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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.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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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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Apology Country Fight Justice Movement Race
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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Money Myself People Politics Thinking
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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Expensive Light Money People Thinking
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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Myself Run Work
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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Compromise Feminine Mentor Myself Pressure
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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Access Born Destiny Myself Privilege
Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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Myself Office Run Woman
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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History Implication Race Talk Yourself
The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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Democracy Politics Queen Way
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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Community Fear Government Politics
I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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Congress Economics Myself Politics Thinking
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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Color Identity Myself Office Run Woman
Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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Democracy Design Ourselves Power Talk Truth
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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Direct Feeling Myself People Time
I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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Experience Myself Pain Understand Work
It’s disingenuous to pretend the sources of our money don’t impact the policy we write – you just can’t serve two masters.
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