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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.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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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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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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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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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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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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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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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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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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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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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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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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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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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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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