The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWorking-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
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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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People try to identify who is the most likely person to turn out, and what we did is that we changed who turns out. And that changes the whole electorate.
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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 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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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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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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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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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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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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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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