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It’s disingenuous to pretend the sources of our money don’t impact the policy we write – you just can’t serve two masters.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I’m not running from the left; I’m running from the bottom. I’m running in fierce advocacy for working-class New Yorkers.
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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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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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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 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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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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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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We have to stick to the message: What are we proposing to the American people? Not, ‘What are we fighting against?’
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I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education – that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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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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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 want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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Democrats are a big-tent party. You know, I’m not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.
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