This is a cruel policy change, and this fits a pattern that we have been seeing over and over again before this committee of a culture and an of policies specifically almost animated by cruelty.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “This is a cruel policy change, and this fits a pattern that we have been seeing over and over again before this…”
On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
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Ocasio-Cortez criticizes policies targeting vulnerable individuals as cruel.
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