I am here to rise to say that it does. Our work here matters. Our example matters. There is meaning in our service. And as leaders in this country, when we incite violence with depictions against our colleagues, that trickles down into violence in this country.
Ocasio-Cortez defends the importance of their work and the consequences of inciting violence.
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There have to be consequences to these votes, and we have to decide if this is just a joke or just for TV, or if this is our real lives. And I hope people vote like it’s our real life.
Are we going to do something or are we going to argue over rhetoric? … We have to pass gun safety legislation and stop this… People can finger point all they want.
And they have the audacity to try to brand this as Christian. What does that word even mean to them? Wearing a necklace?
What initially drew me to [the Democratic Socialists of America] was the fact that they showed up everywhere that I showed up.
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