Members of the Democratic Socialists of America are thinking seriously about a national presidential campaign for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2028 that would reach millions of working people and have the potential to transform American politics.
I love AOC and wish you were wrong… Buy after two women losing in a row to the biggest piece of shit imaginable I just don’t have trust nor desire to roll the dice again.
Same. I love AOC and hold that Clinton and Harris lost primarily because they were unexciting centrists, but I’d prefer not to duplicate any of the variables with the stakes this high.
I understand this and go back-and-forth sometimes internally. But there’s a lot of women-only or women-leading statewide seats, governorships, Senate seats even in conservative states.
I think right-wingers who wouldn’t vote for her anyway are a lot of duplication with sexist voters, and sexism may just be the lowest-hanging excuse they’ll have for hating her. And it will definitely bleed into sexist propaganda in right echo chambers. But I’m not sure it would be enough to stop a good candidate, which I think she’d be.
I love AOC and wish you were wrong… Buy after two women losing in a row to the biggest piece of shit imaginable I just don’t have trust nor desire to roll the dice again.
Same. I love AOC and hold that Clinton and Harris lost primarily because they were unexciting centrists, but I’d prefer not to duplicate any of the variables with the stakes this high.
I understand this and go back-and-forth sometimes internally. But there’s a lot of women-only or women-leading statewide seats, governorships, Senate seats even in conservative states.
I think right-wingers who wouldn’t vote for her anyway are a lot of duplication with sexist voters, and sexism may just be the lowest-hanging excuse they’ll have for hating her. And it will definitely bleed into sexist propaganda in right echo chambers. But I’m not sure it would be enough to stop a good candidate, which I think she’d be.
I would never love to be proven wrong more than about this