Tag: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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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.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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I wake up every day, and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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We absolutely do need to make sure that our borders are secure. But what we need to realize and remember is that ICE was established in 2003 right at the same time as the Patriot Act, the AUMF, the Iraq War – and we look back at a lot of that time and legislation as a mistake now. And I think that ICE is right there as a part of it.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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There has almost never been a period of substantial economic growth in the United States without significant investment. And no investment pays off within the same cycle. No investment pays off within the same year – especially a governmental investment. Even businesses don’t work that way.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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When we talk about the word ‘socialism,’ I think what it really means is just democratic participation in our economic dignity and our economic, social, and racial dignity. It is about direct representation and people actually having power and stake over their economic and social wellness, at the end of the day.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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I’m used to people kind of knowing me in the community.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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In Puerto Rico, we continue to see the perpetuation of second-class citizenship in the United States.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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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.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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I don’t think any person in America should die because they are too poor to live.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez