It’s not just that I’m a woman of color running for office. It’s the way that I ran. It’s the way that my identity formed my methods.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWe 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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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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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 wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family – mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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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 wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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I’m an educator. I’m an organizer.
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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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The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
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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 want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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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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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