We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWomen like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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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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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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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’m not running from the left; I’m running from the bottom. I’m running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers.
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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I’m not going to do that. That takes away my power. I’m not going to compromise who I am.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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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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Campaigns are so much more expensive than people think they are. Just to keep the lights on is several thousand dollars a month.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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