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Ocasio-Cortez sees confidence in her White House chances grow
The Hill ^ | 09/17/26 | Amie Parnes

Posted on 09/17/2026 5:13:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Confidence is growing among some influential Democrats about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) prospects in the 2028 presidential race.

The New York Democrat has quickly become one of the party’s most prominent voices, tapping into a surge of populist energy on the left while growing her following as Democrats search for a leader nearly two years after their crushing 2024 losses.

Some Democrats are even drawing comparisons to former President Obama’s insurgent 2008 campaign — and the grassroots campaign that helped catapult him to the presidency.

“If she raises her hand … the number of volunteers will be nothing like we’ve seen since 2007,” Robert Wolf, the longtime Democratic donor who hosted Obama’s first fundraiser in New York in 2007, said during a conversation on The Hill Insider’s Fight for 2028.

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1 posted on 09/17/2026 5:13:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Please please please please let her be the nomineee!!!!!!


2 posted on 09/17/2026 5:15:25 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Run Forrest run!


3 posted on 09/17/2026 5:15:42 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (How it started: Covfefe -> -> -> How it is going: COVFAFO)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Run Forrest run!


4 posted on 09/17/2026 5:15:42 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (How it started: Covfefe -> -> -> How it is going: COVFAFO)
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To: VRW Conspirator

Should DJT send her a check for $1k or should he wait for Kamala to announce?

Gettin’ good.


5 posted on 09/17/2026 5:19:27 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MinorityRepublican
“If she raises her hand … the number of volunteers will be nothing like we’ve seen since 2007,"

"They just want to date me!"

6 posted on 09/17/2026 5:21:45 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Someone should investigate that ketamine addiction.

AOC spends $19K in campaign cash on psychiatrist known for ketamine therapy

https://nypost.com/2026/03/21/us-news/aoc-spends-more-than-18k-on-psychiatrist-known-for-ketamine-therapy/

AOC broke law by spending $19k in campaign cash on ketamine-therapy shrink for ‘personal use’: complaint

https://nypost.com/2026/03/28/us-news/aoc-violated-laws-by-spending-19000-in-campaign-cash-on-ketamine-therapy-shrink-for-personal-use-complaint/

AOC’s $29M campaign still paying controversial ketamine-therapy shrink

https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/aocs-campaign-still-paid-4-5k-to-ketamine-therapy-shrink-last-quarter/


7 posted on 09/17/2026 5:25:34 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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8 posted on 09/17/2026 5:26:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

These people can’t even write a coherent headline anymore.


9 posted on 09/17/2026 5:32:03 AM PDT by Merrick
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To: Mr. K

Sorry - I prefer Kammie.


10 posted on 09/17/2026 5:33:04 AM PDT by Merrick
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To: MinorityRepublican

Putting her on the national stage to debate would be something to watch if she did get the nomination Vance or Rubio would tear her up I predict she would never debate


11 posted on 09/17/2026 5:34:24 AM PDT by wild74
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To: MinorityRepublican

I really want to see a “girl fight” between AOC and Kamala.


12 posted on 09/17/2026 5:36:17 AM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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I predict she would never debate

Same.

Amy Acton refuses to debate Vivek Ramaswamy.

That's going to be their SOP.

Avoid debates.

13 posted on 09/17/2026 5:45:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Mr. K
Please please please please let her be the nomineee!!!!!!

She's no Kamala.

No debates.

"Smart" campaign (I mean Obama style)

She can win.

2028 may be too early. Perhaps 2032.

14 posted on 09/17/2026 5:47:23 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: wild74

Prior to that spectacle, just try to imagine the ultimate TV debate comedy

There on TV, the carefully created debate stage for the Democrat primary, are AOC and Kamela. A bartender and a whore debating for the title of Presidential Candidate should provide moments of pure comedic joy


15 posted on 09/17/2026 5:49:00 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: MinorityRepublican

LOL either one...

and NO she can’t win


16 posted on 09/17/2026 5:51:02 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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Would the Dems really run a woman again ? (Let alone a really stupid one)


17 posted on 09/17/2026 5:55:42 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We won’t be able to vote our way out of this mess.


18 posted on 09/17/2026 5:57:02 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Death to the DEATH TO AMERICA, Democrats.)
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Would the Dems really run a woman again ?

Unlike Kamala and Hillary, AOC is charismatic.

19 posted on 09/17/2026 5:58:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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The very notion that this idiot is presidential material shows how far the US has fallen....


20 posted on 09/17/2026 6:10:23 AM PDT by wny
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