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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “I think, right now, we are in such a crisis in our economy, a crisis of inequality, that it is going to take a level of…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2023
I think, right now, we are in such a crisis in our economy, a crisis of inequality, that it is going to take a level of political and popular support unlike that that we've seen in a strike situation like this in recent and modern history in order for us to get a breakthrough.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the autoworkers strike and economic inequality.

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