She’s also a Democratic Socialist, both of which are bad, bad words to them.
Add in she’s young, pretty, a POC and outspoken?
She is literally everything right wing cis-het traditional WASPs despise.
TripleDoubleFart on
Because she would lose.
assa9sks on
Because Americans as a whole aren’t willing to vote for a women, as we’ve already experienced with Kamala. It’s very unfortunate and dumb.
Dollar_Store_Vinyl on
She’s too far left for most people.
Which is sad because she really isn’t all that left-wing at all, really
HighlightExtreme1890 on
Too far left for a lot of folks.
MetsGo on
She doesn’t have the right keys or whatever that guy who predicted Kamala would win said
chatoka1 on
I go back and forth with this. On the one hand, people seem to have said “no” to women in general. On the other hand, Hillary and Kamala were both viewed as tools of the establishment and, personally, I think that was the bigger factor. AOC would not be viewed as a Washington insider, but would be attacked as a “crazy leftist.”
So I feel she may have a chance if anti-establishment > anti-woman
Hellraiser1123 on
I love AOC. I think she’s an amazing Representative, and would do very well in the Senate. But this country has already demonstrated that it isn’t ready for a female president. Twice. There is absolutely no way she would win a presidential bid, and we’d just be stuck with another MAGA presidency. As much as I hate to say this, if the Democrats want any chance of winning in 28, they have no real option but to nominate a straight, cisgender white dude. This country as a whole is *not* as progressive as I used to believe.
HighJeanette on
She’s female.
oldaliumfarmer on
Those of us that are not anglos are not good enough. They look at me and they think I’m English but there is not a drop of Anglo Saxon blood in me. By high school I learned that I was not one of them and that was fifty years ago
_forgotmyname on
My maga family said she is getting rich from taking bribes as a politician. So that’s what they think, Bernie also
Educational-Bird-515 on
I like her. But America is even more prejudiced than we like to think.
Chaoticgood790 on
She’s needed where she is. And we aren’t going to elect her bc our country is racist and sexist
sevsnapeysuspended on
her becoming president throws away any future she has in congress. she’s an effective member and clear communicator and losing her so she can inevitably get bogged down trying to get her agenda through the gears she’s currently involved with seems like a massive waste
i don’t think she’s the best candidate for the times we find ourselves in. two women have lost to the worst candidate in history. it isn’t their fault, i don’t blame them for being women and it’s insane it happened but this is the fact. we need someone who the country will actually get behind and it doesn’t seem like another female POC is a winning strategy no matter how well she’s liked online
senator or higher ranking house member ocasio-cortez running in 10-15 years is a better place to jump from than house member
Yadahoom on
She’s amazing and would be my pick in a heartbeat, but she’s a non-white woman and apparently a lot of people can’t vote for that.
More_Lavishness8127 on
I would vote for her in a heartbeat, but too many people in this country hate brown people, and too many people think women shouldn’t be in leadership positions and so I’m not confident she would win. Our country cannot afford another republican then. There honestly might not be anything left by 2028.
gdex86 on
She has yet to have to run for a state wide election where the machine will attempt to distort her stances, race, and sex to weaponize them against her to turn off voters or motivate them to vote against her.
I think a Senate run in 2028 makes sense but a presidential run doesn’t
Bawbawian on
because we’ve seen how America votes for competent women.
also linking your politics to the word socialist is political suicide anywhere that’s not a coastal city.
edit: to be clear I am a supporter and I would 100% vote for her but I have no illusions about the country I live in.
Chocolat-Pralin on
Because she’s a woman and a very intelligent woman
Amadeus_1978 on
She’s a she. And not as white as the driven snow, and isn’t bankrolled by whoever decides who gets to run this term.
golfwinnersplz on
AOC is too smart for Americans. It’s really that simple. Our country has been diluted with Christian indoctrination to the point of no return.
myles-von on
Shes a woman and not white. Not sure if you’ve paid attention to the majority of American, but that seems to be a large issue for them
Duncan026 on
Because American voters will never vote in a woman no matter who she is. Democrats have run women twice and lost twice. These aren’t normal times and we have to go with what works to save ourselves.
ExcessiveSize9 on
Wypipo America is not ready to elect a female POTUS. Especially one of color otherwise VP Harris would have been elected.
I Said What I Said.
toooooold4this on
Three reasons.
One, she has so much propaganda about her on the right, she’ll unify them as a common enemy.
Two, we cannot run another woman. It’s too risky. Hillary and Kamala are far more experienced and lost. She would be awesome as VP on a ticket with a mainstream white guy. We need to get people used to seeing women in positions of power.
