New York City Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s team tell Axios that the object of seven years of MAGA media obsession is running for either the Senate – or president – in 2028.
The latter option is, um, a tad ambitious for a woman who would be 39 on January 20, 2029, but the allies say that winning isn’t necessarily the point so much as “to ensure that the Democratic Party’s progressive wing is represented in the primary — just as Sanders did in 2016 against Hillary Clinton.”
Remember how that ended up working out with the Dem voter base in the general election that year? So yeah, in all likelihood that would be very stupid for the country and AOC herself. Basically free Senate seats don’t exactly just open up every cycle and this one is definitely a gimme for AOC, whether the then almost 80 year-old Chuck Schumer runs for reelection or not. Even entertaining a 2028 run – rather than securing herself a higher perch in Congress and then working toward a 2036 or 2040 bid – kind of stains AOC’s otherwise exceptional political talents with the tar of hubris.