I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI 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.
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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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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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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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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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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.
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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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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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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There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can’t do it.
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It’s not just that I’m a woman of color running for office. It’s the way that I ran. It’s the way that my identity formed my methods.
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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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Not all Democrats are the same.
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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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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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