Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 5, 2018
I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Advocating for the guarantee of basic needs in a moral society.

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