Three, we need her to replace Chuck Schumer in the Senate. He needs to go and we can use her voice in the Senate.
MmmmmmmBier on
I may not agree with everything AOC says but at least she has ideas and that’s enough for me. That and she irritates old white guys.
Revegelance on
Because she’s a Hispanic woman.
Many_Trifle7780 on
and we the people love you
for the wonder that you are
Madame President
Hot-Combination9130 on
Because she won’t win
shasta_river on
Jesus fucking Christ, how many times do people need to figure out America won’t elect a woman?
Doesn’t matter anyway, there won’t be elections in 2028.
ZedRDuce76 on
I want to preface this with I like AOC and a lot of her policies. With that said…
Because she’s fucking unelectable just like Newsome is outside of California. People on the coasts need to get it through their heads that the rest of the country is not going to rally behind anyone from NY or CA. Or get used to constantly losing to the idiots in the GOP.
ItsEaster on
She won’t be able to win on a national level right now. And she’s better able to make a difference where she’s currently at.
_Sausage_fingers on
Because she will lose. She has admitted socialist Leanings, and she’s a young woman of colour, and America is a dog shit country where those things will preclude her from winning while running against an actual fascist.
Aggravating-Echo8014 on
She is not a white man.
Forever_learning713 on
They’re opposed because she would be an excellent candidate, and the microchipped monkeys that propagate right wing support will flood the internet with suspicions about her birth, gender, sexuality, and pretty much anything but what she stands for. The mindless consumers (mostly older, but there’s plenty of young idiots will eat it up) will be manipulated by Russian bots and instead of a qualified, human, they’ll either vote in some homunculus, or just rig the whole thing.
bonzoboy2000 on
Fear of success by someone not born to wealth?
Quickwitknit2 on
Because people who would vote for a woman severely underestimate the sexism that exists in our country. Plus she’s *gasp* not “white”. Those two factors can’t be overcome in this sexist, racist country. It sucks.
Immediate-Fly-7876 on
I think the winning bet for her is to primary Schumer.
Jaeger_Mannen on
I’m progressive. But AOC is not sincere. Nancy Pelosi in the 1990s had the same exact script as AOC today. Nancy was super progressive back then. However, she always voted with her associates on even topics she would speak out against.
AOC supported Israel through and through. Even as recently. She’s ’controlled opposition’ in her own party. She says the lines progressive voters want to hear. But she’s part of that “establishment” if you will. She’s a politician. That’s it.
There is one other issue as well that’s dumb. But unfortunately, America is still horribly sexist… I know some women on the right that don’t even think women should vote for stupid reasons.
neilastinuk on
One of the few good politicians you have!!
punksheets29 on
Me personally? I get Obama vibes. Says all the right stuff, does some of the decent stuff, and doesn’t actually change any of the bad stuff.
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The GOP and MAGA tells them to be.
She’s also a Democratic Socialist, both of which are bad, bad words to them.
Add in she’s young, pretty, a POC and outspoken?
She is literally everything right wing cis-het traditional WASPs despise.
Because she would lose.
Because Americans as a whole aren’t willing to vote for a women, as we’ve already experienced with Kamala. It’s very unfortunate and dumb.
She’s too far left for most people.
Which is sad because she really isn’t all that left-wing at all, really
Too far left for a lot of folks.
She doesn’t have the right keys or whatever that guy who predicted Kamala would win said
I go back and forth with this. On the one hand, people seem to have said “no” to women in general. On the other hand, Hillary and Kamala were both viewed as tools of the establishment and, personally, I think that was the bigger factor. AOC would not be viewed as a Washington insider, but would be attacked as a “crazy leftist.”
So I feel she may have a chance if anti-establishment > anti-woman
I love AOC. I think she’s an amazing Representative, and would do very well in the Senate. But this country has already demonstrated that it isn’t ready for a female president. Twice. There is absolutely no way she would win a presidential bid, and we’d just be stuck with another MAGA presidency. As much as I hate to say this, if the Democrats want any chance of winning in 28, they have no real option but to nominate a straight, cisgender white dude. This country as a whole is *not* as progressive as I used to believe.
She’s female.
Those of us that are not anglos are not good enough. They look at me and they think I’m English but there is not a drop of Anglo Saxon blood in me. By high school I learned that I was not one of them and that was fifty years ago
My maga family said she is getting rich from taking bribes as a politician. So that’s what they think, Bernie also
I like her. But America is even more prejudiced than we like to think.
