The way the Queens Democratic party machine has worked, they operate on a politics of exclusion.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZIt’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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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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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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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 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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My mother cleaned homes and drove school buses, and when my family was on the brink of foreclosure… I started bartending and waitressing.
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For me, democratic socialism is about – really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live.
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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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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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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.
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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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Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power.
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I’m very hands-on about social media. That’s my voice.
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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 understand the pain of working-class Americans because I have experienced the pain.
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Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.
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