of hill On Friday, Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) emerged as a leading candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
Amy Parnes, Senior Congressional Correspondent the hill, Contains Ocasio-Cortez is listed as the last name on a list of seven Democratic candidates for the 2024 nomination.
One Democratic strategist, speaking anonymously, told the paper that Ocasio-Cortez can “cut through the BS and tell it like it is,” adding: “She doesn't talk like Washington.”
But some Democrats say Ocasio-Coretz's highly progressive background could hinder her chances of winning if she runs.
Another strategist said, “She and the 'team' started pushing too hard and too soon.” hill. “DC doesn't work that way. And our party doesn't work that way. We need to get back to basics.”
As the strategist noted, Ocasio-Cortez represents a very progressive faction within the party, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the most progressive and radical presidential candidate in history, has He lost his first election in a landslide to President-elect Donald Trump. .
Many, including some Democratic strategists, point to the left's radical progressive policies as a factor in the defeat.
Democratic strategist Julie Roginski told CNN. news room Days after the election, it became clear that Democrats were having trouble communicating with “ordinary people.” As an example, she pointed to the left's use of the term “Latino,” which was coined to describe Latinos or Latinos without assigning a gender.
You know, I'm going to tell my Democratic friends some hard truths. This is not Joe Biden's fault. It's not Kamala Harris' fault. It's not Barack Obama's fault. Democrats are to blame for not knowing how to effectively communicate this to voters. We are not a party of common sense, which is the message voters have sent us. For various reasons, we don't know how to talk to voters. When we speak to Latinos, language, and language has meaning. For example, we refer to Latino voters as Latinos. Because that's the politically correct thing to do. It would make them think we don't live on the same planet as them. . When we're too scared to say, “Hey, college students, if you're destroying the Columbia campus because you're not happy with certain policies, you're taking over the university and destroying it.'' ' and prevent other students from learning that it is unacceptable. But we're so worried about some group within the coalition being marginalized that ordinary people look at that and say, “Wait a minute, I don't want to send my kids to university.” We're here so they can learn, so they can burn the buildings and trash the lawns.”
After Harris' loss, Ocasio-Cortez took a different line, pointing to “misogyny” among voters as one of the potential factors in Harris' defeat.
“This race may not have been decided by a single factor, but misogyny is very real in this country,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a Nov. 6 livestream obtained by the Daily Caller. ” he said.
“As another well-known woman of color in public office, I knew sexism and racism were real, but it wasn't until I was exposed to the national stage that , I was actually shocked at how bad it was,” she added.
Parnes, along with Ocasio-Cortez, tabbed Governor Harris. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), JB Pritzker (D-IL), Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), and outgoing Pete Buttigieg Transportation The secretary has been mentioned as a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in 2028.
