Violated human rights. A pop culture sensation. There is no question she has arrived in washington as a phenomenon. And a master of communication. Her use of social media feels more like the future than most of what people pay consultants lots of people to create for themselves. Her agenda of radical reform is already deeply felt in the halls of congress. Alexandria ocasiocortezs base wants her to stick it to this administration. The politics of revenge. And stick it to corporate democrats. Im going to be the bad guy, which im sure half the room would agree with anyway. A 29yearold democratic socialist is ready to shake up not just her party but all of washington, d. C. And we are going to rock the world. We cannot allow for a society that leaves people behind. Despite the fact that we didnt have the money, despite the fact that im working class, despite all those things, we won. Alexandria ocasiocortez is a person with passion. You want to tell people that their concern and their desire for clean air and clean water is elitist. She is an activist at heart and shes brought an incredible new energy to the United States congress. She got elected to buck the norm. She got elected to make change. D. C. Needs to be shaken up. We need it. Its about time. Thank you, everybody. I sat down with alexandria ocasiocortez for an msnbc special event when the selfdescribed democratic radical was three months into her term. The youngest woman ever elected to congress. We had a provocative conversation about her signature policy initiative the Green New Deal. So why this issue front and center first thing . What connects you to this . So this issue is not just about our climate. First and foremost, we need to save ourselves, period. Weve got 12 years to turn it around. 12 years. This is urgent. And to think that we have time is such a privileged and removed from reality attitude that we cannot tolerate. Ocasiocortezs story may be proof that the time for true progressive politics is here. Hiding your radical nature used to be the way you could win in american politics 20 years ago. Shes 29. She didnt live through that era. Nobody likes people who tow the line anymore. Nobody likes people who are straddling the fence. Oftentimes the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table. What makes her journey especially remarkable is that months earlier, she was waitressing and shaking margaritas. I think the country was hungry, desperate for stories that would tell a different side of america. History is alive. But until the 2018 elections few had heard of the woman now known simply as aoc. That changed after the former bartenders stunning victory over joe crowley in the democratic primary. That was the day that i was like, oh, it is about to go down. Thats when i saw it all change. What youre dealing with right now is somebody who is both a rising political figure and a bit of a pop star. And the combination of those two powers is really something to behold. So wheres mitch . The person who occupies the white house right now is there in part because of celebrity culture. And alexandria stepping into that same hole in our society. The lipstick color she wore with at her debate was selling out. The fact she wore hoop earring on her swearing in. She said i want to make other women who wear hoop earrings feel like theyre looking like their congresswoman. By late march, she had more than 3. 75 million twitter followers. Every tweet she sends seems to ricochet across the internet. When donald trump jr. Mocked her political views with a meme, aoc replied with a twitter post warning him about her own subpoena power. I dont think people know what to take of alexandria on social media because she claps back so hard. She has the style of cardi b. With Bernie Sanders sized goals. It is exactly what the Political Revolution is supposed to be about. The former organizers for sanders president ial bid has taken his movement to the next level. I reject the idea that universal health care is impossible. All of these things are possible. I think Bernie Sanders really opened the window for this debate. In fact, whats becoming fringe is you call yourself a capitalist openly. She has clearly moved the needle on several key policy issues in her first weeks in congress. Including the Green New Deal. The basic idea of the Green New Deal is a plan for the u. S. To move to 100 Renewable Energy as fast as possible. Conservatives like donald trump jr. Have criticized the deal and aoc herself. Every mainstream leading democratic contender is taking the advise of a freshman congresswoman who three weeks ago didnt know the three branches of government. I dont know about you guys, but thats pretty scarey. You guys, youre not very nice. And neither is what that policy would do to this country. I think a lot of the conservative movement is at use to a woman, especially to a brown woman speaking her mind so freely. So there is a bit of sbim nation a intimidation ane confused by her. Which might be why the night before she was sworn in, this old video mysteriously surfaced on line featuring aoc and friends doing a mashup of 1980s dance moves when she was a student at Boston University. I see in evidence that republicans were involved in releasing her dance video. I found the dance video adorable. The attempted smear backfired when the video became an internet sensation. Aoc responded by posting another video of her dancing in front of her new Congressional Office and the comment wait until they find out congresswomen dance, too. I think republicans should be very cautious and making aoc sort of the new object of ire. Because if we do that, the country might like her more than some of the angry republicans that are trying to personalize their disagreements on policy. Florida republican matt gates is one of President Trumps biggest allies. Aoc on the