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I see people like me, who thought someone like me couldn’t be in politics, now are saying, ‘Oh, wait, I don’t need to take money from corporations to run. Maybe I’ll run, too.’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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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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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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I see people like me, who thought someone like me couldn’t be in politics, now are saying, ‘Oh, wait, I don’t need to take money from corporations to run. Maybe I’ll run, too.’
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I knew that our community needed a very clear voice. and I think we deserved representation that rejected lobbyist funds and put our voters and our community first.
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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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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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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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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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 understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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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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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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