Not all Democrats are the same.
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZI’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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We have to have a diversity of age represented in Congress, too.
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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
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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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I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.
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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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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 know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
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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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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
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Congress is too old. They don’t have a stake in the game.
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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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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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There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can’t do it.
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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
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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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