Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn't shut down a future presidential run, but said her ambition is larger than higher office: "My ambition is to change this country."
Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democratic congressmember for New York, has been eyed for years as a possible presidential contender. Asked by Democratic strategist David Axelrod at a University of Chicago talk on May 8 whether she would run for either the presidency or a Senate seat, Ocasio-Cortez demurred.
Her ambition is not "positional" or a "title or seat," she said.
"My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country."
Ocasio-Cortez added that presidents and senators "come and go," but policies like single payer healthcare, a living wage and women's and workers' rights are "forever."
