{"id":2606974,"date":"2026-05-26T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-quietly-takes-first-steps-toward-potential-2028-presidential-run-report\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:48:55","slug":"aoc-quietly-takes-first-steps-toward-potential-2028-presidential-run-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-quietly-takes-first-steps-toward-potential-2028-presidential-run-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Quietly Takes First Steps Toward Potential 2028 Presidential Run: Report"},"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\">22<\/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-quietly-takes-first-steps-toward-potential-2028-presidential-run-report%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=2606974&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>A new report says Rep. alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) isn\u2019t just talking about 2028-she\u2019s actively working to build national visibility by traveling across the country, campaigning and making endorsements for progressive candidates. The article cites her speeches and appearances in places like Philadelphia, alabama, Georgia, and that she\u2019s also headed to Montana to support a congressional candidate.<\/p>\n<p>It further argues that AOC is positioning herself with a broader national political message (including remarks criticizing \u201cMAGA\u201d and referencing \u201cliberation, abolition, and revival\u201d), while still leaving her future options open. According to the report, a person close to her says she would decide based on where she believes she can create the most change, and she\u2019s skeptical of polls that look favorable.<\/p>\n<p>The piece also notes that her outreach builds on last year\u2019s tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders, and references commentary suggesting that continued party speculation can pressure a rising star toward a presidential run.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not what Democratic Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York says about her 2028 plans that matters, according to a new report. It\u2019s what she\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/05\/24\/aoc-takes-more-steps-toward-2028-run-for-president?utm_campaign=mrf-utm_campaign=editorial&#038;utm_source=x&#038;utm_medium=owned_social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;mrfcid=202605246a07ebc19dec6c1d889b07e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, Ocasio-Cortez is busy raising her profile and \u201cmaking new moves\u201d as she crosses the country to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennifer-granholm-violated-hatch-act-in-maine-elections-watchdog-says\/\" title=\"Jennifer Granholm Violated Hatch Act in Maine Elections, Watchdog Says\">support progressive candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>May took her to Philadelphia for a far-left Democrat, Alabama to speak about voting rights, and Georgia for speeches at rallies aimed at black voters.<\/p>\n<p>She has also been issuing endorsements for candidates, and is heading this week for Montana to campaign for congressional candidate Sam Forstag.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez is also talking about issues far removed from her district, taking on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national political tone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMAGA is the last dying breath of the confederacy,\u201d she said in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to a confederacy, we have this moment here of liberation, abolition, and revival of the values that make this country actually great,\u201d she asserted.<\/p>\n<p>She has said that her \u201cambition is to change this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In practical terms, it appears that Ocasio-Cortez is still looking at her options.<\/p>\n<p>The 2028 campaign will offer three choices \u2014 remain in her safe congressional seat, make a bid for the Senate, or run for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Axios quoted what it said was a person close to the lawmaker saying there were lofty motives at work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way she will evaluate the decision is really around where she believes she can make the most change,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The source said that Ocasio-Cortez takes current polls that are favorable for her with a large grain of salt.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/25\/us-news\/aoc-lays-groundwork-for-white-house-bid-while-insisting-shes-not-focused-on-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, this year\u2019s travels build upon last year\u2019s tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont to rally progressives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has garnered speculation that she is the heir apparent to the 84-year-old Sanders in the progressive lane,\u201d the New York Post noted.<\/p>\n<p>Writing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-coming-aoc-presidential-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a>, Jim Geraghty noted that \u201cwhen lots of people tell a party\u2019s rising star that he should run for president, he often ends up running for president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no guarantee that four to eight years from now, Democrats will be as enamored with her. Every incentive is to strike when the iron is hot, and if you\u2019re a Democrat, you probably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-are-paying-the-bill-for-our-governments-unwavering-support-of-ukraine\/\" title=\"Americans Are Paying The Bill For Our Government\u2019s \u2018Unwavering ...\u2019 Of Ukraine\">feel pretty good<\/a> about your odds in 2028 in a national electorate likely to be absolutely exhausted from the Trump era,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not good news for the U.S., which faces a dangerous world now and is likely to face a comparably dangerous world when the next president takes the oath of office on January 20, 2029,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn February, when AOC went to the Munich Security Conference, she was asked a very basic yes-or-no question of \u201cwould and should the U.S. actually commit U.S. troops to defend Taiwan if China were to [invade]\u201d and answered with incoherent word salad. 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