Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “When you’re in a position of power like she is, you can’t just talk the talk, but you also have to walk the walk.”

In the political context that we're in, in an administration that is dedicated to politicizing women's bodies and taking our choices away from us and punishing us around decisions to be pregnant or not be pregnant.

During this time, and especially during COVID, there was a huge opening of the Overton window.

Right. I think that a lot of these races, even right now, they’ll have a tendency to be nationalized. … But these races, ultimately, are local, and all politics are local.

“This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” Ocasio-Cortez explained.