A presidential run isn’t the end goal for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Though any politician who downplays their desire to seek the highest office should be met with skepticism, the New York representative insisted as much in a cover story for the December 2020 issue of Vanity Fair. “I think it’s part of our cultural understanding of politics, where — if you think someone is great, you automatically think they should be president,” she said. “I joke. I’m like, ‘Is Congress not good enough?'”
Ocasio-Cortez explained how climbing the political ladder appeals to her less than finding a role that allows her to be “effective” — whether that’s in Congress, the cabinet, or elsewhere. “I don’t know if I’m really going to be staying in the House forever, or if I do stay in the House, what that would look like,” she said. “I don’t see myself really staying where I’m at for the rest of my life.” She added: “I don’t want to aspire to a quote-unquote higher position just for the sake of that title or just for the sake of having a different or higher position. . . . I don’t know if I could necessarily be more effective in an administration, but, for me that’s always what the question comes down to. . . . I don’t want to be a savior, I want to be a mirror.”
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