Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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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Capitalism has not always existed in the world and will not always exist in the world.
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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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It’s really scary or it’s easy to generate fear around an idea or around an -ism when you don’t provide any substance to it.
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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 understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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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.’
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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 was born in a place where your ZIP code determines your destiny.
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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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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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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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Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers – that is what should be happening in America.
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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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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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