They're both communists. Kamala's father was an open Marxist, and Tim Walz is too. It's just AOC ain't exactly trying to hide it, because she's young enough to the point that when she gets older and can run for president, we'll probably be a communist-friendly generation, whereas Kamala is trying to appeal to this generation, which is not as communist as many think. I'd say a small portion of the US is actually communist, while the rest are Dems who don't know what's going on with the country, or ppl who just don't really care about politics but either vote blue or have ppl's TDS rubbing on them. If a candidate just simply came out as communist right now, I think many people would vote the other way. There'd still be ppl too scared to vote Trump (since they liken him to Hitler), and then there'd be the actual communists, but that would be about it.
But with our school system, I would be surprised if Gen Alpha doesnt end up about 25% communist, and Gen Beta is about 60%. That is, unless Trump comes in and tries to fix what they've done to our schools. Or if parents step up and fight this.