Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been making the alexandria ocasio-cortez 2028 presidential bid part of the conversation while she travels through battleground states and keeps her decision open. In May, she appeared in Philadelphia, spoke about voting rights in Montgomery, Alabama, and delivered an address alongside Senator Raphael Warnock at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
A person close to her told Axios that she is still genuinely undecided about whether to run for president, and that she is also considering a Senate bid in 2028. Democratic operatives have estimated she could raise £79,000,000, or $100,000,000, through small-dollar donations if she enters the race.
Philadelphia To Atlanta
Her Philadelphia appearance produced one of her sharpest lines. She said, “MAGA is the last dying breath of the confederacy.” She also said, “In response to a confederacy, we have this moment here of liberation, abolition, and revival of the values that make this country actually great,” and added, “The founding of our nation introduced a radical new idea into the world that all people were created equal.”
In Atlanta, she spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Warnock and tied her message to the church’s civil rights history. She said, “I'm here today, brothers and sisters, with a simple message: We stand together and we are not going back,” and added, “What happens in Georgia happens to New York, what happens to Tennessee happens to California, what happens to Louisiana happens to all of us, Ebenezer, because this is America,” before saying, “We are not divided by state, we are united by our humanity and common citizenship.”
King Center And Chicago
Her May travel also included a visit to the King Center and the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, where she met Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter. She also attended the Power Rising Summit in Chicago, where Leah Daughtry founded the event. Those stops place her in front of audiences that overlap with the activists, donors and organizers who shape early presidential politics.
That itinerary comes after a March appearance in which Warnock denied Pete Buttigieg a similar opportunity at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Ocasio-Cortez is now moving into spaces that presidential hopefuls usually use to test message, audience and reach, while still leaving the 2028 choice open and keeping a possible Senate bid on the table.
Raphael Warnock And Sam Forstag
She is also set to campaign soon for congressional candidate Sam Forstag in Missoula, Montana. The stop adds another battleground-state appearance to a schedule that already includes Philadelphia, Montgomery, Atlanta and Chicago, giving her repeated exposure in places that matter in a national primary. For readers watching her next move, the practical takeaway is simple: her public schedule is already looking like an early national campaign, even without a formal announcement.
