I see people like me, who thought someone like me couldn’t be in politics, now are saying, ‘Oh, wait, I don’t need to take money from corporations to run. Maybe I’ll run, too.’
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZCapitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can’t do it.
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We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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We have to stick to the message: What are we proposing to the American people? Not, ‘What are we fighting against?’
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When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like… they’ll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.
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Democrats are a big-tent party. You know, I’m not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.
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