A recent CNN poll showing Congresswoman Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez is gaining popularity among Democrats does not come as much of a surprise, Axios reporter Alex Isenstadt said on “Inside Politics Sunday” this morning. Isenstadt explained that in some ways, AOC’s political rise “reminds me of what happened to Republicans after Obama’s election in 2008.”
After he was asked if there is “a path for AOC in 2028,” Isenstadt said, “Well, if that’s what the party wants, then potentially … you know, her rise kind of reminds me of what happened to Republicans after Obama’s election in 2008 where it was the loudest voices of the Republican Party, the Tea Party, that really gained traction at a time when the Republican Party was lost.