She’s embarked on a nationwide tour with Vermont’s Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, held town halls outside of her district in upstate New York, and raised $15 million
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive who has cemented her popularity with young voters, is reportedly considering running for president or the Senate in 2028.
Ocasio-Cortez, 35, made a splash when she was elected to represent New York’s 14th congressional district, located in the Bronx and Queens, in 2019. Now, the Democrat is reportedly considering taking the next step in her political career as the party searches for its next generation of leaders, Axios reported Friday.
Members of Ocasio-Cortez’s team have recently been positioning the progressive lawmaker, known as AOC, to either run for president or run for a Senate seat.
“Plotting” is an infuriating word choice.
I’d vote for her. I’m not interested in entertaining any arguments about electability. The least electable person in the universe has won the presidency twice. If enough people vote for her she is electable.
AOC concocts DEVIOUS scheme to repossess burger from McDonalds using PRIVATE bank account funding
AOC buy lunch at McDonalds.
AOC funds animal murder with her own monies.
" is reportedly considering running for president or the Senate in 2028."
Stupid clickbait title.
“plotting” eh?
I’m picturing that family guy skin shade card, but the top says “decisive executive leadership” while the bottom says “plotting/conspiring.”
Yes, such dastardly plans.
Conspicuous in their, uh, inconspicuity
Title is a lie. It says right in the body “president or Senate”. Downvote and report.
Also: “plotting”? What the fuck is this? Has running for president suddenly become illegal??
it’s subconscious conservatism sneaking into the headline.
Good! I hope she comes with some fire, sound policy ideas, and a tight campaign
I think both oligarchs and corporatists alike will fight far too hard to take her down. The US would need a far more fair and democratic procedure to elect someone that would change the paradigm like AOC–especially since Citizens United.
But why is there such this defeatist attitude any time someone remotely not terrible tries to do something? It’s like we’re doing the fascists work for them with talk like this. I get that fuckery happens any time someone kinda different or kinda maybe good (for a politician) steps up, but that can be overcome with more support. When the margins are thin, it’s easy for them to cheat. When they aren’t, it’s fucking not. So let’s stop making the margins tighter with this kind of talk
They want to be proven right when things go poorly, increasing the odds of that happening in the process.
Super PACs are the fuckery that happens any time someone steps up–and AOC wants justice–she is not an interest for them. We need to stop thinking it is a just world and think like they do. We need need an interest for Super PACs and we need to use that to replace SCOTUS and the majority of Congress. The doddering degenerates in office are an embarrassment. The three branches are littered with dolts and ignorant bigots.
This is all true. But my point is, we have to start somewhere. And politicians are an okay place to start. But they can’t be where we end. They are a small piece of the puzzle. But when we bring defeatism to every single part of the equation, before we try anything in earnest, then no one will ever get anywhere and things will continue to get worse and worse. We need our generations stepping up, and as much as it pains me to say, that includes politicians. We can’t trust them any further than they can be thrown, but they are still a part of the solution that we need.
Have you ever tried suggesting other parts of the solution? Strikes, collective action, mutual aid, etc? Because any time anything more than a weekend march gets suggested, people always, always, always sound a lot like your first comment where they just start listing reasons they can’t work or will be foiled. Why is that? We are conditioned by a lifetime of the system telling us it’s inevitable and everlasting. But it’s not the only way, and we need to start moving toward a different way. That starts somewhere, and if wherever it starts is poo-poo’ed at the first suggestion, then we are beyond fucked. We need momentum, and once it starts, it will seem like it was always going to go that way. So let’s let it start naturally, without the defeatism literally before we even get started righting the ship.
“We have to climb this mountain.”
“But look at that rock, and that stumbling block, and imagine how tired you will get before you can get up there! And look at your shoes, you’re not going to make it in those shoes. You’ll get blisters, and you’ll be sooo thirsty!”
Etc. etc. See my point?
She needs to go for Chuck’s seat instead
Yeah Schmucker has got to go.
Schumer writing a strongly worded letter to AOC this very instant.
