My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure… I started bartending and waitressing.
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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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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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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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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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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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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 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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Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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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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