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AOC's 2028 decision: Run for president or Senate (www.axios.com)

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her team are positioning her to run for president or the U.S. Senate in 2028, according to people familiar with her operation.

Why it matters: Ocasio-Cortez's 2028 decision could shake up the presidential race or the Senate's leadership. A fellow New Yorker, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, 74, is up for re-election in 2028.

A Senate race between Schumer and Ocasio-Cortez, 35, would be a generational clash pitting the Democratic Party's leading traditionalist against its star insurgent progressive.

State of play: This year, Ocasio-Cortez — widely known as AOC — has campaigned across the country and in parts of New York State far from her Bronx and Queens district, all while investing millions to grow her already formidable online presence.

She has also brought in some former senior advisers to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to bolster her operation.

Ocasio-Cortez hasn't made any decision about her future. But her team is working to give her choices.#

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[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

Actually incredibly realistic, which is the biggest problem.

If the U.S. still has free and fair elections in 2028, it's quite likely that the American people will reject the GOP in favor of literally anything else. That means the DNC is free to run the most bland, milquetoast neoliberal whose name rhymes with "lose some," who will do nothing to stop material conditions from deteroriating further nor impose serious consequences on MAGA. Then, four years after his election, U.S. voters will vote for an intelligent fascist because they don't want an ineffective do-nothing Democrat.