Posted on 06/28/2018 8:23:42 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The mother of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that the 28-year-old democratic socialist aspires to eventually sit in the Oval Office.
“Her aspiration is to be the president,” Blanca Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Post in a report published Thursday.
“She has been thinking about politics since she was a teenager. She would read historical and political books old and new,” her mother said. “She would engage in political discussions passionately.”
The 55-year-old mom and school secretary told the local publication she spent several days helping her daughter campaign against 10-term incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley (D) for New York’s 14th District congressional seat.
It was like “fighting Goliath,” Blanca Ocasio-Cortez said of the race just days after the shocking upset.
“She is fighting for our community. She is fighting for the working class. She is fighting for immigrants,” Blanca Ocasio-Cortez said, adding her daughter knows firsthand what its like to experience financial hardships in her family, which she says helps more voters relate to her.
“We can relate to that,” her mother added. “We are working class. We did struggle. We know what struggle means.”
Ocasio-Cortez shocked the political by unseating Crowley in the Democratic primary.
The former organizer for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) presidential campaign was given little chance to topple Crowley, who is the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, but picked up steam after a campaign video went viral last month.
The newly-minted Democratic nominee will face Republican Anthony Pappas in the general election in November.
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Nah. She's Puerto Rican, not well thought of by Mexicans.
Local soccer club president - maybe.
If the political machine wants her to be president she could be a legitimate contender.
Ignoring her won't make her less of a threat or make her go away.
I pray that she and her ilk take over the party.
This is so formulaic.
Why of course she does. And this Lestist media will carry her on it’s shoulders guaranteed.
That’s an awful big “if.” lol
I agree it’s a big if but Obama came out of nowhere.
Is she a NBC?
Ocasio-Cortez was born in the Bronx, New York City.[6] Her mother Blanca Ocasio-Cortez is from Puerto Rico and her late father Sergio Ocasio was also a native of the Bronx.
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““Her aspiration is to be the president,” Blanca Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Post in a report published Thursday.’
Then she better head down to Mexico or some other Hispanic-run $hit hole, because thankfully, America doesn’t look like her district in NYC.
How does PR fit into NBC? I’m guessing it doesn’t. Mabye that’s why the sudden push for statehood this week.
Unfortunately, it worked twice.
And even more unfortunate is that there is a growing number of people out there who agree with the radical leftist, globalist, anti-American sentiments...many of whom are in the country illegally and increasing in numbers by the day.
Born in the Bronx Oct. 13, 1989. Eligible for presidency in 2024, after Trump’s second term.
She’s well on her way. Now that she’s a congress crook, she’ll be a multimillionaire in mere months. Good luck to her district.
She’ll get the same SHOCK Obama did
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Did you miss the one that served from 2009-2017 ?
President of Cuba
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