AOC 2028 rumors swirl as Bernie Sanders alumni lead her political team

Rumors have been conducted about the “democratic” group. Alexandria Okasio Cortez The political future, since joining the “Qal Qallas” tour of Senator Bernie Sanders earlier this year.

The smallest woman has ever elected in Congress has become a major progressive voice in the Democratic Party, with millions of social media followers and speculation about a possible offer in the Senate or White House in 2028. Its ascension to the national theater comes when Democrats search for a new leadership after losing the polling last year.

Chief of Staff and Campaign Director at OCASIO-Cortez are both Graduates of the Sanders campaign. Mike Caska, her chief of staff, was formerly Deputy Chief of Staff Sanders and a match from the Sanders’ political process, both on the path of the presidential campaign and a return to Capitol Hill.

The Campaign Director, Oliver Heidalo-Wahben, worked in politics for more than a decade. Before joining the OCASIO-Cortez team in 2023, Hidalgo-Wohlleben was the political director of Sanders’ Super Pac, Bernie Sanders Friends, according to LinkedIn.

AOC Stars in the Declaration of the Division of the region, and urged California residents to “fight” Trump for democracy

Representative Alexandria Okasio-Customs, DN.Y. , To the “Fighting of the Quds” tour at Arizona State University, Thursday, 20 March 2025, in Timby, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Hidalgo-Lohlleben’s LinkedIn file has been revealed.

It is claimed that AOC is looking for the year 2028 while the DNC Vice -President Party needs Mamdani to Okasio Cortez as a leader

“Aoc is very smart and has a strong process,” Mike Nils, a democratic strategic expert, told Fox News Digital. “Regardless of what it was decided to do, they put it in the future.”

Sanders graduate himself, Nils warned against putting a lot of weight as the former Sanders staff means to lead the Okasio Cortez campaign.

“I think this is only those you know and who you trust,” Nilis, a former adviser to Vice President Kamala HarrisHe said, adding that Ocasio-Cortez has a “really good team around it.”

“It is meaning that they have a lot of relationships already,” said Kvan Shouf, Democrat, while asserting that it may be a “mistake in preserving the old guard” when you try to build something new.

“I don’t know that someone will inherit the legacy of Bernie Sanders,” she added.

Axios recently informed According to people familiar with the political process of Okasio Cortez, her team puts her in running for the presidency or the US Senate in 2028.

Representative Alexandria Okasio-Customs, DN.Y, speaks during a march in New York City on May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Schumer is his re -election in 2028. By that time, he had served 47 years in Congress.

“AOC does not need the Senate,” said Matt Gorman, Republican Strategic Expert at Fox News. “The Senate, at this stage, is very small for her. I expect her to run for the presidency 2028.”

Whether she chooses to run for the presidency or the Senate, Nilice said that Okasio Cortez has the ability to attract voters who do not usually participate in the political process, such as the president of the coalition to a large extent. Donald Trump Bani.

“When you are an unconventional candidate outside the main current, outside the institution, you can get a lot of people who will control and engage in it, you may not do this because you give a voice to them in a useful way,” Nilice said.

But Shouf said that Ocasio-Cortez is not ready for a presidential campaign.

“You should not run for the presidency,” said Chouf. “It will be very soon. I don’t think it really achieved enough to justify it.”

“For the Senate, I see it more realistic, especially in a country like New York, it is clear that this is more liberal,” Shouf added, on the pretext that “some loyal base Democrats have lost their patience” with Schumer, so it may enhance his weakness in Okasio Cortez’s chances of obtaining the Senate seat.

Senator Bernie Sanders received, I-VT. , And MP Alexandria Okasio Cortez, dn.y. The crowd together during the event of the “oligarchy fighting” tour at Arizona State University, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Timby, Arizona. (Ross de Franklin)

Shouf said that “the profile of the media, the personality, and the charisma” in Okasio Cortez is not sufficient to win the presidency, especially when running for him personalities such as California Governor Gavin News, who has long been considered to house the aspirations of the presidency.

New Yorker caused more uproar this month to participate in a declaration directly challenges Trump and the invitation In favor of re -dividing the circles in California.

OCASIO-Cortez and Sanders alike Accredited and carried this year For the Democratic Democratic Democratic candidate, Zahran Mamdani, a self -democratic socialist.

If Mamdani wins the municipal elections in November, Shouf said it could be a test of the modern progressive branch of the Democratic Party.

“It will be difficult for him because I do not think he can do a lot of things he said, and how long will this leftist ideology be exposed at the national level? The more it happens, the worse for AOC.”

In April, the OCASIO-Cortez campaign Publish a video on X Those rumors that may overlook a presidency as a presidential excitement from New York City and announced the progressive leader, “We are one.”

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When I later asked that month whether she was harboring any presidential ambitions, the young Democrat did not rule out presidential ambitions for 2028 to Fox News Digital.

“Bernie and AOC, one of the things they understand is that Democrats need to be more than just hostility to Trump,” said Gourman.

The Republican strategic expert said that “the establishment of the Democratic Party” will not be able to stop a united wing of the left of the party this time.

OCASIO-Cortez and Schumer campaigns immediately did not respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment.