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.
And everyone not in the 0.1%
Not to minimize what he did to us, but to show he’s not only problematic for trans people.
True, true. It was just the first issue that came to mind.
It’s the only thing that comes to your mind, though, and that’s a pretty big issue. That’s single issue shit, like 2A shit or something. You expect solidarity, but you’re not willing to give it.
That’s a lot of incorrect assumptions you just made.
And you have nothing more to say about that I bet.
I know. That’s how most of you just shut down discussion.
I’ve seen it too many fucking times and it gets tiring. Shape up. Get your arguments in order or nobody will ever take you serious. Just like nobody takes you seriously now.
Or is the victimhood the point?
I mean that’s the same single issue shit that the Republicans do with the 2A. What’s the difference? “He’s not 100% perfect, therefore I will refuse to vote for him and let Republicans take a seat that will for sure be worse for my cause”
It’s Palestine all over again
We just mentioned two issues. There are plenty more. You didn’t even ask. You can love the corporate, pro-genocide, anti-trans, wealth protecting guy if you want.
I think that’s closer to maga than my viewpoint. But I understand that we’re easier targets than they are, and you’re really feeling yourself right now
Bonus points for calling my safety a political issue.