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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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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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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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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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We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
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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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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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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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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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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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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It’s really scary or it’s easy to generate fear around an idea or around an -ism when you don’t provide any substance to it.
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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 wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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