We all share the goals of having as low a crime rate as possible [but] rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We all share the goals of having as low a crime rate as possible [but] rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we…”
On the recordAugust 19, 2026
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Discussing past rhetoric on crime and policing.
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