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.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWorking-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States.
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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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People try to identify who is the most likely person to turn out, and what we did is that we changed who turns out. And that changes the whole electorate.
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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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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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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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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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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 don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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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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Democrats are a big-tent party. You know, I’m not trying to impose an ideology on all, you know, several hundred members of Congress.
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