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I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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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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Feeling Influence Myself Office Social
The 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.
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Afraid Bold Fear Mystery Scare
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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Not all Democrats are the same.
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Democracy Government Myself
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 don’t like having people do little things for me.
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Myself People Small
The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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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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When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like… they’ll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.
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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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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 was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings.
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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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Change Creation Motivational Reach Time Vote
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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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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