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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZThe Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shouldn’t be afraid to be bold.
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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’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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I don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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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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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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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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We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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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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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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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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It is unacceptable to be disrespectful of Congressman Crowley. He’s done some phenomenal, phenomenal work for the Bronx and Queens.
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The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote.
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For me, democratic socialism is about – really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live.
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