'The stuff of nightmares': AOC apparently 'lives rent-free' in JD Vance's head

Although right-wing media outlets have an obsessive hatred of progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), the self-described "democratic socialist" and close ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is quite popular in her Bronx/Queens district — where she has decisively won four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024). And she has been an aggressive fundraiser during President Donald Trump's second term.

Some progressives are now mentioning AOC as a possible Democratic presidential candidate for 2028 — a possibility that far-right President JD Vance addressed during a Friday, May 2 appearance on Fox News.

Vance, laughing, told Fox News' Bret Baier, "President AOC: the stuff of nightmares. You've ruined my sleep for this evening."

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During the interview, Vance was dismissive of the idea of Ocasio-Cortez becoming the Democratic Party's "new leader."

The vice president told Baier, "I think to the extent the Democrats have a leader, Donald J. Trump is the leader of the Democratic Party, because they're just against everything that he does. I mean, who could possibly disagree with rebuilding American manufacturing and ensuring the steel workers have higher wages and better jobs? But any time Donald Trump does anything, they have this emotional response; they have to be against it."

Vance added, "They don't have real leadership. That's why I’m not too concerned about 2028. Because if I wake up in a fantasy world where the Democrats actually have constructive ideas about how to govern this country, that will actually be a good thing. But in the world that we live in, where they're anti-Trump about everything, the politics of 2028 will take care of themselves."

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Watch the full interview at this Daily Beast link (subscription required).