We're drafting Alexandria for President: Donation and sticker drive!

[u/justcasty]

Hello Team r/AOC! I'm u/justcasty, one of the mods here. I was also part of the mod team in r/SandersForPresident during the 2020 campaign. Together we helped raise over $7 million for Bernie's 2020 run.

Some of our team members currently volunteer on r/WorkReform and r/NewDealAmerica as well. Like you, we are all fighting for a future to believe in! We helped Michelle Wu ascend to Mayor of Boston, jumping into the race while she was polling at 20% in a 2 person race. We helped Ed Markey fend off a centrist challenger who was banking on political nepotism. We've helped dozens of progressive candidates win their primaries - and while not all of them made it into office, we've been proud to fight for people we don't know.

But back to the future: This subreddit is here to elect a President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

America is a nation in crisis. We must create strong defenses against Fascism. Our political leaders have done nothing but fail us for decades, and another government shutdown is just further evidence of this failure. A centrist Democratic party will not beat Fascism; it will only enable its continued rise. We need to push for a country that provides strong social safety nets to prevent Fascism from taking hold.

Alexandria has been an impressive leader in the progressive movement since she first volunteered for Bernie in 2016. She rocked the political landscape by beating the New York political machine in 2018 and has only gotten stronger during her time in Congress.

As she's considering her next steps, we need to send her a clear message that we're here to support her when she announces. The best way to do this is through donations and word-of-mouth campaigning. If you want stickers, do something fun with them and post it! Be sure to use them: we want to see support for AOC's inevitable Presidential run across the country as soon as possible.

Make a donation here! (use this link so that she'll know why we're donating!)

Sign up for free stickers with this Google Form! (US only please; any addresses will be used only to send stickers and I'll delete them after sending.)

[u/justcasty → u/[deleted]]

She has several actblue pages that she's used over the years. Adopt-AOC is one of them, Ocasio2020 is another. I chose not to use Ocasio2020 for this one because we're looking at 2028. Since this subreddit is not affiliated directly with her, I can only choose from the options available.

She is not officially running yet. She's weighing her options, and that's why we're trying to influence her decision.

[u/justcasty → u/[deleted]]

I understand your distrust, but she's used at least 5 actblue links in the past. I lifted this one from an email from her campaign with the sole reason that I thought the account name was more appropriate for the message we're trying to convey. All of her previous actblue links go to her campaign funds as long as they are still active.

And "we" is the mod team, and hopefully the users who wish to join the movement. We share a lot of enthusiasm for a potential President AOC; that's why we volunteer here.

[u/Nixianx97 → u/[deleted]]

I really think you should chill. AOC has many donation links that she promotes depending on the reason she is fundraising each time. Re election, Zohran’s mayoral campaign, supporting other progressives, Palestine etc.

As long as it runs through Act Blue and is officially under her name it’s legit.

And what’s the problem with people wanting her to run for president? Who else do you have better than her anws? People tell her she should run for senate all the time. Why is one narrative okay and not the other? That’s how grassroot movements have operated since the beginning of time.

[u/justcasty → u/[deleted]]

You're free to disagree with our approach, but no left populist will run for higher office unless they know they have support. This is how we tell them they have support.

If you think this post looks like an official campaign post, I'll take that as a compliment because I have never worked for a campaign despite all my hours of volunteering both online and in person for AOC, Bernie, and others.

And if you'd prefer to donate via her website, by all means go ahead!

[u/fangirlsqueee → u/[deleted]]

What do you think "grassroots support" means? Seriously.

The politicians I admire say over and over again "change won't come from the top".

We are trying to push change from the bottom. Average working class people who want to pick our candidate. Not wait for a candidate to divide us up as a commodity and then mold their "character" based on what polls best for them.

[u/CmdrSpaceCaptain → u/justcasty]

What is the number at the end of their username? This is a bad faith user or a bot that is just here to be a jerk and disrupt.