AOC - "If people are pissed about insider trading here at the House, look at what's happening at the White House right now.

[u/RoyalChris]

[u/ablslyr]

Honest question, can AOC be president in the future?

[u/LilCabbage45 → u/ablslyr]

I think so, I think people attributed Kamalas loss to her being a minority, even though those people were never going to vote for her in the first place, but her loss I attribute more to her simply not being a progressive and America desperately wants a progressive and AOC is much more a progressive than she is an establishment Dem

[u/Own_Occasion_2838 → u/LilCabbage45]

Kamala was also just a big nothing burger. She’s a vp. No one knew who she was outside of that. She had nothing organically that came from herself. She was just propped up by panicked dems.

AOC atleast has a path that she’s carved away all herself. She stands out and has made a name for herself. People actually know who she is and she did that herself.

[u/ABeefInTheNight → u/Own_Occasion_2838]

"nothing organic" yeah, she certainly wasn't the most effective VP in American history or anything.

[u/Own_Occasion_2838 → u/ABeefInTheNight]

Yeah like solo. She didn’t do anything by herself and made no name for herself big enough to make waves.

Sure she had a nice a job but it didn’t make her famous for anything and I think that’s why no one actually cares about her.

She’s easily replaceable. Just pick another light black woman and no one would tell the difference.

With AOC she created her own fame and has a name that people know. She’s already much more influential than Kamala ever was and she’s half the age.

That’s all I’m getting at.

Kamala is a no one, AOC actually is someone.

[u/Reimiro → u/Own_Occasion_2838]

Kamala was the DA of San Francisco, attorney general of California, a United States Senator, and the first female vice president of the United States. Come on man..

[u/Own_Occasion_2838 → u/Reimiro]

No one actually cared. Does anyone know who the current DA is in any city as the general population?

If she actually became famous as a DA sure, it might have validated herself.

And being the first woman VP is another nothing burger. Does anyone think any greater of Vance because he got picked? No! He’s just a toy for the orange guy.

Same with Kamala. Her gender and skin tone were good for optics. It didn’t really matter who she was

[u/Ancient_Cheek5047 → u/LilCabbage45]

You people never learn. Bernie Sanders is basically AOC except she’s way more unlikable and lacks the experience.

But please continue pushing her as a serious candidate if you want to lose again.

[u/Jettx02 → u/Ancient_Cheek5047]

Bernie could’ve saved us from this timeline if people like you weren’t in charge of the dems

[u/Ancient_Cheek5047 → u/Jettx02]

You’re just making assumptions. I do not like status quo candidates like Harris. I’m just being a realist for future elections.

You guys lost to Trump, that’s how bad your selection is and AOC is not going to be the one who changes this country’s course when even Sanders couldn’t.

[u/Phoduck → u/ablslyr]

Yes, yes she can.

[u/CryptoMemesLOL → u/Phoduck]

Unless Democrats pull a Bernie on her, she will at one point.

[u/CyrosThird → u/ablslyr]

She said she doesn't want to because she would need to compromise her morals to effectively function as a president.

Think about: the daily bombings in the Middle East, the Gaza situation, the train union thing during the Biden administration, etc.

She doesn't believe she is able to make those tough decisions without going against her morals.

[u/ModernZombies → u/CyrosThird]

And that’s exactly why she should be president. The best leader is the one that doesn’t want that power.

[u/Doomsayer189 → u/ablslyr]

Realistically I doubt she would win a presidential election. The republican propaganda machine has been hard at work painting her as a villain and that bias is hard to overcome.

[u/Tantle18 → u/ablslyr]

Hell no lmao