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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    23 hours ago

    Harris had a hard time with those places because she was an empty suit neoliberal promising no significant change whatsoever and also genocide.

    Unlike Biden?

    Obama sure as hell didn’t struggle with those red and purple states.

    Obama is a man.

    Black men were granted the right to vote in America before white women were.

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      15 hours ago

      Unlike Biden?

      Literally yes. Biden was the most progressive American president in a loooong time (or at least one of the most progressive depending on how you parse Obama), and his campaign showed it. I mean he was still a neolib and definitely not the man of the hour, but in more normal times (and without a genocide to aid and abet) he’d be considered a better than average president, though one with his pitfalls.

      Obama is a man.

      Black men were granted the right to vote in America before white women were.

      Sure, but I have a very hard time believing your average potential blue voter (so not MAGA chuds) would hate a black woman appreciably more than a black man. Black is firmly at the top of the hierarchy of American hate; they got the right to vote sooner because they were willing to take to the streets about it sooner.