Was AOC’s white fiancé a liability for her 2028 dreams?

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We do not know why Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, reportedly ended their engagement. She has not explained it, and there is no evidence that politics, race, or her ambitions for higher office caused the breakup.

So let me be clear from the beginning: what follows is speculation.

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