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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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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

-sigh- She'll just have to be liberal enough to get my vote I guess. If she wants to seal the deal, she's gonna have to come out swinging against Israel though.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 164 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"Plotting"? Wtf is this wording?

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 98 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

It worked so hard. I'm voting for her because this means she's serious.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 127 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plotting, eh? How diabolical of her.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

She's earned my vote now.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 109 points 1 week ago (4 children)

She'll have my vote. ...assuming there is actually a 2028 election. And that we're not extinct by then.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (5 children)

More likely she’s running for senate.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah yes, I remember when Trump became a Senator.

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

Fun stats: 17 U.S. presidents were previously U.S. senators, and also 17 were previously state governors (additionally, Harrison and Taft were territorial governors, and Jackson was military governor of the territory of Florida).

Six U.S. presidents had held previously both governor and U.S. senator roles, including Jackson and Harrison's non-state governorships.

5 U.S. presidents were not elected to public office prior to holding the presidency - Taylor, Grant, Hoover, Eisenhower, and Trump.

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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Usually it is said that someone is 'contemplating' or 'planning' a run for office, but since it's about a woman the headline says 'plotting' because that sounds underhanded and nefarious and the media wants to get the framing in place early.

That said, I think it would be better for her to run to replace Schumer in the Senate. A better chance to win and could do more good there.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

If this is "plotting", then I am all for this "villain" to win. The wording of the headline implies that AOC is a bad thing, when we got...waves at orange fuckwit

Anyhow, if given the choice between AOC and Newsom, AOC all the way.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I've always interpreted it more as 'plotting a course'.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah I was honestly surprised to see how many people in this thread interpret "plotting" as inherently negative.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's both, but in journalism, you pick your words carefully. There's no chance the writer of the headline wasn't fully aware of both connotations. There are a dozen other words that could have meant the same thing without making it sound nefarious.

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[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago

Look if she comes out of the box swinging, and I mean haymakers both left and right, she could do it. The DNC has to have an honest to god real primary and not the horse shit they pulled with Bernie or the last-minute Harris takeover.

If AOC wins a primary and is nominated, hits the ground at a full sprint, doesn't pull punches on either side of the political spectrum, prays to Jah, and crosses her fingers she could do a Billy Clint or Obama. She is going to have to learn to play the Saxophone, confess to smoking weed and inhaling, slow jam the news, and probably host a full episode of SNL not just appear as herself in a sketch. If she did all that and she convinces Jesus to come down from on high and endorse her she has a 50/50 chance.

Oh, and she'll need a gun for her purse like that bargain bin Barbie from Colorado or the dude from Georgia's 14th congressional district.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Very quaint of them expecting an actual election to happen in 2028

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 20 points 1 week ago

Even Russia is a "democracy".

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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

She needs to go for Chuck’s seat instead

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

If AOC is the candidate, it will be the first time since Bernie that I will phone bank, knock down doors, canvas ...... Whatever it takes.

She is one of the few people in politics that I can get behind.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As JD Vance's Peter Thiel funded miracle run through the Senate proved, you don't have to be a Senator long to run for Pres. or VP.

Vance had just two years in professional politics before becoming VP, thanks to Peter Thiel's money and influence.

It's a pay-for-play system, not a Representative Democracy.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like her. She can't win. Go for Senate.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Any democrat who runs on a populist message that doesn't just pander to working Americans can win the presidency... just not the primary.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago

If I'm still in the US by then and we even have elections still, she has my vote.

[–] chisel@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The DNC would never allow her to win the nomination.

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Water is planning to put out fires in a burning building in 2028

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They need to primary more incumbent Democrats first. A Mamdani win isn’t enough momentum to convince MSNBC watching pearl clutching libs in progressive suburbia to vote for her in a presidential election. These people need to experience what a social democrat or a democratic socialist can do for them on a local level first. NYC is a trail blazer but that doesn’t mean the rest of Democrat voting America is closely behind NY. She has a better chance to win a Senate seat

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[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

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

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

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

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

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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

[–] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We should let the Democratic party choose a person through a primary to run for president and then allow that person to run for president.

If a woman makes it through that process on her own merits then the party will probably vote for her.

If on the other hand a woman is selected because she's a woman who will cooperate with the donors and they decide to skip that process or subvert it in some way then you probably won't win.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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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