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On the recordOctober 20, 2021
the idea of a current package where we are debating means testing, modest investments, and minimized climate action as socialist is an insult to both socialists, specifically, and the general public's intelligence, generally.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez defends the Build Back Better Act against claims of it being socialist.

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