Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually said...

the disenfranchisement of Puerto Ricans is rooted in the history--the colonial and imperialist history that we have had

I have family that have been born without the right to a Federal vote and I have family that... have died without the right to vote.

to deny the statehood of the District of Columbia is to deny the impact of slavery in America.

We need to give people in the District of Columbia the right to vote.