Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Freedom is both political and economic.

Brothers and sisters, these drum majors for justice, just as you all and countless others today, were not handed a movement. They have always had to build one.

We must ensure that the construction of new data centers does not come at the expense of our communities.

Scenes from New York: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) just renewed her lapsed membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) after a seven-year hiatus.

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.

The fear of speaking up, the deeply bitter and toxic division is the crumbling of our rights and protections.

Beyond elections, our task is to build community. Block associations, volunteer groups, church organizations, PTAs, activist organizations because community is the most powerful building block we have to defeat authoritarianism and root…

Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids. We’re taking the reins.

At a time when powerful special interests are making life harder for everyday Americans, Massachusetts working families need a champion in the U.S. Senate to stand up for them and fight corporate greed.

Woke 1 was crazyyyyy.

They are not beholden to any corporate interest or any party boss, and they are completely independent, which allows them to be responsible to their communities and the people that elected them.

I think that, you know, during lockdown, of course, rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today.

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.

During the pandemic, the doors were really open in trying to entertain any and every policy that was going to get us to a better place.

Woke One was crazy

There was a huge opening of the Overton window during the pandemic.

“My insurance does not cover one penny of this,” the congresswoman said.

“I think it’s badass that I’m gonna be giving myself shots in the green room, get my glam on, roll out, talk international events, domestic policy, elections, pop out, live my life, do my thing,” she said on Instagram.

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

Don’t be weird about this,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “even though I know all of you will be.

I have a local city councilman that has this saying: ‘Woke 1 was crazy’… especially during Covid, I think that the doors were really open in trying to entertain any and every policy that was going to get us to a better place.

I think it's important to recognize that people evolve and change their views over time.

Anything is possible at this juncture.

My insurance does not cover one penny of this.

I think it’s important for us as leaders to have these conversations and share these processes, especially for working women across the country, and normalize them.