{"id":312990,"date":"2026-08-04T00:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312990\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:09:08","slug":"dsa-members-float-aoc-for-president-though-some-question-if-bronx-dem-is-enough-of-a-lefty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312990\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA members float AOC for president \u2014 though some question if Bronx Dem is enough of a lefty"},"content":{"rendered":"

A national convention of Democratic Socialists of America members had attendees daydreaming about an AOC presidential run <\/a>\u2014 while debates raged about if they should ever back a pro-Israel candidate, a new report said.<\/p>\n

Nearly 500 card-carrying DSA members gathered in Chicago this weekend with Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s comrades outlining their \u201ccaucuses\u201d that include names like Marxist Unity Group, Red Star, Bread and Roses and the Commie Caucus, according to the New York Times<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An offshoot crew held a separate \u201cDSA for AOC\u201d rally focused on US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez <\/a>though some of the democratic socialists wondered if the left-leaning congresswoman has drifted too far from the organization to realistically be their pick, the Times said.<\/p>\n

\"AlexandriaRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaking at a rally in Detroit on July 18, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The congresswoman did not attend the rally and hasn\u2019t announced any presidential bid as of yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWho has ever won a campaign in DSA just by saying it was a good idea? We need to build mass consensus across the organization,\u201d national electoral chair Katie Sims told the outlet.<\/p>\n

The DSA is riding high after the high-profile win of socialist Mamdani in 2025, capped off by a string of primary victories this year <\/a>that have emboldened its more than 120,000 rank and file members nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"DemonstratorsDemocratic Socialists of America members rallying in New York City on June 25, 2026. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

But some DSA leaders are not yet on board the AOC train, and urged caution against getting ahead of the base while still hashing out the big questions regarding their platform, direction and whether her previous stance on Israel should be disqualifying.<\/p>\n

The congresswoman previously supported sending defensive aid to Israel, but at a private NYC-DSA forum in April, she vowed to vote against sending any further military aid <\/a>to the country, including defensive supplies, according to City & State NY<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A national convention of Democratic Socialists of America members had attendees daydreaming about an AOC presidential run \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[878,128,1091,57,9,24,63,87,83107,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-312990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-bronx","tag-democratic-socialists-of-america","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-presidential-election-2028","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}