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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “What I believe that the President and the Democratic Party needs to come to terms with is that this is not just a crisis…”

On the recordJune 27, 2022
What I believe that the President and the Democratic Party needs to come to terms with is that this is not just a crisis of Roe. This is a crisis of our democracy. I do believe that there has been a weak democratic strategy in the past, and we cannot continue to use those same playbooks right now, as I say is that this is overtime for our democracy, and we must be aggressive.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez emphasizes the need for the Democratic Party to adopt a more aggressive strategy in response to the crisis surrounding Roe v. Wade, framing it as a broader crisis for democracy.

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