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AOC for President? The DSA Can’t Decide

A leadership meeting exposes the group’s rifts over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and whether its activist core should steer the 2028 presidential endorsement process.

On Sunday, the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee (NPC), the organization’s board of directors, convened to decide how the DSA would endorse a presidential candidate in 2028. After debating what one member called “the most contentious item that we’ve had all year,” the meeting ended without resolution.

The source of the disagreement? Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Many members see Ocasio-Cortez, who hasn’t ruled out a presidential run in 2028, as the DSA’s most likely endorsement. Others, viewing her as milquetoast and beyond DSA’s control, hope that greater participation from the broader membership can avert that outcome.


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