We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZOur democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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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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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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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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I was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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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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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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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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 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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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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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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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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