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-CORTEZWe have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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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’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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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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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 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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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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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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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 want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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