I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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.
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I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.
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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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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 was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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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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I’m not running from the left; I’m running from the bottom. I’m running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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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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