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I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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Democracy Design Ourselves Power Talk Truth
Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
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Country Democracy Driver Sanitation
I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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Experience Myself Pain Understand Work
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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History Implication Race Talk Yourself
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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Acceptance Himself Respect Work
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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Democracy Government Ideas Politics Yourself
We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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Brother Family People Rejection Sister
I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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Born Family Father Mom Myself Powerful
We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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Age Diversity Representation
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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Afraid Bold Fear Mystery Scare
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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Family Home Job Myself Profession Start
The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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Democracy Politics Queen Way
Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I’m not going to do that. That takes away my power. I’m not going to compromise who I am.
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Compromise Feminine Mentor Myself Pressure
I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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Hands Social Media Voice
Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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Investment Place Run Thinking
It’s disingenuous to pretend the sources of our money don’t impact the policy we write – you just can’t serve two masters.
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Impact Money Pretend Service Source Writing

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