{"id":4461,"date":"2026-06-30T22:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:36:12","slug":"vance-says-he-believes-aoc-will-be-leading-democratic-candidate-in-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4461","title":{"rendered":"Vance says he believes AOC will be leading Democratic candidate in 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            Vice President JD Vance said that he believes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the leading Democratic candidate for president 2028.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4459\">House votes to force release of records on sexual harassment settlements involving lawmakers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI think it\u2019s got to be AOC. I know that\u2019s probably conventional wisdom,\u201d Vance said during an interview on \u201cThe Michael Knowles Show\u201d released Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            When the host argued that conventional wisdom pointed more toward California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Vance pushed back.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cNo, no,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t buy that. I think I think he hurt himself with his comment to an audience full of black Americans that I\u2019m low IQ, just like you.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Vance was referring to a comment Newsom made at an event promoting his book in Atlanta, where the California governor said, \u201cI\u2019m not trying to impress you. I\u2019m just trying to impress upon you. I\u2019m like you. I\u2019m no better than you, you know, I\u2019m a 960 SAT guy \u2026 you\u2019ve never seen me read a speech, because I can\u2019t read a speech.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Vance is considered a possible leading GOP candidate for president; Donald Trump has openly mused about whether his vice president or Secretary of State Marco Rubio might succeed him. In recent days, Trump has turned his focus on Democrats\u2019 left flank, seizing on the electoral success of several democratic socialist candidates to claim the party was being taken over by \u201cgodless Communists\u201d who pose an existential threat to the nation.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4458\">Takeaways from the Supreme Court\u2019s rebuke of Trump on birthright citizenship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Asked by CNN about Vance\u2019s comments, Ocasio-Cortez smiled and said, \u201cI hope he is\u201d the nominee.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pressed on whether he believed Ocasio-Cortez would be the leading 2028 candidate over someone like Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, Vance said it will depend on where the power is held in the party. Ossoff has generated some buzz as a possible presidential contender, though he has a more immediate challenge of holding onto his Senate seat in the midterms.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI guess the question would be, \u2018Who do you think really has the power in the Democratic Party?\u2019 And if you think the answer is like Wall Street and the left of center business community, then it would be Ossoff, and if you think it\u2019s the universities, it would be AOC,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Vance argued that the Democrats are \u201cjust so dominated by the crazy people.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s like they can\u2019t figure out the part where they get the economic populism, which actually is very popular, and I think Republicans should be more worried about that,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=4446\">NASA makes moves to dodge costly delays on its path to build a $30 billion moon base<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Arlette Saenz contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President JD Vance said that he believes Rep. 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