republican side sometimes we call her the architect of chaos because shes got the ability to really ignite conflict and activity. I think on substance, there is very little that folks on the right would agree with her on. But stylistically, there is little doubt that shes got game. We have the votes. She understands the intersection of politics and pop culture and social media in a way that frankly few people on the right or left fully grasp in todays politics. Behind the scenes some democrats are genuinely upset with ocasiocortez and her pledge to support more progressive members of the party against incumbents in primaries. There are plenty of incumbents that are doing an amazing, amazing job. But just because you are in a seat doesnt mean that you are entitled to keep it. In an interview with cnn in december, outgoing democratic senator Claire Mccaskle appeared bewildered by aocs appeal. Im a little confused why shes the thing. But it is a good example of what im talking about, a bright, shiny new object came out of nowhere and surprised people and she beat a very experienced congressman. What i was trying to say is that shes exciting and shes new and i think she can contribute a lot. Weve got to remain focussed on the things that unite us as a party, not the things that can divide us. Coming up, a meteoric rise to power with roots in the works class. Im running for office. Nobody likes dealing with insurance. Right . See, esurance knows its expensive. I feel like im giving my money away. So theyre making it affordable. Thank you, dennis quaid. Youre welcome, guy in kitchen. I named my character walter. Thats great. 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She saw the advantage that wealth and resources and a Quality School district brought next to cousins who just didnt happen to be lucky enough to end up in that zip code. As a tenth grader, ocasiocortez got her first taste of politics when she attended the National Hispanic institutes legislative session. It is part of us for immersing students in pretending to be leaders, so her practice in that art started very early on. She spent eight days immersed in policy discussions, mock law making and elections. She will tell you she ran for every position. She lost at everything. But by the end of the week, her peers had selected her as the most promising female of that delegation because they saw that never quit attitude. Just shrug it off, shake it off and get back again. At 17, she competed in the Intel International science and engineering fair at the worlds most Prestigious Science fairs and appeared on nbc nightly news. Alexandria ocasiocortez a senior from new york. She focussed on using antioxidants to present disease. One day we may be able to use this to prevent these diseases were seeing here. Competing against nearly 1,500 students from all over the world, alexandria took second place. You guys interested in science . Yes. She made such an impression that Mits Lincoln Laboratory named an asteroid after her. 23238 ocasiocortez. When she really takes an interest in something she could really go after the stars because there is an asteroid named after her. She headed to Boston University to study premed but her interest in social policy continued to grow. She became a student leader. She got involved as a Student Ambassador of trying to promote the sense of unity among students at Boston University. Shes incredibly funny. Shes like a funny nerd. There is oftentimes these moments where youre like, did you know and ill be like no. And why do you know this . In september of her sophomore year, her world turned upside down. Her father died of lung cancer at 48 years old. Friends say she threw herself further into her studies. A lot of what drives her is her sense of trying to hon know what her father wanted her to be. That every day, she tries to honor that with her actions. Starting in 2008. She interned at ted kennedys offices working on immigration issues. During her junior year she had eye opening look with a foreign study. Changing growth for her was going to africa and studying abroad. She got malaria. She was there in some very challenging communities. There was something about that experience that was like, there is much more to my life that i can do than go work at a bank. Alexandria graduated in 2011 with a degree in International Relations and economics and returned to the bronx with a new perspective on life. She worked on social causes during the day and at night took on a second job to help her now single mother keep the family afloat financially. Blanca cleaned houses while alexandria waited tables and tended bar. It was very challenging, financial, socially, emotionally. Making it through that made her incredibly strong person. Between shifts, alexandria got involved in Bernie Sanders 2016 president ial campaign as an organizer in the south bronx. After the november election, she traveled to the Standing Rock indian reservation and joined the protests against a natural gas pipeline that ran through sacred triable lands. For alexandria ocasiocortez, the experience was pivotal. I think that informed a lot of her thinking about how you needed to act in politics did because Standing Rock did not have a political advocate. Thats the moment when she started to express herself and talk candidly and authentically to folks on social media. There is so much to share with you guys and were just hoping that you get a little piece of this action right now and we will be back. Thanks again. She was at Standing Rock when she got the call about brandnew congress. Brandnew congress, a Political Action committee started by Bernie Sanders supporters promoted candidates. We are looking for leaders in the community, people who are really respected and who probably dont want to run for congress. The group decided on an audacious plan. Run alexandria ocasiocortez against joe crowley, the fourth most powerful democrat in the house. She was just one of those people that had a spark to do something. She felt the burden of the world on her shoulders where she felt like if not me, who . Coming up, alexandria makes the decision of a lifetime. She was like, so, john, im going to run for congress. And i kind of laughed a little bit. And i was like, good, it is about time. Allergies with sinus congestion and pressure . You wont find relief here. Go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritind. 