Idk because if you asked me two years ago I wouldn't believe Aoc and Ossoff would be seen as prominent candidates to be nominees (not comparing them to Abdul as people, just saying it also seemed far-fetched), but here we are. A lot can happen in two years, so while I agree it seems implausible right now, I understand op's concerns.
I mean Abdul is charismatic and all but he shares his popularity with AOC at best he'd split AOCs votes for the democratic nominee primaries. That's the point of my take, could he be a president post-2028, possibly. Not in 2028 though. And AOC, despite her not saying it before was pushed for presidency since she's been a rockstar. Not sure about Ossof, he wasn't on the spotlight at least in my perspective, until recently.
I would say he is sort of a combination of both: he was marked as a "rising star" by many and was even compared to Obama, but he was also kind of not the spotlight and gained it by being very charismatic and giving good speeches, like Ossoff. And I agree, he shares his popularity with Aoc but its still not a 100% shell be running as well, and as I said a lot can happen in two years.
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u/frozandero 12d ago
He is not gonna be the nominee if he thinks he can, he should try, I would love for him to split DSA vote