She’s needed where she is. And we aren’t going to elect her bc our country is racist and sexist
her becoming president throws away any future she has in congress. she’s an effective member and clear communicator and losing her so she can inevitably get bogged down trying to get her agenda through the gears she’s currently involved with seems like a massive waste
i don’t think she’s the best candidate for the times we find ourselves in. two women have lost to the worst candidate in history. it isn’t their fault, i don’t blame them for being women and it’s insane it happened but this is the fact. we need someone who the country will actually get behind and it doesn’t seem like another female POC is a winning strategy no matter how well she’s liked online
senator or higher ranking house member ocasio-cortez running in 10-15 years is a better place to jump from than house member
She’s amazing and would be my pick in a heartbeat, but she’s a non-white woman and apparently a lot of people can’t vote for that.
I would vote for her in a heartbeat, but too many people in this country hate brown people, and too many people think women shouldn’t be in leadership positions and so I’m not confident she would win. Our country cannot afford another republican then. There honestly might not be anything left by 2028.
She has yet to have to run for a state wide election where the machine will attempt to distort her stances, race, and sex to weaponize them against her to turn off voters or motivate them to vote against her.
I think a Senate run in 2028 makes sense but a presidential run doesn’t
because we’ve seen how America votes for competent women.
also linking your politics to the word socialist is political suicide anywhere that’s not a coastal city.
edit: to be clear I am a supporter and I would 100% vote for her but I have no illusions about the country I live in.
Because she’s a woman and a very intelligent woman
She’s a she. And not as white as the driven snow, and isn’t bankrolled by whoever decides who gets to run this term.
AOC is too smart for Americans. It’s really that simple. Our country has been diluted with Christian indoctrination to the point of no return.
Shes a woman and not white. Not sure if you’ve paid attention to the majority of American, but that seems to be a large issue for them
Because American voters will never vote in a woman no matter who she is. Democrats have run women twice and lost twice. These aren’t normal times and we have to go with what works to save ourselves.
Wypipo America is not ready to elect a female POTUS. Especially one of color otherwise VP Harris would have been elected.
I Said What I Said.
Three reasons.
One, she has so much propaganda about her on the right, she’ll unify them as a common enemy.
Two, we cannot run another woman. It’s too risky. Hillary and Kamala are far more experienced and lost. She would be awesome as VP on a ticket with a mainstream white guy. We need to get people used to seeing women in positions of power.
Three, we need her to replace Chuck Schumer in the Senate. He needs to go and we can use her voice in the Senate.
I may not agree with everything AOC says but at least she has ideas and that’s enough for me. That and she irritates old white guys.
Because she’s a Hispanic woman.
and we the people love you
for the wonder that you are
Madame President
Because she won’t win
Jesus fucking Christ, how many times do people need to figure out America won’t elect a woman?
Doesn’t matter anyway, there won’t be elections in 2028.
I want to preface this with I like AOC and a lot of her policies. With that said…
Because she’s fucking unelectable just like Newsome is outside of California. People on the coasts need to get it through their heads that the rest of the country is not going to rally behind anyone from NY or CA. Or get used to constantly losing to the idiots in the GOP.
She won’t be able to win on a national level right now. And she’s better able to make a difference where she’s currently at.
Because she will lose. She has admitted socialist Leanings, and she’s a young woman of colour, and America is a dog shit country where those things will preclude her from winning while running against an actual fascist.
She is not a white man.
They’re opposed because she would be an excellent candidate, and the microchipped monkeys that propagate right wing support will flood the internet with suspicions about her birth, gender, sexuality, and pretty much anything but what she stands for. The mindless consumers (mostly older, but there’s plenty of young idiots will eat it up) will be manipulated by Russian bots and instead of a qualified, human, they’ll either vote in some homunculus, or just rig the whole thing.
Fear of success by someone not born to wealth?
Because people who would vote for a woman severely underestimate the sexism that exists in our country. Plus she’s *gasp* not “white”. Those two factors can’t be overcome in this sexist, racist country. It sucks.
I think the winning bet for her is to primary Schumer.
I’m progressive. But AOC is not sincere. Nancy Pelosi in the 1990s had the same exact script as AOC today. Nancy was super progressive back then. However, she always voted with her associates on even topics she would speak out against.
AOC supported Israel through and through. Even as recently. She’s ’controlled opposition’ in her own party. She says the lines progressive voters want to hear. But she’s part of that “establishment” if you will. She’s a politician. That’s it.
There is one other issue as well that’s dumb. But unfortunately, America is still horribly sexist… I know some women on the right that don’t even think women should vote for stupid reasons.
One of the few good politicians you have!!
Me personally? I get Obama vibes. Says all the right stuff, does some of the decent stuff, and doesn’t actually change any of the bad stuff.
I would love for her to prove me wrong.