I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWe know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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Not all Democrats are the same.
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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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Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
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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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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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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 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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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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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 an educator. I’m an organizer.
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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 wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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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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