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Liberals are cheering Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for her response to a question about JD Vance.
Outside the Capitol this week, a reporter asked her: “JD Vance just said in an interview that he thinks you are going to be the leading Democratic candidate for president in 2028. What’s your response to that?”
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“I mean, um…” Ocasio-Cortez responded, seemingly finding humor in the question. Then she summed up her take in four words: “I hope he is.”
The reporter was referring to comments Vance made on The Michael Knowles Show earlier this week. Michael Knowles, the host, is an anti-LGBTQ+ Daily Wire pundit who has called for the eradication of transgender people.
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“I think it’s got to be AOC,” Vance said in that interview. “I know that’s probably conventional wisdom.”
On X, people understood Ocasio-Cortez’s response as a taunt, implying that she wants Vance to be the GOP candidate since she believes he is likely to lose.