Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually said...

"We are not doing enough by our own people in a democracy that is supposed to be by the people and for the people."

"The idea and this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke because it is a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap."

"This legislation that I am putting forward along with my colleagues is literally just to recognize poverty in America."

"7 million people have not been lifted off of food stamps in this country. They were kicked off food stamps in this country."