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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    You should be directing all of this energy towards those nominating candidates that don’t represent the interests of the working class.

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      sure thing, but you still need to vote for the less harmful candidate if your favourite doesn’t get the nomination. You got Trump because people figured they’d protest and not vote or vote for Jill Stein or whatever. Republicans may have not been fully on board with a second Trump term, but they still voted for him. They will vote for whoever has the ® by their name next time as well.

      Does voting dem just kick the can down the road? Absolutely, but better than not having a can to kick…

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        sure thing

        proceeds to do the exact opposite

        Yeah, looking forward to staying home on election day. So fucking tired of the moderate white.

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          Yeah, looking forward to staying home on election day.

          Have fun with another republican term then, because that is the only plausible result of not voting against them. That is, if there is another election since your morally superior not-voting got you Trump again and Project 2025 is by many accounts, well ahead of schedule. Good Job!

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            You should be directing all of this energy towards those nominating candidates that don’t represent the interests of the working class.

            God dammit. You people just don’t learn.

            We’re both going to be stuck with a republican because you keep repeating the same mistakes.

            Both of your comments were a complete waste of energy and did nothing to change my stance. You need to direct that energy towards the people voting for the hillary clintons and joe bidens over the bernie sanders and AOCs.

            Now, are you going to waste more energy or finally learn and do something different? I know what I’ll put my money on!

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              Have the day you protest-voted for. Keep protest voting and losing. Keep letting your rights get eroded because your perfect candidate isn’t on the ballot. But hey, if you protest vote enough, you might not have to vote anymore, the candidate that you allowed to take the white house said so.

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                    That’s what I’ve been saying from the beginning. You are wasting your energy trying to get someone like me to change my mind.

                    You should’ve been directing that energy towards those voting for establishment candidates, but you don’t learn so here we are.