“a stunning failure of leadership”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
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On the recordFebruary 4, 2020
The inadequacy of the existing poverty calculation is that it is too low, not that it is too high.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez argues that the poverty threshold should be higher, not lower.

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