Radical Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has ignited rumors that she’s planning a presidential run in 2028 after her “Team AOC” account dropped a campaign-style video on social media.
In a caption alongside the video, the account declares:
“Do not let them trick you into thinking we are enemies.
“Do not let them trick you into thinking that we can be separated into rural and urban, black and white and Latino.
“We are one,” the post proclaims.
It comes as AOC has been touring the United States with fellow socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.
Despite claiming the tour is part of a “political revolution,” the rallies have been mostly dedicated to bashing President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
The tour appears to be an effort to transfer Sanders’ national support base over to AOC.
Americans are now speculating about whether the New York Democrat is launching a shadow campaign for president.
Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign account posted a video on X this week that invigorated rumors that the four-term Democrat from New York City and a progressive leader is plotting a run for the White House.
“I’m a girl from the Bronx,” Ocasio-Cortez said on a campaign-style stage in Idaho.
“To be welcomed here in this state, all of us together, seeing our common cause, this is what this country is all about.”
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The campaign conveniently left out the moments during the Idaho rally when AOC debuted a strange new accent while addressing the crowd.
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Earlier this month, FiveThirtyEight founder and prominent pollster Nate Silver signaled that AOC is the leading Democrat to pick up the party’s presidential nomination in 2028.
In a draft 2028 pick with FiveThirtyEight’s Galen Druke, Silver chose Ocasio-Cortez as his top choice to lead the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket.
“I think there’s a lot of points in her favor at this very moment,” Druke said.
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has broad appeal across the Democratic Party.”
Americans are reposting Ocasio-Cortez’s video across X, pointing to the video as proof of her 2028 presidential ambitions.
“Get ready, America,” political reporter Eric Daugherty said in response to the video.
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will almost undoubtedly run for president in 2028.”
As rumors swirl over Ocasio-Cortez’s ambition for higher office, a Siena College poll in her home state of New York found Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) favorability is down.
Schumer has now sunk to 39% among New York state voters questioned in the poll.
The poll was conducted April 14-16.
Meanwhile, AOC’s favorability soared to 47%.
The longtime senator from New York faced pushback from the Democrats in March for supporting the Republican budget bill backed by President Donald Trump.
The bill averted a government shutdown and stirred up outrage among congressional Democrats who planned to boycott it.
That growing disapproval among Democrats was reflected in the poll.
The shifting perception comes as Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg has provoked civil war among Democrats with his plans to shake up the party.
Through his political arm, Leaders We Deserve, Hogg faced blowback from the DNC this week for investing $20 million into electing younger Democrats to safe House seats held by “ineffective” Democratic Party lawmakers.
Meanwhile, AOC raked in a massive $9.6 million over the past three months.
The record-breaking fundraising haul was one of the biggest ever for any House lawmaker.
AOC’s team highlighted that the fundraising came from 266,000 individual donors, with an average contribution of just $21.
“I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of people supporting us with your time, resources, & energy,” Ocasio-Cortez emphasized in a social media post.
“Your support has allowed us to rally people together at a record scale to organize their communities.”
Colin Reed, a Republican strategist, said Ocasio-Cortez “shouldn’t be discounted” by Democrats “who are standing in her way” of running for whichever office she decides to seek – whether as a U.S. senator or President of the United States.
While Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders are garnering national attention as they jetset across the country, Reed said their passion and energy might invigorate the progressive portion of the Democratic Party.
However, “her ideas are way too outside the mainstream to ever be electable at a nationwide level,” Reed noted.
“Ultimately, in a Democratic base, there’s always going to be a percentage of voters who are drawn to that message.
“The issue they run to is it’s just not the majority of Americans,” Reed said.
“The majority of Americans don’t want to transform our country into some sort of ‘European-style government rules all’ vision.
“That’s why America was founded in the first place – to get away from oppression, from an overbearing, overreaching government.”
As Democrats struggle to land on a consistent message and search for a clear party leader following Republicans’ November wins, there is an opportunity within the party to dominate the national Democratic narrative, Reed explained.
“Chaos loves a vacuum, and right now, there is a vacuum in leadership in the Democratic Party, and thus chaos is ruling the roost,” Reed said.
“As long as those two are out there, they’re going to get attention because nobody else is doing anything.
“The house of cards will come crumbling down, especially when you’ve got two folks out there, Senator Sanders and Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, holding themselves out as climate warriors as they jet around the country on private jets spewing untold carbon emissions into the air.
“That hypocrisy is one that’s tough for a lot of folks’ stomachs,” Reed added.
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