Independent Senator Bernie Sanders floated Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a potential presidential candidate in the 2028 elections, saying that even though it’s “her decision to make,” she is a “very, very good politician.”
Speaking to Axios, Sanders said that he has been “out on the streets with her” and noticed how she responds when people come up to her. “It’s so incredibly genuine and open.”
Ocasio-Cortez is seemingly positioning herself to run for higher office, whether it is challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his seat or to make a run for president.
Everyone demanded Biden step down for someone better and younger. So he did.
and all that accomplished was that the left started shutting on her instead of Biden. as a non American watching it all unfold, race and especially gender was noticeably what turned people even on the left off of Kamala. And were talking before the gaza shit show turned into an election issue.
Again im not American, but your last election definitely felt racist and well, here we are. That there are still people on the left shitting on her as if they’re not living under the alternative is crazy. How can anyone in 2025 say she wouldn’t be better than this? Can’t explain it but with sexism
They asked for a better and younger but she was younger but worse. Harris is one of the dumbedt politicians ever
Trump is better?
If you didn’t vote Harris or stayed home you’re straight up stupid. You’re asking for the Democratic Party to change but you don’t take part so why would they care. Everyone on Lemmy complains about the democrats but when was the last time you guys registered as official democratic voters and voted in the primaries and local elections to get your people in? When did you join the newsletters and reply to the questioneers? Did anyone here go volunteer to work for the local politician that fits their view? If you show up at the end, at the federal election, how are you mad at the decisions that got them to this candidate when you took no part in the process?
It’s not hard, the last election i helped my local candidate hand out information and cards throughout dozen condo buildings within 5 minutes of my home. My wife helped them with some online work for their website and Facebook. Take part, from top to bottom, make sure the party knows you’re a member and you demand change.
You’re not wrong, but I shit on Kamala because she was a shitty centrist candidate, not because she was a woman. I would back AOC in a heartbeat.
Harris had a honeymoon and then inexplicably decided to say she’d be exactly like Biden. He wasn’t doing well in the polls before his brain started erroring on live TV. The swap was the opportunity to disavow the unpopular things, but for some reason they decided the number one priority was making sure Joe got a respectful send off.
When Kamala first started, I had hope there would be change. How foolish that turned out to be…
Even with everything you said the choice was clear. And not voting for Harris was as bad as voting trump
I voted for Harris. Not that it mattered because my state is solidly blue.
But voters aren’t big calculators. The people you lose in turnout are just running on vibes and competing with the couch. “My life sucks and you say you’re not going to change anything” is a bad vibe. Even if a rational person would say “but the other guy is going to make it worse”.
We’ve essentially had 4 of the last 5 elections be won by the candidate who campaigns on “change” and she rolled up as an incumbent saying it’s going to keep on exactly like it is. Unless things are fucking amazing that’s a really bad message.
Most people eho don’t vote lost trust in the system. Your rhetoric is the same as those who blame people being poor on laziness and playing video gsmes all days