[2028 WH or Senate Run] AOC builds toward a big choice for 2028

[TheProle]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her team are positioning her to run for president or the U.S. Senate in 2028, according to people familiar with her operation.

Zoom out: Ocasio-Cortez has had one of the fastest rises in modern American politics, after topping an incumbent Democrat in 2018 while running as an unapologetic progressive.

She has supported Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — and has drawn enthusiastic Democratic crowds this year in part by picking fights with the Trump administration.

Zoom in: Ocasio-Cortez has spent millions this year on social media and on acquiring lists of potential supporters and donors to expand her grassroots fundraising potential.

- "Her team has spent more on digital advertising than almost any other politician in 2025, and as a result, they have brought in hundreds of thousands of new small-dollar donations," said Kyle Tharp, author of media and politics newsletter Chaotic Era, which closely tracks online spending.
- "She's also seen record-breaking organic growth on social media, adding several million new followers across Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, X, and Facebook."
- Across all those platforms, Ocasio-Cortez has amassed 36.7 million followers, far outpacing Schumer as well as most potential candidates for the White House.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/aoc-builds-toward-a-big-choice-for-2028/ar-AA1MSGt2

[2naSalit]

1. I hope she runs...

For Senate.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Senate first

Schumer should retire, and announce it right after the midterms.

Plenty of time for AOC to mount a White House run in 2036 or 2040.

I will be in my 80’s by then, but I will walk precincts for her unless I am bedridden.