This Clip Of AOC's Powerful Answer About Her Political Future Is Going Viral

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Recently, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited the University of Chicago Institute of Politics for a live sit-down interview, during which she discussed her political future.

In a now-viral clip, host David Axelrod directly asked whether she plans to run for president or a Senate seat in 2028, saying, "There are a lot of people who would like you to run for president in 2028...There are others who would like you to run for the United States Senate...What say you about all of this?"

After loud applause from the audience, AOC replied, "You know, it's funny because in this op-ed that Jeff Bezos paid for in The Washington Post, there was this line you had mentioned earlier about 'As a potential 2028 contender, XYZ,' and in the context of that, it was very clear that this was a veiled threat."

"It was the elite saying, 'If you want this job, you just stepped out of line, and we want you to know where the real power is,'" she continued. "And it's in the modern-day barons who own the Post and own the algorithms, and 'We're gonna —we'll make an example out of you.'"

"What's funny about that is they assume my ambition is positional," she paused. "They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country," she said, as the crowd cheered loudly.

"Presidents come and go, Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go, but single-payer healthcare is forever," she said, smiling. "A living wage is forever. Workers' rights are forever, women's rights, all of that," she continued as the audience cheered.

In a more serious tone, AOC then said, "When you aren't attached, when you haven't been fantasizing about this or that since the time you were seven years old, it is tremendously liberating because I get to wake up every day and say, 'How am I going to meet the moment?'"

"Conditions change radically all the time. So, I make my response less to an attachment to some positional, you know, like title or position and working backwards from there, but I make decisions, by waking up in the morning, looking out the window, and observing the conditions of this country, and saying, 'What move, or what decision can I make today that is going to get us closer to that future, stronger, faster, better than yesterday.'"

You can watch the full clip here.

Online, people are praising AOC's candor. "That is a bar. No two ways about it."

"Banger."

"Well that’s one of the most compelling answers to that question I’ve ever heard."

"This is an answer that only someone who actually gives a damn about people could deliver. And it’s a damn compelling one."

"we must get rid of politicians that think in Quarterly earnings and replace them with those who actually have a vision for the people of this country."

"The reason Republicans are so freaked out by @AOC is because they know when normie Americans of any party hear her speak like this, they all agree with her."

"And by the way, this ain’t a running for senate answer."

"90% of politicians get this question and then stammer while vomiting up pablum. This is how you do it."

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