Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZOur democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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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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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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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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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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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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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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.
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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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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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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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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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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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