We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZWorking-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.
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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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Rather than think of it as somewhere to run from, the Bronx is somewhere to invest.
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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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’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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When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like… they’ll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.
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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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I understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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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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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.
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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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I don’t like having people do little things for me.
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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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