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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a cheeky reaction after a poll suggested that she’d slightly edge out Vice President JD Vance in a hypothetical presidential election in 2028.
The survey of over 1,500 registered voters, published Wednesday by The Argument/Verasight, showed Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) leading Vance 51-49 and winning back several key voting demographics that propelled Trump’s return to the White House last year.
As she walked out of the Capitol building Wednesday evening, the Bronx congresswoman was asked about the poll by Pablo Manríquez, the editor of Migrant Insider.
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She responded to the question with a laugh: “These polls three years out, they are what they are. But, let the record show I would stomp him! I would stomp him!” she said before getting into her car.
Neither Ocasio-Cortez nor Vance has officially announced a presidential run. But Vance is considered by many to be a natural successor to President Donald Trump. The president and his allies have suggested he could run for an unconstitutional third term.
Ocasio-Cortez, meanwhile, is reportedly mulling either a presidential run or a bid to take down the increasingly unpopular Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
More than two years out from a Democratic primary, Ocasio-Cortez is considered a likely choice to fill the progressive lane in 2028, with support for increasingly popular, affordability-focused policies, including Medicare for All.
However, despite her strong support among young voters, early polls show her behind California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.
Wednesday’s poll showed that in a hypothetical contest against Vance, Newsom had a 53% to 47% edge, a margin only slightly larger than Ocasio-Cortez’s.
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I hope she does it literally.
Curb stomp.
With a big ol’ Santa boot right to the noggin! That’s what i want for Christmas!
Once Trump stops leading the party there’s not a single person in the top 100 ranking republicans with even a fraction of his ability for bullshit and demagoguery. Without the Don they’ll lose to either AOC or Newsom. Hell, I bet you even poor Bernie would win against Vance for example
People thought the same thing about the Nazis. “These clowns are so ridiculous and they’re clearly incompetent, so at least the damage they’ll do will be limited by that.”
I mean, it was. Someone competent in Hitler’s place would probably have been able to win the war. But the point remains…
Sure thing, but a Latina from NYC won’t get votes in the flyover states and a lot of the South annd I don’t think electoral votes are distributed by population.
There’s always an excuse for why progressives shouldn’t be allowed to run.
I wouldn’t assume that too quickly. If she plays it off well she can present herself as the person who actually cares about them. If she can get them to even slightly question if maybe he’s railing against people like her to distract from his own failures, he could be toast (assuming fair elect… OK never mind).
Have we forgotten Obama’s 2008 campaign? He disproved the theory that racism was more powerful than platform but here we are saying the same things 20 years later. Put a progressive on the ballot, no matter their race or gender, and see what happens.
It’s not like this conventional “wisdom” has been winning elections since then anyway. Why cling to it?
Even in red states (which due to the electoral college we don’t care about, only swing states) there are plenty of progressive and progressive-leaning voters that would love to vote for someone like AOC. Dem campaigns are made or broken by their ability to mobilize these people, not by converting Republican (though progressives have historically been successful on that front too).
