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.

  • 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.