I see people like me, who thought someone like me couldn’t be in politics, now are saying, ‘Oh, wait, I don’t need to take money from corporations to run. Maybe I’ll run, too.’
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
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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 don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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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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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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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 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 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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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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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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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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For me, democratic socialism is about – really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live.
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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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