Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lands Time cover: From 'dorky kid' to 'The Phenom'

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is set to be the cover star of Time Magazine’s April 1 edition, with a story titled: “'Change Is Closer Than We Think.' Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Unlikely Rise.”

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The freshman Democrat, described as “The Phenom” on the famed magazine’s cover, has been ever-present since she beat longtime congressman Joe Crowley in the 2018 elections.

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“This is the daily reality for America’s newest human Rorschach test. Wonder Woman of the left, Wicked Witch of the right, Ocasio-Cortez has become the second most talked-about politician in America, after the President of the United States,”

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“Ocasio-Cortez represents one vision of the Democratic Party’s future. She’s a young Hispanic woman, three cornerstones of the party’s electoral coalition. She’s a democratic socialist at a time when confidence in capitalism is declining, especially among progressive millennials.

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“She’s a political phenomenon: part activist, part legislator, arguably the best storyteller in the party since Barack Obama and perhaps the only Democrat right now with the star power to challenge President Donald Trump’s.”

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