Ocasio-Cortez Addresses 2028 Speculation: "My Ambition Is to Change This Country"
“I’m not sure if anyone would run against those two,” Trump told reporters in October. “I think if they ever formed a group it would be unstoppable.”
However, Trump has also not entirely ruled out seeking a third term — a move that would violate the 22nd Amendment. The Trump Organization debuted “Trump 2028” hats last April and the president told reporters in October that he would “love to” run again.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn't shut down a future presidential run, but said her ambition is larger than higher office: "My ambition is to change this country."
Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democratic congressmember for New York, has been eyed for years as a possible presidential contender. Asked by Democratic strategist David Axelrod at a University of Chicago talk on May 8 whether she would run for either the presidency or a Senate seat, Ocasio-Cortez demurred.
Her ambition is not "positional" or a "title or seat," she said.
"My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country."
Ocasio-Cortez added that presidents and senators "come and go," but policies like single payer healthcare, a living wage and women's and workers' rights are "forever."
"I don't want to make decisions from a place of what's in it for me. I want to make decisions from a place of how are we going to change the country," she said.
Ocasio-Cortez, often referred to by her initials AOC, was elected to Congress in 2018, unseating Joe Crowley, a decade-long fixture of Democratic politics. She has been re-elected three times.
A Harvard Caps Harris poll taken late last month found that 8% of Democratic voters favor Ocasio-Cortez to be the Democratic party's next presidential candidate.
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