Rallying the Dems: How AOC Brings Life to the Party

Inside the Hive

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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While the Democratic Party is in the doldrums, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders are packing arenas and electrifying crowds with a clear message of opposition to greed and corruption. On this episode, host and editor-in-chief Radhika Jones, along with executive editor Claire Howorth and Hive editor Michael Calderone, discuss the 35-year-old Congresswoman’s political skills, social media prowess, and ability to persevere in the face of right-wing media mockery and violent threats. Michelle Ruiz, who profiled AOC in 2020 for Vanity Fair, joins the show to reflect on that cover story and what’s transpired since.

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0:00.0	Okay, Claire and Michael, give me your headlines for this episode.
0:05.3	I can hear you purposely typing.
0:07.3	I know you have something.
0:08.4	Now you AOC her.
0:10.3	Ocasio Cortez wanders a democratic no-man's land.
0:14.7	That's my long one.
0:15.9	Sounds kind of sad, though.
0:17.0	I know.
0:17.7	Well, you know, it's not going to be a fun episode.
0:20.5	Michael, what have you got?
0:21.8	I was going with something like AOC's message. AOC had a winning message all along.
0:30.6	Go ahead. I got one. You might have the winner then.
0:33.0	Rallying the Dems, how AOC brings life to the party. That's a happy one.
0:38.3	Here's the...
0:39.3	For your judgment, Empire State of Mind, AOC fills the void.
0:46.1	Also more upbeat.
0:47.8	Okay.
0:48.4	I like the message, too, though.
0:50.0	It needs...
0:51.0	The headline needs some work.
0:53.2	But you know what?
0:54.5	I think it's going to be dealer's choice, rallying the Dems.
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