We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWe know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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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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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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The 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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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 know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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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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I don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
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Public schools in the late ’80s and early ’90s were a total mess… we felt that if I was going to have a good educational option in my life, I would have to go to a public school district that actually served its children.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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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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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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