"the young turks" (tyt) was the first media network who talked about ocasio-cortez and give her time to talk about her campaign. after her primary win, she quickly had media attention from everywhere in the country. a rally with ocasio-cortez and bernie sanders in wichita had to be moved from a theater with a seating capacity of 1,500 when more people said they would go to the rally. 4,000 people went to the event, with some sitting on the floor. "the new yorker" wrote that she had made sanders's progressive ideas more popular to a larger group of people.