Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZOur democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWe have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZNot all Democrats are the same.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZRather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWe have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZFor 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-CORTEZDemocrats are a big-tent party. You know, I’m not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZThere 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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZIt’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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZThe 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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZDemocrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZCongress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