Political Quotes

On the recordJune 11, 2025
What people don’t see and what they don’t really experience is that being the first means being the only.
Said by
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights the loneliness of being a trailblazer in politics.

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