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On the recordDecember 3, 2019
Many of my constituents are waitresses, they are teachers, they are nurses.
Said by
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez highlights the professions of her constituents to illustrate their working-class status.

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