Why AOC would be INSANE not to run for president in 2028 🤪
Timing, timing, timing
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New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is in the midst of examining what her next political step should be.
This, from a recent Axios piece, frames her choice — and her thinking — nicely:
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.
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…
…Some close allies believe that even if Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t think she could win, she may want to run for the White House to ensure that the Democratic Party’s progressive wing is represented in the primary — just as Sanders did in 2016 against Hillary Clinton.
Let me be the first (I think) to say this: AOC would be nuts not to run for president in 2028. And I will tell you exactly why.
