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AOC courts socialist allies she once dismissed as she eyes 2028 ambitions

By Owen Bates

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is working to patch things up with the same left-wing activists who pulled their endorsement of her less than two years ago, a charm offensive that coincides with her open consideration of a 2028 presidential or Senate bid. The New York Democrat has shifted her public stance on Israel funding, appeared in a virtual forum with Democratic Socialists of America members, and secured a fresh endorsement from the group’s New York City chapter, all while her former top aides offer blunt assessments of her political limits.

The maneuvering, detailed by Axios, paints a picture of a politician who once dismissed the organizations that helped launch her career now scrambling to rebuild those bridges before the next election cycle.
From insurgent to establishment, and back again

Ocasio-Cortez burst onto the national stage with her insurgent 2018 House campaign, powered in part by Justice Democrats and the DSA. But the relationship curdled. In Ryan Grim’s book “The Squad,” Ocasio-Cortez was remarkably candid about the groups that claimed credit for her rise…

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