Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa and Fox News contributor Mark Thiessen discuss statements made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. DeRosa addresses Democratic Socialists of America policy platforms while Thiessen details audio of El-Sayed describing football culture.
The Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) Liberation Caucus is rejecting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., as a potential candidate for Democrats in the 2028 presidential election, arguing she is too far removed from the socialist agenda.
"Liberation condemns Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's continued retreat from socialist politics and rejects any effort to present her as the future presidential standard-bearer for DSA, or for the broader socialist movement," the DSA Liberation Caucus wrote in the statement.
DSA slammed Ocasio-Cortez as an "opportunist" and condemned her vote to defend Israel’s right to exist and for not holding firm as an anti-Zionist.
"In short, it was determined that she had failed to meet conditions concerning Palestine solidarity," the statement said.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS ERUPT OVER 2028 ENDORSEMENT AS AOC SPECULATION GROWS: 'DANGEROUS PATH'
The Democratic Socialists of America's Liberation Caucus is condemning Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., with a statement announcing the organization will not endorse her as a 2028 presidential candidate as speculation among potential candidates grows. (Getty Images)
After withdrawing a conditional endorsement of the "Squad" Democrat in 2024, DSA’s National Political Committee "determined" that Ocasio-Cortez hosted a public panel with an alleged Zionist organization — the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
She was also trashed for joining a group of House Democrats to co-sign a statement — after voting against providing Israel with supplemental weapon funding — that voiced support for Israel’s right to have defensive systems.
The statement continued to attack her, pivoting to her recent remarks in an interview with ABC, where Ocasio-Cortez walked back on her support for the movement to defund the police and the language used around policing in 2020, calling the 2020 "Woke 1" era for progressives "crazyyyyy."
"She has dismissed the mass radicalization around policing and abolition as part of the supposed excesses of 'Woke 1', seeking to reduce the historic Black-led uprising of 2020 to an embarrassing political phase," the statement reads.
It continues, "Ironically, her first electoral victory came in the heat of 'Woke 1', where she trafficked in the language of abolition. Now that she feels that she no longer needs it, she condemns it. This is the action of an opportunist dilettante, devoid of any principles whatsoever, not a socialist."
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SHRUGS OFF PAST 'DEFUND THE POLICE' COMMENTS, JOKING 'WOKE 1 WAS CRAZY'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the New York Is Not For Sale rally on Oct. 26, 2025. (Neil Constantine/NurPhoto)
The DSA’s rejection of Ocasio-Cortez comes shortly after the organization recently announced its new program that calls for the complete elimination of the Senate, president and Supreme Court. The DSA said this program, "Workers Deserve More," must be accepted and promoted by all candidates in order to receive a formal DSA endorsement.
