My ambition is to change the country,' AOC says when asked about seeking higher office in 2028

"My ambition is to change the country. Presidents come and go. Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go. But single-payer healthcare is forever, she added, in reference to the kind of national healthcare platform she has long supported over the private system entrenched in the US."

"What's funny is they assume my ambition is a title or a seat, the Bronx US House representative replied. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go. Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go. But single-payer healthcare is forever, she added, in reference to the kind of national healthcare platform she has long supported over the private system entrenched in the US."

"A living wage is forever, workers' rights are forever, women's rights, all of that, and so anyways to a finer point to your question is that when you aren't attached, when you haven't been like fantasizing about being this or that since the time you were seven years old, it is tremendously liberating."

"Later in the exchange, Ocasio-Cortez said she wanted to make decisions from a place of how are we going to change the country. Ocasio-Cortez's evocative response to Axelrod once an adviser to the former Democratic president Barack Obama comes amid early jockeying among her party for its 2028 presidential nomination."

A New York congresswoman responded to questions about running for higher office by emphasizing a goal to change the country. She said presidents, Senate and House seats, and elected officials come and go, while major policy commitments endure. She highlighted support for single-payer healthcare, a living wage, workers’ rights, and women’s rights. She framed her approach as making decisions from a perspective focused on changing the country rather than fantasizing about specific offices since childhood. The remarks occurred during a political forum in Chicago and came as Democrats begin early positioning for the 2028 presidential nomination. The pace of jockeying is expected to increase after November midterm elections shape the political landscape during Donald Trump’s second presidency.

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