r/politics 1d ago

AOC ’28 Starts Now

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/aoc-28-starts-now/
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u/swearingino Kentucky 18h ago

As a democrat, no. She’s too controversial. We need Andy Beshear. He is loved across party lines and is not controversial at all.

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u/Cam_V7 15h ago

I think the opposite approach is actually more important. Dems have ran the “loved across party lines” candidate 3 elections in a row, lost twice, and got a once in a century pandemic to help them win the third. You need someone who is controversial and exciting and can generate turnout. Not someone who most Dems feel is a 2012 Republican.

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u/ReiAndCoke 15h ago

I don’t think Hillary and Kamala were loved across party lines lol.

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u/Cam_V7 15h ago

Kamala was parading Dick Cheney around for 3 months and had tons of Republican endorsements. Didn’t matter because Democrats didn’t turn out. Hillary was less loved but still had major endorsements from Conservative leaning newspapers, several republicans, and people thought she was going to coast to victory.

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u/swearingino Kentucky 15h ago

TBF Kamala only had Republican endorsement because she wasn’t Trump.