{"id":2569748,"date":"2026-02-13T13:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-dodges-on-2028-white-house-run-at-munich-conference\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:50:04","slug":"aoc-dodges-on-2028-white-house-run-at-munich-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-dodges-on-2028-white-house-run-at-munich-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC dodges on 2028 White House run at Munich Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-dodges-on-2028-white-house-run-at-munich-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2569748&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At the Munich Security conference, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez avoided giving a direct answer about a 2028 presidential bid, instead focusing on policy and urgency around a wealth tax. On a panel about responding too populism, she was asked whether she would support a wealth tax if she runs for president; she replied that such a tax should be implemented expeditiously but did not confirm or deny a 2028 bid.She traveled with other potential Democratic contenders\u2014Gavin Newsom, Mark Kelly, Ruben Gallego, Gina Raimondo, and Gretchen Whitmer\u2014and said her office paid for the trip. Ocasio-Cortez emphasized the goal of telling a broader story about grave global developments and a new era, urging a return to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-mocks-and-attacks-the-united-states-on-u-s-soil-biden-admin-struggles-to-respond\/\" title=\"China Mocks And Attacks The United States On U.S. Soil; Biden Admin Struggles To Respond\">rules-based order<\/a> and critiquing both parties for not focusing enough on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >working-class issues<\/a>. She also referenced Donald Trump\u2019s actions toward Maduro and his push to seize Greenland as threats to democracies, framing Munich as an early-stage setting for the 2028 Democratic effort.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">AOC dodges on 2028 White House run at Munich Security Conference<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2502279\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) strategically danced around questioning on her political future during an event at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/munich\/\">Munich<\/a> Security Conference on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At a panel focused on responding to the rise of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/populism\/\">populism<\/a>, <em>New York Times<\/em> journalist Katrin Bennhold bluntly asked the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> congresswoman: &ldquo;So when you run for president, are you going to impose a wealth tax or a billionaire&rsquo;s tax?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/4456996\/newsom-visit-new-hampshire-2028-run\/\">Newsom to visit first primary state New Hampshire as he weighs 2028 run<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4450952\/legal-war-immigration-detention-policy-not-over-win\/\">Legal war over Trump&#8217;s immigration detention policy far from over despite key win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4449781\/kamala-harris-aims-prove-isnt-cringe-for-comeback\/\">Kamala Harris aims to prove she isn&#8217;t too &#8216;cringe&#8217; for a comeback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez did not directly answer whether she would run for president in 2028: &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have to wait for any one president to impose a wealth tax. I think that it needs to be done expeditiously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The progressive lawmaker is among the handful of potential Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\/\">2028 presidential contenders<\/a> who traveled to Germany for the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) are also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was asked during the question-and-answer portion of the panel why it was important to attend the conference and who paid for her travel. Ocasio-Cortez said her office paid for the flight.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think one of the reasons why, not just myself, but many of our colleagues here, in fact, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a>, many Democrats that are here as well, is because we want to tell a larger story, that what is happening is indeed very grave, and we are in a new era,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said about the influx of Democrats in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>The progressive Democrat name-checked President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> Jan. 3 capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his public pressure for the United States to acquire Greenland as a territory as a threat to &ldquo;democracies globally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4456727\/munich-security-conference-early-stage-2028-democrats\/\">MUNICH SUMMIT BECOMES EARLY STAGE FOR 2028 DEMOCRATS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez also accused the Democratic Party and the GOP of not focusing enough on working-class issues, although much of her public remarks focused on pushing for the U.S. to return to &ldquo;a rules-based order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States right now is experiencing a political pendulum, and depending, really, the party that is seen most as betraying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats&#039; Election Cheating\">working class<\/a> tends to be the governing party in this moment. Right now, that happens to be the Republican majority,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a concise paraphrase:<\/p>\n<p>At the Munich Security Conference, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez avoided committing to a 2028 presidential bid during a panel on rising populism. When asked by Katrin Bennhold about wealth or billionaire taxes, she did not directly answer, saying such taxes should be enacted promptly without waiting for any single president. She was among several potential Democratic contenders at the event, noting her trip was paid for by her office. Ocasio-Cortez urged addressing working-class concerns and restoring a rules-based international order, while warning about global threats and critiquing both parties for not prioritizing working people. She also cited actions by Donald Trump, including calls to seize Maduro and to press the U.S. to acquire Greenland, as dangers to democracies worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>55-character headline option:<br \/>\nAOC dodges 2028 run at Munich security conf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2569749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26044611138878.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[41461,8334,32127],"class_list":["post-2569748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2028-election","tag-aoc","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26044611138878.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569752,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569748\/revisions\/2569752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}