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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.

Quotes by year · 2018–20261,948 total · peak 2019 (492)
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Jan 15, 2021

Wednesday was an extremely traumatizing event, and it is not an exaggeration to say that many, many members of the house were nearly assassinated.

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Jan 15, 2021

I, myself, did not even feel safe going to the -- that extraction point because there were QAnon and white supremacist sympathizers and frankly white supremacist members of Congress in that extraction point who I know and who I have felt…

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Jan 13, 2021

It is not an exaggeration to say that many, many members of the House were nearly assassinated.

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Dec 22, 2020

I don't want to ask my constituents to take a vaccine if I'm not going to take it.

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Dec 16, 2020

I mean, I I think so. I mean, the question is like, this year, for example, the hesitancy that I have is that I'm -- I want to make sure that if we're pointing people in a direction that we have a plan. And my concern, and this I…

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Dec 15, 2020

You have an individual appointment here, an individual appointment there. What is the overall message from the big picture and this entire cabinet put together?

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Dec 1, 2020

I do think it is important that we discuss this because you are bringing it up as the main rationale as to why you are kind of bringing these funds back into the Exchange Stabilization Fund.

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Nov 12, 2020

To your knowledge, did the president ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company?

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Oct 26, 2020

You know, listen, there is no place in the United States of America where two, three, four hour waits to vote is acceptable. And just because it's happening in a blue state doesn't mean that it's not voter suppression.

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Oct 6, 2020

This is also about Lindsey Graham. This is about Mitch McConnell. This is about Susan Collins.

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Oct 6, 2020

There is -- the Fed is basically telling us that there is no program too big that we could authorize. We cannot effectively spend enough right now.

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Oct 6, 2020

Not only that, but he's also directly conflicting himself today. He retweeted the Federal Chairman Jerome Powell, which is saying that Congress cannot do enough when it comes to critical economic indicators like inflation, when it looks at…

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Oct 6, 2020

Now, if we decide and if the president and the GOP follow through with walking away from COVID relief, we are looking at one of -- we are staring down the barrel at one of the largest mass eviction crises in the history of this country…

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Oct 6, 2020

The president and the Republican Party are walking away from getting any COVID stimulus relief done, effectively endangering millions after they themselves got COVID and enjoyed free socialized health care, also they can push through an…

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Oct 6, 2020

The government could help but we choose not to.

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Oct 6, 2020

The American people by almost a 3 to 1 margin prefer for Congress to work on a new COVID relief measure before the election rather than trying to install the new judge on the Supreme Court.

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Sep 29, 2020

So, Mr. Schultz, why is the price of Copaxone so much higher for people with multiple sclerosis in the United States than those in other countries?

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Sep 29, 2020

And while Teva was forced to put pressure, was forced to lower the price in Europe, in that same two-year period, the company raised the price on U.S. multiple sclerosis patients by 60 percent.

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Sep 29, 2020

The daily net price of Copaxone 20-milligram was just $29 in Spain, $33 in Canada, $40 in Germany. But it was more than double that, $97, in the United States.

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Sep 29, 2020

Even with charging those lower prices, does Teva turn a profit in Europe?

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Sep 29, 2020

But that is quite all right, thank you. Thankfully, we do know, and the answer is that it was.

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Sep 28, 2020

I think it is important that we talk about the legal mechanisms by which--kind of that perpetuate this issue.

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Sep 28, 2020

We have to stop asking about how--if White supremacy in policing exists, and I think we need to start figuring out how we can better determine the scale of this problem.

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Sep 28, 2020

Far too much of the discussion around the issue of White supremacist infiltration in policing focuses on whether this problem exists at all, and we have known for generations that it is not a question about whether this problem is an…

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Sep 28, 2020

Congress, as well, has been complicit, and our silence has allowed for more violence and continued generational trauma in our communities.

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