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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education – that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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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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Not all Democrats are the same.
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I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education – that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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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 wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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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 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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My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure… I started bartending and waitressing.
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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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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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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence, a lot of dynastic power, and I knew that I didn’t have any of those things.
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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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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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