I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings.
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I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.
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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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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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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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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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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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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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I knew that our community needed a very clear voice. and I think we deserved representation that rejected lobbyist funds and put our voters and our community first.
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I know what it’s like to access the privilege of a ZIP Code but also be born in one that could have destined me to something else.
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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.’
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It’s not just that I’m a woman of color running for office. It’s the way that I ran. It’s the way that my identity formed my methods.
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