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Aocs opponent was as formidable as they come. Joe crowley, one of the most powerful names in the Democratic Party. Joe wasnt just a powerful democrat in washington. He was a powerful democrat here in new york. It would be like as if david had approached goliath with a sling and no rocks. Ocasiocortez had the support of the justice democrats, a Political Group backing progressive candidates across the country. The others were skeptical at best. The candidate herself forecast victory on instagram. Were not running to make a statement. Were not running to pressure the incumbent to the left. Were running to win. We knew it was a long shot. The odds were totally stacked against us. We had all of wall streets money, all of real estates money in his bank account. And he just had small dollar doenors. Rejecting corporate donations was key to her platform. As a whole, her policy stands were leftist. Getting money out of politics, medicare for all, fighting for Affordable Housing and abolishing ice. Ice was created after the attacks on september 11th. Ocasiocortez confronted trumps zero tolerance immigration policy head on calling for the outright abolishment of ice. A lot of democrats did not want to address that issue. She forced them to address that issue. Almost immediately, she seemed to have a palpable influence on the competition. Within a week, joe for the first time in his career supported medicare for all. She texted me that she was so excited about it. Ocasiocortez attracted activists and progressives who were itching to fight for something, not just against President Trump. Alexandria was really the thing that gave me hope back in politics. I had started giving up. I was like, this is too hard. There is too many powerful interests here. People are fighting back cant make a difference in our country. We were a scrappy group and doing it because we all cared deeply about it. Ocasiocortez assembled an electic team. Everyone kind of did it because this was something that needed to be done. This was the message that needed to get out there and alexandria was willing to be that messenger. We thought no matter what happens, even if we pull crowley to the left, it was worth taking. She turned first to her friend, photographer jesse. We were doing all these different poses and she had looked to dress her dress or something but she was looking maybe at the light and i was like, hold on. It looked hopeful. It was such a real emotion that was coming out. Next a friend of aocs from the restaurant and his design team created a poster with a decidedly revolutionary feel. We needed to represent her authentically in that challenge. And so we started with the united farm workers. The ocasiocortez brand is on point. They looked like the posters of a leader. And there is a tiny element in her campaign poster, the double exclamation point around her name, the bilingualty that says, im in both worlds. Im in the Spanish Speaking world and the English Speaking world, and im here to represent everybody. Early on few in power took her campaign seriously. Nobody wanted to talk to us. Nobody in politics, nobody in the press. They were all either afraid or thought we were a joke. The biggest way when you are a challenger that you get discredited is not being attacked but it is being ignored. It is being dismissed. It is the media saying this person has no shot. To get her message out, aoc relied on social media and oldfashioned door knocking. She talked to a lot of people. She talked to immigrants, people of color in her community, people who come from where she comes from. While traditional media largely disregarded her campaign, online outlets on the left were eager to give aoc air time. Alexandria ocasiocortez basically had a beeline to podcasts on the intercept, to the young. It is a really popular youtube show for tons of progressives and they donate after they watch the show, you know, 5, 10, 15 a time to ocasiocortezs campaign. Ocasiocortez quit her job as a bartender to campaign fulltime. She was incredibly tireless. I dont know where it comes from. I mean, the amount of time she spent out walking and at events and door knocking is just mind blowing. Women like me arent supposed to run for office. I wasnt born to a wealthy or powerful family. At the end of may, the campaign released a two minute ad written by the candidate herself. It proved to be a game changer. It was a story about a working class person trying to fight for the community. And it was done beautifully. This race is about people vs. Money. We have got people. They have got money. The visual that she rides the subway like me, that shes going to work like me, that shes got to adjust her outfit and her uniform like me, that picture said all those words without her having to beat you over the head with message, heres the words. In its first day online, the video went viral with more than 300,000 views. It poured in money, grass roots money, it poured in volunteers and that video was really inspiring. This congressman, democrat from california, was so taken by the ad, he endorsed ocasiocortez even though he had already backed joe crowley. I watched the video and i said i dont know how much my endorsements will matter but at least it will get people in washington to