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Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., raised concerns during an interview published Tuesday about how her race and gender could factor into a potential 2028 presidential bid."Pretty candidly, I think about my identity," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The New York Times.
"I’m not naïve to the fact that we are living under a very regressive administration, and I happen to be a woman, and I, you know, happen to be Latina.And I think that there’s a lot of conversation about electability, and I don’t kind of shy away from those realities."The progressive congresswoman said of a possible White House run, "I think about it personally.""I am 36, I’m about to turn 37 years old — and what that means for my life," she added.AOC, ASKED ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, SAYS HER AMBITION IS 'WAY BIGGER THAN THAT'Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., arrives ahead of the 25th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York on Friday, Sept.11, 2026.
(Bloomberg via Getty Images)"This country has never elected a female president.Why are we pretending that this is not a factor?" she told the Times.
"That doesn’t make it impossible, but to act as though it’s not a factor in anything ever is really a form of, like, denialism."Ocasio-Cortez said the discussion around race and gender was often seen as a complaint or excuse."I often hesitate to even talk about it," she told the outlet, "because people then just register it as an excuse or a complaint.""If you’re asking me about the things that I weigh, of course, that’s part of what I weigh," she told the Times of possibly running for president."It’s funny because it’s kind of like, everyone else is allowed to talk about it, but I’m not?"HASAN PIKER BRUSHES OFF DEMS WHO SEE HIM AS A LIABILITY, NAMES HIS '28 CHOICERep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as a leading figure on the left and a potential contender in the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential conversati...