AOC And JD Vance Square Off As 2028 Looms
Vice President J.D. Vance is a strong communicator and a sharp political analyst. But when it comes to predicting what Democratic Party leaders will actually allow in 2028, he may be giving them too little credit. In a clip from an interview with Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire, posted Wednesday on YouTube, Vance predicted […] The post AOC And JD Vance Square Off As 2028 Looms appeared first on Red Right Patriot.
Vice President J.D. Vance is a strong communicator and a sharp political analyst. But when it comes to predicting what Democratic Party leaders will actually allow in 2028, he may be giving them too little credit.
In a clip from an interview with Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire, posted Wednesday on YouTube, Vance predicted that Democrats will nominate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York for president in 2028.
The comment drew a confident response from Ocasio-Cortez, widely known as AOC, though her reaction may have carried more swagger than her real chances currently justify.
“I think it’s gotta be AOC,” Vance said when Knowles asked who he thought would lead the Democratic ticket in 2028. “I know that’s probably conventional wisdom.”
Knowles pushed back, saying he believed the conventional view pointed more toward California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Vance was not buying it.
“No. No. I don’t buy that,” he replied.
The two then took a moment to mock Newsom’s political vulnerabilities. Vance pointed to a February remark in which Newsom told a group of black Americans that he understood them because he had also underperformed academically. To Vance, that kind of gaffe could be difficult for Newsom to overcome in a Democratic primary.
When Knowles mentioned other possible names, including Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, Vance offered a broader theory about where power sits inside the Democratic Party.
“If you think the answer is Wall Street and the left-of-center business community,” Vance said, “then it would be Ossoff. And if you think it’s the universities, it would be AOC.”
At the end of the clip, the Daily Wire showed Ocasio-Cortez responding to a reporter who asked about Vance’s prediction. She smiled, paused, and said she hoped Vance would be the Republican nominee.
“That’s what I’ll say,” she added.
The answer sounded less like a serious assessment and more like a practiced jab. Still, Ocasio-Cortez appeared to enjoy the attention. She seemed pleased by the idea that a sitting Republican vice president viewed her as a plausible Democratic nominee.