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.
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.
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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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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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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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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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 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’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
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We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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For 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.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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