Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years
Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after not renewing her membership for seven years, amid speculation that she might run for president in 2028. The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renewed her membership
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Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after not renewing her membership for seven years, amid speculation that she might run for president in 2028. The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renewed her membership
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years
Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rejoined the Democratic Socialists of America after not renewing her membership for seven years, amid speculation that she might run for president in 2028. The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renewed her membership
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