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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she gained national attention for her progressive policies and advocacy on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and economic inequality. Ocasio-Cortez is known for her grassroots campaigning and her ability to mobilize young voters, making her a prominent figure in the progressive wing of the party.

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Jul 2, 2026

And I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning. And I think that Abdul gives us that right now.

washingtonexaminer.com
Jul 2, 2026

Despite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential,

washingtonexaminer.com
Jul 1, 2026

I mean, you know, I hope he (Vance) is. That’s what I’ll say.

huffpost.com
Jun 30, 2026

In my community, in my district, the conclusion is pretty clear.

commondreams.org
Jun 30, 2026

You're going to see, I think, people voting for new leadership and to change their representation.

foxnews.com
Jun 30, 2026

This is a crisis for so many people, and it’s a crisis for everyday middle-class people.

huffpost.com
Jun 30, 2026

No, they are making it worse because what the Trump administration is doing is that they are entering sweetheart deal after sweetheart deal.

huffpost.com
Jun 30, 2026

I mean, he ― we all know he clears a room, right? So, it’s not news that we’re breaking there.

huffpost.com
Jun 28, 2026

We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big and we need to be instituting consumer protections for people.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

The CHIPS Act was passed before we saw this huge development in AI, so the CHIPS Act was really passed before data centers were a thing, so it wasn’t designed to anticipate the huge amount of supply that these centers are sucking up.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

The problem that we have is that these big companies think they are governments. They want to be governments. They want to have totally unchecked power.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

We are subsidizing a lot of these pieces of these AI data centers.

foxnews.com
Jun 28, 2026

Mike Johnson saying the quiet part out loud: protect the powerful. Screw everyone else.

commondreams.org
Jun 28, 2026

What he wants to do is create—or rather, not even create, because it’s already been created—but protect a class of impunity in America that says, 'You can commit whatever crime, and so long as you pay a check to us, we will protect you.'

commondreams.org
Jun 28, 2026

If you don’t want to be prosecuted for crimes, don’t do crimes.

commondreams.org
Jun 26, 2026

It's not only about our substantive positions, but also how we organize and run as well.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

I’m sorry I'm not going to be breaking any news here as I consider what's going to happen in the future.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

I think it's really sad because these decisions are targeting exactly the kind of people that Republican voters said that they did not want targeted in the Trump administration's immigration policy.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

calling it 'a real betrayal of President Trump's promise.'

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

I’m definitely inspired and encouraged by all the new faces that we're going to be sending to the states and to Congress next year.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

This decision to overturn TPS targets nurses, it targets health care workers, it targets domestic workers, cleaners, people who work in restaurants.

foxnews.com
Jun 25, 2026

I mean, when you defund science research, when you don’t really understand the first thing about science, yeah, they talked a bunch of smack.

huffpost.com
Jun 25, 2026

They said they had to repaint the pool and now they’ve turned the place into a swamp. They turned it into an actual swamp.

huffpost.com
Jun 24, 2026

Could I be president? Could I not be president? Maybe, maybe not,

foxnews.com

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