I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZThe way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWorking-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZPeople 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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZRather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWe have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZOur democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZDemocrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWomen like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZThe 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-CORTEZIt is unacceptable to be disrespectful of Congressman Crowley. He’s done some phenomenal, phenomenal work for the Bronx and Queens.
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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZCampaigns 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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