We have to stick to the message: What are we proposing to the American people? Not, 'What are we fighting against?' — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
I see people like me, who thought someone like me couldn't be in politics, now are saying, 'Oh, wait, I don't need… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like... they'll do things like turn out in an… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
Campaigns are so much more expensive than people think they are. Just to keep the lights on is several thousand dollars a… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
What we need to do is lay out a plan and a vision that people can believe in. And getting into Twitter… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
I think - I do think that we have to have a secure border. We need to make sure that people are,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
In terms of closing Rikers, we have to close Rikers, but we have to ensure that we're not just taking - that… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
What I see is that the Democratic Party takes working class communities for granted, they take people of color for granted, and… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
People try to identify who is the most likely person to turn out, and what we did is that we changed who… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
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… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I do think that sometimes, especially coming into this going straight from activism to being a candidate or to being a person who potentially,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do when they… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
It's disingenuous to... pretend the sources of our money don't impact the policy we write - you just can't serve two masters. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I felt like the only way to effectively run for office is if you had access to a lot of wealth, high social influence,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
We absolutely do need to make sure that our borders are secure. But what we need to realize and remember is that ICE was… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity. It's asserting the value of saying that the America we want… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
Before ICE, we had Immigration and Naturalization Services, but it wasn't until about 1999 that we chose to criminalize immigration at all. And then,… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
What I see is that the Democratic Party takes working class communities for granted, they take people of color for granted, and they just… — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
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. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share
