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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.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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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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Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
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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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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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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 don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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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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I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence, a lot of dynastic power, and I knew that I didn’t have any of those things.
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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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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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I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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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 understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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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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