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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.

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[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Trump is going to try to have her assassinated. I garuntee it.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

And with a captured SCOTUS and ineffective congress the republicans will make sure she gets nothing done. Assuming there’s even an election.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She is one of only two people I would be excited to vote for.

The other person is Jon Stewart.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I want Dolly Parton.

[–] ClassStruggle@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She won't run, the DNC needs to keep her as the official party sheepdog, replacing Bernie.

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[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I’ll be voting for her if she is the clear path to overcome tyranny. If not, I’ll be voting for whoever that person is.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Nah. She's politically what the country needs, but get serious, no way will America ever vote a woman as President.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Michelle Obama would be president right now if dems wanted to win more than they want to platform fascists.

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/only-michelle-obama-bests-trump-alternative-biden-2024

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[–] nuggie_ss@lemmings.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (18 children)

I'd vote for her in a heartbeat.

Probably one of the few candidates that have a chance with the democrats that would get me out to the polls.

If they nominate someone like kamala harris or joe biden again, it's all over.

This is of course assuming it's not all over already because they ran spineless crooks who don't represent the working class.

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[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (22 children)

As much as I would love a very progressive Democrat from New York to be president she realistically has no chance of getting enough voters to win the GE especially in the purple/red states that Harris had a hard time with.

The best she could aim for is running in the primary, shaking up the candidates and getting the winner to adopt her agenda or at least have her as a VP.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

I think winner adopted agenda would be nice but I don't think VP is the move. I would love for her to take Schumers seat.

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[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I hope she wins

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