AOC Reveals New Information About Her Political Future

“They assume that my ambition is positional,” she said. “They assume that my ambition is a title or a seat. And my ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country.”

Ocasio-Cortez pointed specifically to issues such as single-payer healthcare, workers’ rights and women’s rights as priorities she views as more important than any one elected office.

“Presidents come and go,” she said. “Senate, House seats, elected officials, come and go, but single-payer healthcare is forever. A living wage is forever. Workers’ rights are forever.”

During the discussion, Ocasio-Cortez also criticized what she described as pressure from powerful media and business interests following commentary about her political future.

She referenced an opinion piece connected to Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post, arguing that speculation about a future presidential run carried what she described as an implied warning from elites.