Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has accused establishment Democrats of treating her “like shit” as progressive activists urged her to run for president in 2028.
In a 100-minute long video posted on Instagram, the 37-year-old congresswoman from New York said that the party had a “remarkable opportunity” to pass left-wing policies after the midterm elections. She also accused the party’s leadership of starving funds from left-wing candidates during the campaign.
“There’s this huge conversation about candidates that were under invested in,” Ocasio-Cortez said. She cited Angie Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who came within 240,000 votes of flipping Florida from red to blue, but ultimately lost to the Republican candidate Ashley Moody.
“If Angie Nixon had just had a little bit of that support, that outcome could have changed. But that money has to come from somewhere and it comes from these people,” Ocasio-Cortez said in reference to the party’s Senate leadership.
Reflecting on the period after she was first elected to Congress in 2018 at the age of 29, Ocasio-Cortez accused senior Democrats of being “horrifically cruel” to her. “I mean I was treated like shit,” she said. “Everybody took a swing at me.”
The Bronx congresswoman is seen as the likeliest progressive candidate to run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028.
I remember Pelosi especially was vicious. AOC didn’t get brave again for a year + after that shit. Great point about Angie, she would have won with minimal support. We need to form a 3rd party, enough is enough.
The Democratic Socialists of America are seeing a surge in political power over the last few election cycles. The DSA alone now has over 130,000 active, dues paying members.
Why the fuck should we throw that all away now?
We can take over the Democratic party, and in doing so, push the Right-wing Democrats to the Republican party and eliminate the current GOP altogether. There is a future where we permanently shift the Overton Window left.
Y’all want to kneecap progress when we haven’t even gotten started yet.
Nah, take over the Democratic party from the inside. Like the tea party did, which paved the way for maga inside the Republican party. Without first fixing our voting system, third parties do nothing but harm
I agree with you in principle, but the tea party was an astroturf movement so a very different situation. A progressive takeover of the Democratic party could get much more ugly. That majority the Dems now enjoy, includes DINOs like Fetterman, and centrist/establishment types like Schumer and Pelosi. They are facing an existential threat to their kind of politics (the kind where you sell your soul to corporate donors and AIPAC). If push comes to shove, I wouldn’t be surprised if they side with the GOP, choosing to scupper the Democratic party rather than work with a progressive agenda.
I want it to happen, just don’t expect it will happen without a hard and dirty fight. The powers behind the political establishment do NOT want this.
The tea party did that with the blessing and funding of oligarchs. Leftists don’t have oligarch funding.
Did that stop leftists from taking power on November 3rd?
The people outweigh the money, as long as we are organized.
How about taking over the Democratic Party? That process is already underway, let’s keep it going
“How Republicans Never Lost an Election Again: The Realities of Vote-Splitting”
Might I suggest the Working Families Party instead of forming a new one? Just make sure to take into account the realities of FPtP voting, if your district hasn’t implemented a better system.
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) as well