As she took the stage in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Friday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., noted it was her “first time” in the key presidential primary state. But many of the thousands of people who came to see her campaign for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate
“You’re going to be the first female president,” one woman told Ocasio-Cortez as she met with audience members on a rope line after the event.
Indeed, Ocasio-Cortez’s ascent has not come without controversy. Her progressivism has made her a favorite target for conservatives. Outside the event in Des Moines, a small group supporting President Trump held a protest. One man had a sign mocking the possibility of an Ocasio-Cortez candidacy that said, “Bartender 2021.
The freshman lawmaker announced her endorsement of Sanders last month after the senator suffered a heart attack that took him off the campaign trail for several days. She has described that moment as a “gut check” that pushed her to publicly support him. In Council Bluffs, Ocasio-Cortez alluded to the Sanders description of his campaign as a “political revolution,” as she suggested he is the best chance to make transformative change in the country.
A number of people who came out to see Ocasio-Cortez predicted she could be back in Iowa one day as part of her own presidential campaign. Kacey Davis, a nurse practitioner, who went to the Sanders event in Des Moines on Saturday, said she believes Ocasio-Cortez “could be president now” if it weren’t for the “regulations we have.” Julie Nichols, a restaurant worker from Nebraska who was at the rally in Council Bluffs on Friday, said she hopes Ocasio-Cortez will run for president one day.
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