hear her story. The crowley camp, reelection still appeared to be in the bag. He took one poll a few weeks out before the election, it showed him up 36 percentage points. Thats a massive margin. He was so confident, he only participated in one of the three scheduled debates with ocasiocortez. In one case sending a surrogate to represent him. This is a sharp person and a sharp candidate who thought well on her feet and she made a lot of hay about this. He would send somebody in her words that basically looked like her. Coming up, leaders in the gop single out alexandria ocasiocortez as a target. Theyre absolutely hoping to be able to use her to demonize the Democratic Party as a bunch of socialists because she probably is one. You should be mad they gave this guy a promotion. You should be mad at forced camaraderie. And you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. But youre not mad, because you have e trade, whos tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. Dont get mad. Get e trades simplified technical analysis. That theres a lobster i in our hot tub . T. Lobster oh, you guys. Theres a jet oh. I needed this. 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Despite the odds, some on alexandria ocasiocortezs team dared entertain the notion of an upset. I think i was constantly playing this game with myself of trying to hold back my own expectations. And, so, i think in my heart i felt like we had a pretty good chance. Other supporters just hoped to avoid her. I remember talking to her staff the day before the election will she at least get 40 . Please dont embarrass me. If she gets 30 , i will be toast here in the congress. Thatvening, they planned a post election party. Win or lose, they would celebrate their achievement. But when the polls closed at 9 00 p. M. The results began to trickle in, many in her inner circle stayed glues to her computers. We crowded around he and my college just sort of compulsively refreshing a bunch of results websites. Up in the bronx, the candidate refused to look at any of the early returns. I pulled up the polling results and i think only 3 of the votes came in at that time. But it had her at like a 13 point lead. And she said, dont show it to me. I red the text. I thought she was down 15 points. And then i saw some other text and i realized, no, shes actually up 15 points and i was just stunned. Around 9 45 p. M. , ocasiocortez arrived at the party venue with loved ones, including her friend. We were walking out of the parking garage walking to the venue. She sees at the time about an 80 reporting or so. She gets to the door, and the bouncer, security is like, sorry, i need to see id. And there is a poster right next to the door. Shes like, thats me. Thats me. And so they let her in and we rush in. We couldnt believe it. We checked. We reloaded. This is a huge political upset. The Associated Press that has called this race for alexandria ocasiocortez. The outcome was so completely unexpected new york one was the only local broadcaster on the scene to capture ocasiocortezs reaction. Shes looking at herself on television right now. How are you feeling can you put it into words . Nope. I cannot put this into words. She looked freaked out in a good way, but she looked freaked out. The moment that the green check mark appeared, we just erupted. My life pretty much hasnt been the same since that very moment. Ocasiocortez soon regained her composure and delivered a passionate victory speech to her supporters. Every person out here this evening changed america tonight. We will be here and we are going to rock the world. Her win over joe crowley wasnt even close. She pummelled the veteran congressman, taking 57 of the vote. Aoc aoc aoc and just like that, the democratic machine of new york city was turned on its head. She beat the person who was third in line behind nancy pelosi in the Democratic Party. Aoc is a king slayier by knocking him down. She ran as a young person. She ran as a woman. She ran as a person of color. She ran on generational change, and she ran on ideology. All of those things combined to take out one of the most powerful people in new york. Alexandria ocasiocortez suddenly found her name in national headlines. It is a whole new world for 28yearold alexandria ocasiocortez. Joining us here onset, alexandria ocasiocortez. I mean, our campaign was focussed on just a laser focussed message of economic, social and racial dignity for working class americans, especially those in queens and the bronx. Nancy pelosi down played the significance of aocs victory for democrats as a whole. They made it to us in one district, so dont get carried away on democratics and stuff like that. We have an array of genders, geography and the rest, opinion in our caucus, and were very proud of that. In an overwhelmingly democratic district, heroin in the primary practically guaranteed her victory in the general election. But her reach went way beyond politics. Almost overnight she became a bonofied celebrity. I have never seen this surge in popularity in Public Awareness for a congressional candidate. I definitely never have. She appeared on late night talk shows, fielded tweets from movie stars and sold out fundraisers. Amid the storm of attention, ocasiocortez and the justice democrats plotted how to use her primary win to trigger a nationwide trend. The entire mission of this was not about one candidate but about a movement. That summer aoc toured michigan and missouri and appeared with Bernie Sanders in kansas stumping were progressive candidates in upcoming primaries. Change takes courage. Change takes guts. She traveled quite a bit to help push this platform of getting money out of politics. She saw it as an obligation to use this platform to help candidates fighting for the same thing. Conservatives used aocs candidacy to whip up their base. Her views, her