Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

People are going to go hungry.

I think this is one of the saddest days in modern American history.

The cap on that is $25,000, while you’re jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the United States.

As one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, the promise was little more than a scam.

And they have the audacity to try to brand this as Christian. What does that word even mean to them? Wearing a necklace?

Voting to starve babies. The disabled. The poor.

House Republicans: Voting for cuts to *every single American* on SNAP in exchange for some signed merch.

80 million dollars of overpayments in Medicare Advantage

So if you’re at home and you’re living off tips, you do the math. Is that worth it to you? Losing all your health care? Not able to feed your babies? Not being able to put a diaper on their bottom, in exchange for what?

On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I wanna tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there.

It explodes our national debt. It militarizes our entire economy. And it strips away health care and the basic dignity of the American people for what? To give Elon Musk a tax break?

This bill represents — in the text of this bill — the largest and greatest loss of health care in American history.

It doesn’t take a smart person to know if you’re being lied to.

He says he doesn’t think I’m too much of a smart person.

This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt, it militarizes our entire economy, and it strips away healthcare and basic dignity of the American people. For what? To give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the…

President Trump, you're either being lied to or you are lying, because this bill represents... the largest and greatest loss of healthcare in American history.

You should be ashamed.

It explodes our national debt, it militarizes our entire economy, and it strips away healthcare and basic dignity of the American people.

This bill is a deal with the devil.

Congratulations,@ZohranKMamdani! Your dedication to an affordable, welcoming, and safe New York City where working families can have a shot has inspired people across the city.

You can't ignore the base anymore.

Proof that working-class politics can't be bought.

Mr. President, don’t take your anger out on me—I’m just a silly girl. Take it out on whoever convinced you to betray the American people and our Constitution by illegally bombing Iran and dragging us into war. It took you only 5 months to…

Congratulations, @ZohranKMamdani! Your dedication to an affordable, welcoming, and safe New York City where working families can have a shot has inspired people across the city. Billionaires and lobbyists poured millions against you and…

Mr. President, don’t take your anger out on me – I’m just a silly girl.