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Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I’m not going to do that. That takes away my power. I’m not going to compromise who I am.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Not all Democrats are the same.
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Democracy Government Myself
Public schools in the late ’80s and early ’90s were a total mess… we felt that if I was going to have a good educational option in my life, I would have to go to a public school district that actually served its children.
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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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’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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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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Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I’m not going to do that. That takes away my power. I’m not going to compromise who I am.
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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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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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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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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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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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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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