policy positions are actually down right scarey. The Republican Party loves the idea of elevating a democratic socialist as the face of the Democratic Party. I think the democrats are going hard low. Theyre absolutely hoping to be able to use her to demon nice the Democratic Party as a bunch of social lists because she probably is one. Her personal charm and magtism can over shadow the great danger that can be caused by the policy that shes championing. Her ideology reflected a simple goal, restoring human rights. Boils down to the basic elements that are required for an economic and socially dignified life in the United States at a very basic means we should aim to guarantee those things. I dont think any person in america should die because theyre too poor to live. Coming up, alexandria ocasiocortez lands in washington more than ready to shake up the establishment. There are things that nancy pelosi could learn from alexandria ocasiocortez and there are things that alexandria could learn from nancy pelosi. M. 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We launched this campaign because in the absence of anyone giving a clear voice on the moral issues of our time, then it is up to us to voice them. As widely expected, a month after her 29th birthday, alexandria ocasiocortez trounced her opponent in the general election in november 2018, taking 78 of the vote. Shes part of a record 127 women serving in the house and senate and her freshman class is the most diverse in history. So she has won among many who we have been waiting for. Ocasiocortez arrived in washington with her longtime boyfriend. She wasted no time making her progressive voice heard. During freshman orientation week, she champed a movement on Climate Change by directly challenging the democratic leadership. They were like, hey, were planning to do a sitin against nancy pelosi for not taking Climate Change seriously. They knew in the midst of her race for speaker and the midst of democrats just winning the midterms in the house that it would get news. Ocasiocortezs first visit to the veteran congresswomans office was a public show of support for the activists camped outside. Nobody expected her to show up to the citizens. They did not ask her. Her chief of staff asked her, hey, will you retweet that action tomorrow. She was like im going. I just want to let you all know how proud i am of each and every single one of you for putting yourselves and your bodies and everything on the line to make sure that we save our planet, our generation and our future. Alex was just moved that if 18, 19, 20 year old students could risk arrest against the next speaker of the house, commit civil disobedience, go to jail, she could show up and give a speech. She tweeted a couple days later that she was terrified of doing that. But aocs bold tactics appeared to work. That day nancy pelosi praised the pro testers on social media. Shes not threatened by alexandria ocasiocortez or anybody else for that matter. But what she recognizes in them is, look, if theyre helping galvanize the party, let them scream. Thats how a party survives. A week after the demonstration, ocasiocortez threw her support to pelosi as the next speaker of the house. I really think that pelosi in particular has figured out that she can work with ocasiocortez and have her be a force thats positive for the Democratic Caucus rather than negative. Aocs influence wasnt limited to capitol hill. She also used instagram to offer her social media followers a rare glimpse into her daily routine. They cut the operating budgets across a lot of government but of course we allowed our weapons budget to explode. She cooks on Instagram Live and shes weaving policy discussion into those moments. She doesnt feel like shes being managed. She just comes across as herself. You know, i think it is it is so important we humanize our government and open up the window to show that everyone can serve. Her use of social media feels more like a future than people have said consultants lots of money to create for themselves. With the spotlight on aoc, conservatives continue to take aim. Some attacks got personal. There is criticism pouring in over a tweet. Eddy scarey, a writer for the right wing Washington Examiner posted a photo of ocasiocortez from behind with the caption, ill tell you something, that jacket and coat dont look like a girl who struggles. After we elected incredibly Diverse Congress in the house and the amount of women that got elected that, oh, maybe we are in a post sexist america. And were finding out very, very quickly that that is not true. Ocasiocortez hit back with a tweet of her own saying, in part, if i walk in with my best sale rack clothes they laugh, take a picture of my backside. Dark hates light. Thats why you tune it out. Like all young people, shes not going to stand for trash either. If you come at her, shes going to respond. I think whats different about the way the president uses twitter and the way alexandria uses twitter is he punches down. She punches up. Ocasiocortez also had to contend with criticism for some highly publicized gaps in the media. She tweeted that 21 million of pentagon Financial Accounting errors could have subsidized medicare for all. She will be held more accountable for those things than almost anybody else. I cannot tell you how many times i see members of congress go on television and say things that are ridiculously untrue and they dont catch them on it because they dont care whats coming out of that congressmans mouth. Coming up, can an unapologetic democratic social list represent the future of her party . Now you have every candidate jumping into 2020 on the democratic side saying, medicare for all. Are you going 45 . Uh, yes. 55 is a suggestion. Its kind of like driving with his dad. What a sign, huh . Terry, can you take a selfie of me . Take a selfie of you . Yeah. 