Tara McGowan said about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in Gloves Off on October 30, 2026.
McGowan was recapping a Gloves Off interview and her guest's pick for the 2028 ticket.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Things People Say About Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 14th District, which covers parts of the Bronx and Queens. She was the Democratic and Working Families Party nominee for reelection in 2026.
What People Say About Them
Matt Gallagher said about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in Byline Times on October 30, 2026.
Gallagher was writing about Democratic positions on artificial intelligence.
Clay Travis said about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on October 23, 2026.
Said by radio host Clay Travis on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, 11 days before the 2026 midterms. He was reacting to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's answers on transgender rights at a Maine campaign event for Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson, where Jackson was running against Susan Collins.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
Around 05:43 into the episode
Clay Travis
Well, here's the other. Maybe not.
Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah.
Clay Travis
…the areas that I think women would be the most vulnerable to rape is when men are allowed into women's private spaces while arguing that they're every bit as much of women as the actual women. The other part here, Buck, is, and I think this is significant, she didn't make these comments campaigning in California or even campaigning in New York or Illinois, someplace that is a deep blue location. She made them while sitting next to Troy Jackson, who is in a dead even fight in Maine, a state that is a five or six point state in favor typically of Democrat candidates. I think this is going to blow up on her in a bad way through the Troy Jackson campaign because he's on stage sitting next to her while she's saying all this. Now, it may be beneficial to AOC politically to be making these arguments, but I don't think these arguments are beneficial to be made in states where it is right now completely a 50-50 environment. And by the way, Buck Sexton of the early vote going on, you will be happy to know that on day five in Florida, Republicans are continuing to extend their lead in the early vote. That is, every single day since day one, there has been a growth in overall Republican turnout. And I would just encourage all of you out there that are getting discouraged, Democrats, I was tweeting about this, and I…
Buck Sexton
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Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
Welcome back into Clay and Buck. So we've got a lot to get to today in terms of what's going on in these races.
Speaker names come from our own diarization. The position is estimated from where the line sits in the episode.
David Rubenstein said about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in Earn Your Leisure on October 15, 2026.
Said by investor David Rubenstein on the Earn Your Leisure podcast, in October 2026, when asked about the rise of democratic socialism in Democratic politics, including in New York City. He had just said he is a registered independent.
Earn Your Leisure
Around 39:01 into the episode
Speaker 3
Okay.
Speaker 2
Well, what's your take on the political wave that's happening now with the Democratic Socialists, even in New York City, Mayor Mondani? And across, he's the leader, but there's this movement of Democratic Socialism.
David Rubenstein
I've been surprised at how much success it's had. but remember, we've had a small turnout in some of these elections that have occurred. I think the turnout for some of the primaries was 7% or so. In the United States, in a presidential election, you typically will have 65% of eligible voters voting. If you've got only 7%, you're probably going to have a different outcome than you would have if more people voted. But there's no doubt that the Democrats have to deal with this issue because if the Democrats gain control of the House, it's not clear that Hakeem Jeffries, who will be the Speaker of the House, is going to be able to control his caucus completely if he's got a few members who are members of the Democratic Socialists. And then he's got AOC, who is a kind of power base unto herself. And so it won't be easy to be the Speaker of the House if your Democrats are in control, for sure.
Speaker 2
But what does it say about America when the wealth disparity has gotten so large. I think that's really fueling a lot of it, right? It's like people can't buy homes. People are struggling to pay rent. And it's speaking to millions of Americans that are fed up with the system that we currently have…
David Rubenstein
Capitalism is not a perfect system and it has its flaws for sure. Capitalism in Europe is operated much differently. There's a much bigger social safety net than we have here. higher taxes, but higher social safety net. Our country has gone for a different type of capitalism where the social safety…
Speaker 2
At all.
Speaker names come from our own diarization. The position is estimated from where the line sits in the episode.
Where to Find Them
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been a guest on Ask a Pol Politics (5 times) , Ask a Pol drugs (2 times) , More Perfect Union , Migrant Insider , On with Kara Swisher , Master Plan , The Daily (NYT) , Ask a Pol UAP , 99% Invisible and The Bulwark .
Recently: “Episode 8: The Inheritance | The Kingmakers” on Master Plan (September 2026); “MAGA Mondays: MAGA Loses It Over AOC’s Egg-Freezing Video” on The Bulwark (August 2026); “Exclusive: AOC on ICE Killings in Maine and Texas” on Migrant Insider (July 2026); “"They give you a hard time,” AOC complains it's harder to get SCIF briefings since leaving Oversight” on Ask a Pol UAP (July 2026); “"Big Money" v. Progressives — "This is about ideas," AOC says” on Ask a Pol Politics (June 2026); “We Took AOC to a Deep Red Data Center Town” on More Perfect Union (June 2026).
What They Said
Said by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Ask a Pol UAP's Matt Laslo on June 2, 2026, right after the Pentagon released its first batch of UFO/UAP files. Laslo had asked for her take on what was in the release.
Said by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Ask a Pol's Matt Laslo as she walked into the Capitol during a House vote on April 16, 2026. He had asked her about the push to close the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City.
Said by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Ask a Pol's Matt Laslo on the Capitol steps on April 29, 2026, after he asked about the Trump administration moving medical marijuana to Schedule III while doing nothing for people incarcerated on marijuana charges.
Said by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Ask a Pol's Matt Laslo on December 12, 2025, just off the House floor. Laslo had told her that Speaker Johnson was reported to oppose President Trump's expected order moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III.
Said to the congressional press corps in an exclusive exchange with Ask a Pol Politics founder Matt Laslo on June 25, 2026, days after New York City's Democratic primaries produced several wins for progressive candidates. She was asked what she attributes those wins to.