Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "The idea and this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke because it is a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 4, 2020

The idea and this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke because it is a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap.

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Ocasio-Cortez critiques the unrealistic notion of self-sufficiency in poverty.

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