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.
The latter. But extreme measures: I also don’t think we have time to wade through legal processes and spend years in court before the country collapses. The next president needs to be prepared to, Day 1, declare a state of emergency and send Clarence Thomas to Guantanamo Bay, for example. (Well not literally day 1 because first they need to find and evict all the Trump loyalists and potential assassins in the executive branch, at least at the upper levels, so that they are even able to issue such an order – but you get the idea).
That’s a big overreach of executive power that many people will not be comfortable with, and history may not look fondly upon it…or maybe it will, if it proves necessary to save us from Trump’s damage.
Do you genuinely believe that enacting your constituents will, especially if you can do it while violating as many norms as possible is unpopular with those constituents?
Second question: How many times have you watched the entirety of Westwing?
I don’t think most constituents would be happy with a dictatorship? Trump is doing horrible things, but the way in which he does them is horrible as well. But I do think fighting fire with fire is necessary, considering how close we are to collapse.
I haven’t seen West Wing. Heard good things though
There is not a meaningful number of potential dem voters who will stop voting dem because the billionaires, the politicians they bought, and brown shirts were treated unfairly. The are a lot more who will vote when they see the government enacting their interests.
A lot of Obama staffers were West Wing fans. They were shocked when voters didn’t reward them for following rules, trying to compromise, and giving republicans half the discretionary budget in the name of of civility.
Yeah that’s fair. “Reaching across the aisle” is basically unvalued in this post-Gingrich world.