Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most divisive politicians in the Swamp.
Her rhetoric toward conservatives has been toxic.
And AOC made one offer to Trump voters that no one saw coming.
AOC now welcomes Trump voters after years of calling them racist
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) posted a video this week that left conservative jaws on the floor.
"I want to say this right now. I fully welcome Trump voters into our coalition," Ocasio-Cortez stated. "And I know that sounds crazy to some people, but just hear me out."¹
She claimed Trump supporters who "watched Fox News every day" approached her saying they "learned," "changed," and now align with her radical leftist views.
The sudden pivot came after Trump's victory last year sent Democrats into full panic mode about their collapse with working-class voters.
But Ocasio-Cortez's welcoming message to Trump voters crashed head-first into her six-year track record of attacking them as ignorant racists.
In 2019, Ocasio-Cortez told the left-wing "Pod Save America" podcast that Trump supporters weren't "educated enough on racism" to understand their own views.
"A core part of that coalition were racists building a coalition with all sorts of other people that could be susceptible to racist views," Ocasio-Cortez declared about Trump's coalition.²
She continued that Trump supporters "genuinely don't believe that they are racist because we do not talk about or educate people on recognizing racism."³
That condescending attack on millions of Americans wasn't a one-time slip.
Ocasio-Cortez built her entire political brand on treating conservatives like second-class citizens who needed to be educated by their betters.
AOC's history shows contempt for conservatives
When conservative activist Riley Gaines challenged Ocasio-Cortez to debate women's sports last month, the New York socialist sneered that Gaines should "get a real job."
Gaines fired back that motherhood was her "most important & rewarding job" — exposing how out of touch Ocasio-Cortez is with traditional American values.
Last year, Ocasio-Cortez mocked Trump adviser Stephen Miller's height, saying he looked "like 4'10" and seemed "angry" about it.
After backlash forced her to walk it back, she claimed she meant some men are "spiritually six-foot" — whatever that means.
But Ocasio-Cortez's most stunning attack on conservatives came in September when she opposed a House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk after his September 10 assassination.
Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was shot by a sniper while speaking at Utah Valley University.
President Trump ordered flags at half-staff and the White House hosted a memorial edition of Kirk's show.
Yet Ocasio-Cortez voted against honoring Kirk's memory, claiming the resolution "brings great pain" to Americans who endured segregation.
She accused Kirk of believing the Civil Rights Act was a "mistake" and saying "some amazing patriot" should bail out Paul Pelosi's attacker — ripping quotes out of context to smear a murdered conservative activist.⁴
Later reporting showed Kirk's complete remarks contained crucial context Ocasio-Cortez deliberately left out.
Kirk condemned the attack on Pelosi as "awful" and called the attacker "not sane" — but Ocasio-Cortez never mentioned those parts.⁵
AOC eyes 2028 Presidential run with doomed outreach strategy
The real story behind Ocasio-Cortez's sudden embrace of Trump voters isn't some enlightened new perspective.
It's a calculated move to position herself for a 2028 Presidential run.
Trump flipped several Hispanic-majority precincts in Ocasio-Cortez's own New York district that hadn't voted Republican this century.
Queens neighborhoods like Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst voted for both Trump and Ocasio-Cortez on the same ballot.
Voters told reporters they saw both politicians as "outsiders" fighting the establishment — even though their policies couldn't be more different.
"Trump is going to get us the money and lets men have a voice," one split-ticket voter explained.⁶
Another said both Trump and Ocasio-Cortez "signified change" compared to establishment politicians.
Ocasio-Cortez watched Trump win back working-class voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin — the exact Rust Belt voters Democrats need to win the White House.
These historically Democrat voters abandoned the party and handed Trump his landslide victory.
Now Ocasio-Cortez is trying to build a coalition that can win those voters back in 2028.
But her strategy is dead on arrival.
Working-class voters in the Rust Belt didn't leave the Democrat Party over a messaging problem.
They left because radical leftists like Ocasio-Cortez spent six years calling them racist, attacking their values, and treating them with contempt.
For six years, Ocasio-Cortez treated Trump voters like ignorant bigots who needed to be educated by coastal elites.
She mocked conservatives, attacked religious families, voted against honoring Charlie Kirk's memory after his assassination, and sneered at traditional American values.
Now she expects Pennsylvania steelworkers and Michigan autoworkers to forget all that because she posted one video welcoming them to her "coalition."
Trump voters see right through the con.
One TikTok video claiming former Trump supporters "learned from you" doesn't erase six years of divisive attacks on half the country.
Ocasio-Cortez can court Trump voters all she wants ahead of 2028.
But Rust Belt voters have long memories — and they remember exactly who spent years calling them racist for loving their country.
¹ Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, TikTok video, November 2025.
² Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "Pod Save America" interview, Crooked Media, August 2019.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, House floor speech, September 19, 2025.
⁵ "AOC opposes House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk after assassination," Fox News, September 19, 2025.
⁶ "AOC Shares Reasons Why Her Supporters Voted for Trump," Newsweek, November 11, 2024.
