{"id":47774,"date":"2026-04-17T23:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47774"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:08:33","slug":"aoc-has-not-endorsed-saikat-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/aoc-has-not-endorsed-saikat-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC has not endorsed Saikat yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Google AI<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As of&nbsp;<strong>April 2026<\/strong>, Representative&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=alexandria+ocasio-cortez+(aoc)&amp;kgmid=\/g\/11f6y3nqg6&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjP-qbk2vaTAxU9MjQIHQbSK7UQ3egRegQIAhAC\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)<\/a><strong>has not endorsed<\/strong>&nbsp;her former chief of staff,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=saikat+chakrabarti&amp;kgmid=\/g\/11h5vfsgvk&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjP-qbk2vaTAxU9MjQIHQbSK7UQ3egRegQIAhAE\">Saikat Chakrabarti<\/a>, for Congress.\u00a0Reddit\u00a0+1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Chakrabarti is running to replace the retiring Nancy Pelosi in California&#8217;s 11th District, AOC has explicitly declined to offer an endorsement when pressed by reporters.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/occupysf.net\/4624c593-f032-4810-9747-3a01049ef7cd\" alt=\"KRON4\">KRON4&nbsp;+1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Status of the Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AOC&#8217;s Response<\/strong>: When asked recently about Chakrabarti\u2019s bid, AOC provided what some critics called a &#8220;word salad&#8221; or &#8220;non-answer,&#8221; stating she is &#8220;trying to think about the role that I am trying to play more broadly&#8221; and citing the constraints of a &#8220;lean team&#8221; managing many endorsement requests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other Endorsements<\/strong>: Despite her silence on Chakrabarti, AOC has endorsed other progressive candidates for the 2026 cycle, including&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/cenk-uygur-slams-aoc-kamala-220037142.html\">Analilia Mejia<\/a>&nbsp;in New Jersey and Junaid Ahmed in Illinois.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public Reaction<\/strong>: Prominent progressives like&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/noticias.foxnews.com\/media\/cenk-uygur-slams-aocs-kamala-like-word-salad-ex-aide-endorsement\">Cenk Uygur<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>The Young Turks<\/em>&nbsp;have sharply criticized her for failing to support her former aide, who was a key architect of the Green New Deal and her own 2018 victory.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/occupysf.net\/4460b859-2c48-4f50-81c5-11ac3de75508\" alt=\"Reddit\">Reddit&nbsp;+5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Context of the Race<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chakrabarti is competing in a high-profile primary on&nbsp;<strong>June 2, 2026<\/strong>. His opponents include:&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/occupysf.net\/86c14767-8f0b-4cf8-bbff-3f2bcb39c672\" alt=\"Instagram\">Instagram&nbsp;+2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2026\/04\/16\/saikat-chakrabarti-congress-aoc-nancy-pelosi\/\">Scott Wiener<\/a>: A California State Senator widely considered the establishment favorite.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connie Chan: A San Francisco City Supervisor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marie Hurabiell: An attorney and activist.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While AOC remains on the sidelines, Chakrabarti has secured other progressive endorsements, including from former Representative&nbsp;Jamaal Bowman&nbsp;and drag icon&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/22\/us-news\/bizarre-moment-aoc-linked-millionaire-gets-drag-queen-to-endorse-him-for-nancy-pelosis-seat\/\">Peaches Christ<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of&nbsp;April 2026, Representative&nbsp; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)has not endorsed&nbsp;her former chief of staff,&nbsp; Saikat Chakrabarti, for Congress.\u00a0Reddit\u00a0+1 While Chakrabarti is running to replace the retiring Nancy Pelosi in California&#8217;s 11th District, AOC has explicitly declined to offer an endorsement when pressed by reporters.&nbsp;KRON4&nbsp;+1 Status of the Endorsement Context of the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/aoc-has-not-endorsed-saikat-yet\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47774"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47775,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47774\/revisions\/47775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}