Bernie Sanders Floats AOC As Potential 2028 Presidential Contender: 'Very Good Politician'
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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"

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.

  • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Lmao

    • Mamdani isn’t eligible to ‘run’ for president. If we’re talking about the dissolution of the constitution, then why are we talking about ‘electing’ him? It would take a coup or rebellion to install him despite being clearly constitutionally ineligible
    • If we actually are talking about a legitimate election, then Democrats could simply adopt his wildly popular policy platform instead of launching some authoritarian bullshit on his bahalf
    • Mamdani is a great-fucking-fit for NYC Mayor. If he ran for president instead, someone would have to take his place who would be way worse for the city. He clearly cares very deeply about NYC, why should he abandon his convictions for some crazy far-flung scenario where he takes the executive branch illegally?

    Libs are so silly sometimes.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 days ago

      You ignored what I said and didn’t bother considering how Trump will run for his third term. Since you’re incapable of doing that, I’ll make it simple.

      You use a figurehead candidate, someone who is actually running for the office, but won’t actually make any decisions. They just hold the pen. This is how Putin got around Russian term limits, and it is how Trump will run for his third term.

      Libs like yourself are too focused on the letter of the law.

      • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Ok so Mamdani takes control of the DNC and dictates policy to a figurehead? How does he hold any authority? He can’t be vice president either. Trump has floated the vice presidential loophole in order to serve a third term, but Mamdani doesn’t meet the requirements for that for the same reason he can’t be president.

        Again - why not take what made Zorhan successful and apply it to a legitimate candidate? If the democrats are coordinating enough to somehow get Mamdani elected as a puppet-president, couldn’t they also coordinate enough to just enact the type of platform he would support anyway?

        This is so ridiculous, i’m not even sure you’re being earnest. It’s not just a matter of it not being a possible scenario, it’s just not even coherent.

        • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Why do you consider this remotely unlikely, let alone impossible? Trump is openly planning to do this exact same thing in 2028. This is the world you live in. Adjust your expectations and plans accordingly. This has even been done before in US history. It’s not some new idea.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurleen_Wallace

          As for why? Because politics is more about affect and personality than it is actual platforms. You can’t just copy Mamdani’s platform and have an 80 year old white guy sell it, which is what the DNC would try to do.

          • anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Why do you consider this remotely unlikely, let alone impossible?

            Because Trump is saying he will run as vice president, which is explicitly allowed. Mamdani literally has no plausible/legal pathway to either vice-president or president. The loophole trump is pointing do does not apply to Zorhan. I suppose he could technically run for House Representative and then get voted in as Speaker of the House, but at that point he’d be so far removed from presidency that nobody would buy into this conspiracy that “he’s the real president so vote for this other figurehead instead.”

            You can’t just copy Mamdani’s platform and have an 80 year old white guy sell it, which is what the DNC would try to do.

            The DNC would also not just go along with this hypothetical illegal presidential bid where Mamdani is shadow president with a figurehead at the top of the ticket. This is what I’m saying - this isn’t just an impossible suggestion, it literally does not make sense.

            Because politics is more about affect and personality than it is actual platforms

            This is so much more of a self-report than I think you realize

            • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              And what would stop Mamdani from running for VP? That’s the entire fucking point. Any loophole that Trump could use to bypass the term limit requirement could be used by Mamdani to bypass the natural born citizen requirement. He could use the figurehead method. He could run for VP. He could get the house to appoint him. Etc. Why is this hard to understand? If you can bypass one constitutional requirement for the presidency, you can bypass all of them. 2028 could easily be Trump v. Mamdani.

                • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
                  11·
                  2 days ago

                  Shouting doesn’t make a statement true.

                  No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

                  1. Elect Mamdani. The requirement here only applies to the office of the president. Despite your shouting, you simply made up the idea that this applies to the VP.

                  2. Elect someone else president.

                  3. Have them resign or, even better, go on permanent vacation. VP Mamdani then takes on the duties of Acting President, for which the Constitution places no citizenship requirement.

                  Again, any loophole Trump can use Mamdani can as well.