Former Trump official Monica Crowley has issued a warning about Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Ocasio-Cortez, 35, also known better as ‘AOC,’ has fueled speculation that she will embark on a run for president in 2028, worrying some Republicans.
On Friday, while appearing on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle, Crowley warned Republicans not to ‘underestimate’ AOC’s potential White House run.
Crowley, who served as an assistant secretary for public affairs at the US Department of the Treasury in 2019 to 2021, cited AOC’s ‘tremendous grassroots support’ noting her ‘early adoption of social media’ allowing her to constantly ‘connect directly to voters.’
With her support from the likes of social media and her growing accessibility, Crowley insisted on Friday not to shy away from the potential Presidential-candidate.
‘Just a word of warning to the Republicans, to my party, do not underestimate AOC, she’s young, she’s vibrant, she’s attractive,’ Crowley said on Friday.
‘I think she’s wrong on everything, but she does have real grassroot support. And all the energy and activism in the Democrat party remains with the revolutionary left, of which she is a part.’
She continued: ‘So, every time the Republicans have underestimated the Democrats, we ended up with Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. So, let’s not do it again in four years.’
With rumors of a possible Presidential run by progressive Democrat , Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (pictured), a former Trump official issued a blistering warning not to ‘underestimate’ the New York congresswoman
On Friday, while appearing on Fox News ‘ The Ingraham Angle, Monica Crowley (pictured), an ex-Trump administration official, warned Republicans not to ‘underestimate’ AOC’s potential White House run
Crowley added: ‘The lesson of this last 2024 election and Donald Trump’s landslide mandate victory is that the country has had enough of the radical Left, it’s had enough of socialism, it’s had enough of cancel culture and wokeness, and it rejected roundly all of those things. So, I don’t think in four short years the country is going to say, “We need more communism.”‘
Following the November 5 election that saw many split tickets from AOC’s constituents in several New York boroughs, the congresswoman took to social media to ask why this may have happened – something her older counterparts may not have had as much success in.
From her online polling, AOC received a wide array of responses, most concerned with the economy, but others touched on other policy positions and the overall attitudes of the candidates.
Ingraham Angle host, Lisa Boothe, used AOC’s online polling scheme to add onto Crowley’s worrisome sentiment, saying that AOC’s constituents ‘like her accessibility’ as demonstrated in her widely garnered social media response.
Boothe also mentioned how the people responded well to President-elect Donald Trump’s ‘willingness to sit down with Joe Rogan, going on X, doing these three hour interviews,’ something someone young, and well-versed in social media may use to their advantage.
The leftist Congresswoman has been a polarizing figure ever since she upset powerful establishment Democrat Joe Crowley in a primary in 2018 – winning a seat in the House at just 29 years old.
The 2028 election – which Donald Trump has said he will not run in, leaving both parties with open primaries – will be the first one where Ocasio-Cortez can legally run, as the Constitution states you must be 35.
Another new story from The Hill suggests that AOC would be among the potential 2028 Democrat contenders, who include Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Gretchen Whitmer, JB Pritzker, Josh Shapiro and California Governor, Gavin Newsom.
Former Congressman Matt Gaetz added fuel to the fire, writing: ‘Alex has told people she’s running in 2028 since 2019.’
The leftist Congresswoman has been a polarizing figure ever since she upset powerful establishment Democrat Joe Crowley in a primary in 2018 – winning a seat in the House at just 29 years old
The 2028 election – which Donald Trump (pictured) has said he will not run in, leaving both parties with open primaries – will be the first one where Ocasio-Cortez can legally run, as the Constitution states you must be 35
Though the Congresswoman has made no public indications she will run, multiple sources told the site she would be a top candidate.
‘She’s somebody who can cut through the noise and doesn’t talk like Washington,’ said one party insider.
Another, however, is skeptical that the ‘Squad’ penchant for rabble-rousing against fellow Democrats could play in a primary.
‘She and the ‘squad’ started pushing too hard, too fast. D.C. doesn’t work that way. And our party doesn’t work that way. We need to get back to the basics.’
On social media, several left-wing activists and pundits expressed their own skepticism that Ocasio-Cortez – who would be the furthest left Democrat to run for president since mentor Bernie Sanders’ failed runs – could pull it off.
‘I like AOC, but would be so much better for the Left to run, say, a labor leader with the potential for a wide, ‘cross-partisan’ working-class appeal than an already polarizing left-wing elected from a deep blue district,’ said Bhaskar Sunkara, author of The Socialist Manifesto.
Others based their skepticism about how Ocasio-Cortez operates among the powerful in DC as a member of the House.
‘AOC polls around 4% rn against other potentially Democratic primary candidates which isn’t great bc she has huge name recognition,’ wrote comedian Kate Willett.
‘She could change that by running an anti establishment Bernie ‘16 style campaign but she’s likely too conciliatory to power to do that.’
‘AOC has the skill to be a real contender,’ said Oscar nominated writer and journalist David Sirota.
Ocasio-Cortez has been somewhat quiet since Harris’ loss, after she spent much of the year backing Joe Biden to stay in the race, even after his disaster debate performance in June. She eventually backed Harris.
The leading member of the House Democrats’ progressive ‘Squad’ said in the days after the election the U.S. is entering a political period that will have consequences ‘for the rest of our lives.’
‘We find ourselves I believe in a time where there are lets say peers in history of massive movements of people that mobilize to protect one another in times of fascism and authoritarianism. And this is the era that we are poised to enter,’ AOC said.
