On the recordJune 23, 2021
In my home state in New York, women make up about half of New York's labor force.
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congress.govIn my home state in New York, women make up about half of New York's labor force.
Ocasio-Cortez highlights women's significant role in New York's labor force.
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I think it's important to recognize that people evolve and change their views over time.
Brothers and sisters, these drum majors for justice, just as you all and countless others today, were not handed a movement. They have always had to build one.
In the political context that we're in, in an administration that is dedicated to politicizing women's bodies and taking our choices away from us and punishing us around decisions to be pregnant or not be pregnant.
Of course, rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today.