that he would seek retribution while suggesting he would still have every right to do so.

'Number one, they're wrong,' Trump said to Sean Hannity. 'It has to stop, because otherwise, we're not going to have a country 

'Look, when this election is over, based on what they've done, I would have every right to go after them, and it's easy, because it's Joe Biden and you see all the criminality, all of the money that's going into the family and him, all of this money from China, from Russia, from Ukraine.

'They [the Democrats] want to arrest on no crime. They want to arrest the person that won the nomination in a landslide,' Trump said. 

During Swisher's podcast, she asked the New York lawmaker if she believed Trump had a good chance of securing the White House for a second term. 

'Trump does absolutely have a chance to win. That is why I have thrown my support behind Biden early and I support it vociferously,' AOC said. 

'It is unequivocal that if Donald Trump wins, we are looking at the potential dissolution of democracy in the United States of America and the question about what would happen to me or the Democratic Party is a joke compared to the question of what is going to happen to our country.' 

She admitted that there was a distinct lack of excitement surrounding President Biden and his campaign.

'I think when it comes to presidential elections, and especially to young people, I understand the lack of support for President Biden.

'I think the demoralization around the president has caused folks to sometimes tune out on down-ballot candidates that will actually advance more alignment with their interests. And so the answer here is to get into the game, not to get out of it,' she said.

Trump is scheduled for a virtual probation interview on Monday after a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in his 'hush money' trial.

The former president will participate in the hearing from his home at Mar-a-Lago.

The probation interview is a normal process for Trump's pre-sentencing report.

The interview is the next step in the sentencing process as Judge Juan Merchan is scheduled to sentence the former president on July 11, just days before the Republican National convention begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

The interview will be conducted by a probation officer and Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche will be present. 

The interview will be followed by a report that will be delivered to the judge.

Former President Donald Trump was seen waving to supporters while on the phone as he left a Beverly Hills estate following a fundraiser on Friday evening

Trump faces up to four years in prison after the conviction, but it's also possible that he could get probation.

A successful appeal to the higher courts from the Trump legal team, however, could set the sentencing decision further back.

Trump continues railing against the verdict, appearing at a Turning Point PAC town hall in Arizona last Thursday to rally supporters behind him.

'I just went through a rigged trial in New York,' he said. 'With a highly conflicted judge where there was no crime, it was made up fabricated stuff, they didn't want to bring the case, they could have brought the case seven years ago but it's only when you run for office they bring cases,' he said.

On the plus side, Trump celebrated that he and the Republican party had raised nearly $400 million in donations since the verdict was announced. 

Trump continues to have an edge over Biden two key swing states - Nevada and Arizona - however a national poll conducted after the Republican's conviction shows the presidential race tightening. 

Fox News put out new poll numbers on Thursday that showed Trump was up 5 points in Arizona among registered voters - 51 percent to Biden's 46 percent. 

In nearby Nevada, Trump was also leading Biden by 5 points - 50 percent to the Democrat's 45 percent. 

Former President Donald Trump (left) continues to have an edge over President Joe Biden (right) in two key swing states - Nevada and Arizona - but a national poll conducted after the Republican's conviction shows the presidential race tightening

When The New York Times and Siena College recontacted 2000 voters from their spring survey, pollsters found that former President Donald Trump's 3-point national lead shrunk to just 1 percent post-guilty verdict 

Polling has shown Trump ahead of Biden in Arizona for more than a year, while Trump has been out in front of Biden in Nevada since November, according to Real Clear Politics' polling averages - with the verdict seemingly not having an effect on the numbers.

Pollsters asked just two questions on the trial - whether voters thought it was fair and how much it mattered to them - the latter to signal whether it would change people's votes.

In Arizona, 63 percent said the hush money trial did not matter, while only about a third, 36 percent, said it did. 

Additionally, only 25 percent expressed that it mattered to them 'a lot.'