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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Just a Regular Old Democrat Now

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How the most promising leftist of her generation lost her political identity.

Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent appearance on the Pod Save America podcast had, for me, the feeling of a final disappointment, the kind that’s a little sad but brings a set of quixotic hopes to a close. AOC appeared on the popular Crooked Media show to announce her endorsement of Joe Biden for president in the 2024 election. To deliver that particular endorsement while appearing on that particular podcast — where former Obama

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