Alyssa Farah Griffin had a grim warning for the Democratic party in response to the latest polling that sees Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading in 2028 primary picks.
Discussing the poll on Tuesday’s (July 23) edition of The View, Griffin first argued that she can see Ocasio-Cortez continuing to lead the preference polls, explaining, “I have long thought AOC is a potential frontrunner for 2028. I’ve said it before on the show. Her support in this New Hampshire poll is actually even higher than it shows, I think, because it has her at 22%, but they have Bernie Sanders in here. Bernie Sanders will be 84 years old. I don’t think he’s running for president. I think it’s logical that that support would likely go to her. So that has her in the early 30s.”
However, Griffin also contended that the Democratic Party wouldn’t let it happen. “We’re already seeing the Democratic Party do something similar to what it did to Bernie Sanders in 2020, which is they’re working in the primary system to try and stop a progressive outlier from getting the nomination. There’s this big battle that’s happening over whether South Carolina should be the first state or it should be Nevada that’s the first primary state, and it’s seen as an effort to stop somebody who’s to the ideological left, like AOC, from getting the nomination.” Griffin then pointed out that this also happened in 2020, so Joe Biden could secure the nomination over Sanders, and said, “Biden won the general election. It was the smarter move for the Democratic Party to try to do everything to get Joe Biden to be the nominee over Bernie Sanders.”
However, she also argued that they might not have as much luck this time. “I’m telling you, this progressive flank that’s on the rise right now is not going to be happy if they feel like the DNC is trying to rig this against a progressive outlier.”
Still, she saw the wisdom in it, concluding, “If AOC is the nominee, I think President Marco Rubio will be sworn in in 2028.”
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Joy Behar, for one, agreed with her, saying that while she liked AOC, “The only time Donald Trump ever won was when he was running against two women. When he ran against a guy, he lost… We’re not New Zealand. We’re not Ireland, Germany, Mexico…”
Sara Haines argued it wasn’t her gender that was the problem. “I don’t think it’s because she’s a woman that they won’t vote for her. I know sexism affects votes…”
However, Behar pushed back, saying, “Think of a woman who could win. Tell me one more.”
Haines then noted that she thought Hillary Clinton should’ve beaten Trump the first time, but Behar was unimpressed. “Shoulda coulda woulda,” she said.
After the subject of fellow frontrunner Pete Buttigieg came up, Sunny Hostin questioned whether an openly gay man could actually win a general election, and Haines continued to argue, “I don’t think people are that limited in how they see the world. What we haven’t had is confidence.”
However, Hostin disagreed, noting, “We have Donald Trump as the president.”
Behar then contended, “I would bet — and I like to gamble, I go to Atlantic City — I will bet you right now that this country would vote for a gay man over a woman.”
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