The Wary, Warming, Wildly Consequential Alliance of Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani
She was the ‘big sister’ he hoped to impress. He seemed inexperienced to her. Now, they’re the faces of a political movement — and New York is its test case.
In recent months Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and Mr. Mamdani have grown closer than is widely known. In person, by phone and in regular text messages, they have held forth for hours about the fall election strategy and the extraordinary tumult of sudden-onset fame.
She has encouraged Mr. Mamdani to take mental-health walks and has discussed with him the specter of perpetual death threats.
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