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A tribute to the suffrage ets. Who earlier fought for a womens right to vote. People saw her and as a symbol for someone who understood the challenges of racism and discrimination. In this country. Who empathize with immigrants and wasnt taking a pack money. If we dont get what we want, whether its through you or military. Through anything you want to call. I will shut down the government. And i am proud. Im proud to shut down the government for border security. The 116th congress began with a stalemate. Between the president and the democratic leadership. Alexandria ocasiocortez gets sworn in during the 35 day government shutdown. The government would reopen only after he received funding for the wall on the mexican border. Being sworn in when the government is shut down is a dramatic metaphor for the moment were in. The highlight and energy in the promise of government. Its mitch mcconnell. The stalemate created an opportunity. She scoured the capitol. Trying to find republican senator majority leader. And urge him to reopen the government. Hes not in the capitol. Hes not in the building. Hes not on the floor. And 800,000 people dont have paychecks. Where is mitch . Later that day she made her point in a formal setting. During her first speech on the floor of the house. Its not normal to shut down the government when we dont get what we want. Its not normal for Public Servants to run away and hide from the public they serve. C span feed of the speech became the most viewed twitter video of a house speech ever. The next morning, she conducted a class on twitter tactics for her fellow house democrats. Among the lessons. Dont post a meme if you dont know what it is. It reminded me of kids teaching kids how to use vcr in the 80s. Her influence was widespread. 2020 president ial contenders starting including her twitter handle and championing Green New Deal. Netflix spent 10 million for rights no knock down the house. Profiling her. In the interview on 60 minutes she spoke out about the president s character. Do you believe President Trump is a racist . Yeah. No question. Busy behind the scenes, she was appointed to the House Financial Services commit by chairwoman congresswoman waters. Identified with the wall street and big banks. Alexandria ocasiocortez is essentially an announced enemy of the some of the interests. With President Trumps inner srkle under scrutiny by federal nf investigators she was given a seat on the house over sight committee. They can call in in i member of the administration for questioning. Shes at the very back of a long line oof democrats who get to do it. Somehow the cameras will find her when its her turn. If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. Alexandria ocasiocortez is base wants her to stick to to the administration. And stick to to corporate democrats. That could mean making good on her pledge to back nor progressives challenging so called accomplishment democrats already in power. Im fwoing to be the bad guy. Which im sure half the room would agree with anyway. The one thing i hope doesnt happen is this notion that theyll go out and try to take out democrats in primaries. That arent pure enough. Shes going to have to find other members of congress, to work with. So youll have to go far enough to the middle you can actually pass legislation on the things that we care about. Environment and healthcare. Womens rights. After her election, she joined a chorus progressive voices challenging amazon 3. 6 billion plan to build headquarters in betweens. Organizers and residents of the community were busting down the door. Saying Say Something about this. We are threatened with homelessness and rising rent. When amazon pulled out in february. The daily news included her among a group of politicians blamed. Others said she misrepresented the deal. A project that would have brougt 25,000 jobs. If people dont speak up against alexandria ocasiocortez. Who is young and dynamic. But doesnt know what shes talking about. And her and her coworkers the new fresh progressive faces, are going to hand the presidency back to donald trump. After amazon cancelled the plans, ocasiocortez offered no apology. Its incredible. It shows that every day Americans Still have the power to organize. And fight for their community. And they can have more say in the country. Than the richest man in the world. When President Trump one time lawyer and fixer testified in front of the house over Site Committee in february 2019, representative ocasiocortez laid out the factual basis for further investigation. To your knowledge did the president provide inflated assets to an Insurance Company . Yes. Who else knows the president did this . After the hearing. She tweeted bar tending and waitressing had given her a razor sharp bs detecter. Supporters say her bold ideas represent the future of the Democratic Party. A move towards comp he residencive reform and a rejection business as usual in washington. She has done what america claims to be possible. For all. She has achieved success, power, risen against the odds. To achieve a level of the american dream. These struggles will not be solved in two years or four. It will take our whole lives. But this is the fight for our lives. This is the fight of our lives. Could joe biden have defeated donald trump. Oh, i dont know. This is the great whatif. I say to democrats and republicans and independents alike, dont sell this country short, folks. Joe biden has spent a lifetime as a political power player. He just had encyclopedic knowledge of foreign policy. One thing i know about joe biden, this is a guy i would take on a long patrol. He celebrated triumphs. I accept your nomination to run and serve with barack obama weathered setbacks. You were on the verge of dying, werent you . The h