Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is gearing up for a big campaign for a bigger office in 2028 they're just not sure which. According to Axios's Alex Thompson, Ocasio-Cortez and her political operation are laying the groundwork for a campaign to either succeed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) or win the White House. While polling shows that the young, progressive congresswoman would enter the race against Schumer as a favorite and Ocasio-Cortez has held eyebrow-raising events in Upstate New York,
President Donald Trump lampooned Democrats on Tuesday, saying the party, with politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett, is in rough shape heading into the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election. They're just terrible people. They don't have a bench, Trump said during an interview on CNN pundit Scott Jennings' radio show. The president mocked AOC, saying the New York representative speaks like a little mouse which is why Democratic leaders are keeping her away from microphones lately, he added.
In her endorsement, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emphasized that progressives must unite to defeat former Governor Andrew Cuomo, indicating a strategic alliance among candidates.