100% agree - maybe that’s the plan.
He’ll be 78, it would be reasonable for him to retire when his term is up in 2028. Hopefully the fiascos with Biden and multiple Democratic Representatives dying of old age this term (and the Republican Representative who went missing because her family put her in assisted living), and just slightly further back Feinstein being too sick to make critical votes, all push people to stop hanging on to their seats all the way to the bitter end. Pelosi leading the way here, showing it can be done.
I was very disappointed no Tim Walz in that list of other potential candidates. He was the best part of the Harris / Walz ticket
Yes please if only for her age. I want old people out of power and I mean that across the entire spectrum including Bernie sanders. He would be great in her cabinet but we need young people FFS
Why? I’m all for AOC and it has nothing to do with her age. I don’t see anything magical about someone’s age when it comes to setting policy. I like AOC, but I also like wisdom and experience.
Geriatrics running the country don’t have to worry about personally experiencing any of the negative long term consequences of their actions.
Maybe, but if they are progressive and/or have basic empathy and understanding, they understand the morality of planting a seed you may never see become a tree.
Young demons that have been radicalized by The Algorithm and the GOP are not going to GAF if they have the wrong ethics, no matter what age they are.
But we’re repeatedly seeing most geriatric politicians not have basic empathy, especially on one side.
I also think, at the very least, if they’re a young narcissist, they at least are thinking they’ll be alive another 40-50 years and want a world, versus the ones who know time is running out.
Perspective and optics. The millennials were robbed of their chance on the world stage by the boomers. The boomers perspective doesn’t work for what the world is now. People need to see a representation of themselves up there. A representative of the people for the people by the people yada yada yada
The millennials were robbed of their chance on the world stage by the boomers.
Gen X over there like “What the fuck!?!” (I’m a millennial, I get the plight.)
Can’t have it both ways, the same people who complain about the geriatric GOP also want Bernie. You can follow his policy but it’s ridiculous at his age to have him in the White House
You won’t see me complaining about the GOP simply because some of them might be “geriatric”. It’s their policies that are the issue. JD seems very fresh-faced to me, but that guy is the front-man for some truly crazy shit.
I would gladly have age and term limits over Bernie. He is a good fella, but fact of the matter is, there isn’t enough good people of his age to serve alongside him. We need young cohorts of likeminded and idealistic people that are regularly renewed, and I would gladly exchange Bernie’s political position for something that could fix future politicians.
Unfortunately, we cannot sacrifice Bernie’s political future for that. I believe we will be seeing many innocent people die before American politics are changed for the better.
Bernie probably should have stepped down after the 2016 election cycle and promoted a younger left-wing candidate for his seat, then he could have spent the last near-decade putting the weight of his name behind other young left-wing politicians.
I like her. She can’t win. Go for Senate.
Any democrat who runs on a populist message that doesn’t just pander to working Americans can win the presidency… just not the primary.
She is one of only two people I would be excited to vote for.
The other person is Jon Stewart.
I want Dolly Parton.
Whatever, I’ll wait for the official announcement. Love AOC but not getting my hopes up. Wait till there’s actual news.
Here’s to hoping AOC is another Mamdani during the primaries.
IF there is something to run in 2028.
I feel like shit typing this but I’m afraid America will not vote for a woman, each time it’s resulted in disaster.
Sure I’ll vote for her, but frankly we need a sure thing, we got a lot of mess to fix, starting with shoring up our constitution against bad faith actors and arresting and prosecuting fascist criminals.
Disbanding the heritage foundation, impeach and remove supreme court justices, reverse citizens United, and remove voting rights of all those pardoned for J6.
Fox news should be made an example of with laws preventing their type of misinformation and propaganda and they should be destroyed.
Scientific fact will be the rule and the standard. Education and our core of government will be free from all religion. Any church or religious organizations in politics will be taxed and disqualified from government.
So many people need to face consequences and I hope you all have a list and are keeping score.
The gloves are fucking off.
You are delusional my friend.
