Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

I am SO PROUD of our families, students, & volunteers stepping up to support our Homework Helpers program.🌟 Normally, 1-on-1 tutoring is a luxury mostly reserved for the privileged. But community volunteers are changing that, helping so many families along the way. Thank you! — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @cbenavidesTV: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has launched a free virtual homework helper program for her district. As families struggle… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

If Congress needs to spend Christmas on the House floor, so be it. People are getting kicked out of their homes. This help should not be partisan nor controversial. It is disgusting that the Senate GOP is holding financial help hostage to gain immunity for corps to harm workers. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

I will not vote for a COVID package that doesn’t include survival payments and unemployment relief for the American people. It’s a red line. It’s also common sense. Sick + tired of Mitch McConnell & the GOP playing games with peoples’ lives for corporate handouts. It ends here. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Sex work is work. The federal gov has done almost nothing to help people in months. We must pass stimulus checks, UI, small biz relief, hospital funding, etc. Keep the focus of shame there, not on marginalizing people surviving a pandemic without help. https://t.co/eYib7310Rs — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Yeaaaah that’s not gonna work — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @justicedems: .@AOC, @JamaalBowmanNY, and @CoriBush were nominated to run for Congress because their communities wanted a bolder and mor… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @AyannaPressley: Survival checks now. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@foxxyllama Just DMd you. Stay strong and hang in there! — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Tax 💸 the 💸 Rich 💸 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@SamAdlerBell Please share with your mother my gratitude for her advocacy! 💞 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

It’s neither. I represent Corona. It has an extremely high concentration of frontline, essential, & immigrant workers. Our people are the ones who ride subways hours to clean houses, deliver takeout, etc w/o insurance & left out of relief. It’s not a mystery, it’s inequality. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@WilsonGWhitener @jacobinmag Over decades, House rules/process has shifted towards extreme concentration of power in House leadership (of both parties). That’s why you increasingly see leg negotiated by a handful of top ppl behind a closed door rather than by many publicly @justinamash talks a lot abt this — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@jacobinmag Ppl may think it’s just personalities that block floor votes. But it’s not just that. There are structural blocks (yes, placed by conservative Dems) we must unravel. Attn can be useful (GND protests in Speaker’s office!) but it’s 1 tool. M4A organizers are pressing diff avenues — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@jacobinmag Great ideas. Some more: - Secure a PAYGO waiver for Medicare for All (&other 🔑 bills) - Negotiate for top progressives in key positions to help break blockages on prog leg - Change House rules for structural shifts to democratize power These changes can shift power for YEARS — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@nypost Leave her alone. The actual scandalous headline here is “Medics in the United States need two jobs to survive” — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@CarolynMcC @matthewstoller Also thank you for caring about PAYGO! It’s a big deal. And yes, PAYGO is 💩 but so much of the party is stuck on it. There needs to be a LOT of organizing around it — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@CarolynMcC @matthewstoller We won’t know for a while. Bc so many diff things are traded & negotiated (committee appts, vote commits, rule changes, etc), things tend to crystallize at the end. I can say for sure we are pushing for PAYGO exemptions on flagship leg, but we don’t know how it’ll finalize yet — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@matthewstoller Last term progs got the 1st-ever Congressional hearing in history on Medicare for All, allowing for markup. That happened despite thrashing opposition from other Dems. But it goes both ways. Progs do withhold, but Conservative Dems also do to block. The numbers matter — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@matthewstoller “They aren’t demanding anything” is an assumption - and a false one. These structural negotiations happen, they just aren’t live-tweeted. These negotiations started months ago, & include House rules, PAYGO exemptions, committee makeup, vote commitments, investigations, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@kishineff @J_ManPrime21 Because we did! We were successfully able to bring $15 min/wage to a floor vote this term and secured the votes to pass it in the House. & I’m not saying we shouldn’t have a M4A vote - I’m saying this 1 specific lev moment can be used in other ways https://t.co/IiWSpSFhX5 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

https://t.co/IHJYkGSNfJ — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

And what money are you going to buy that ticket with, Perdue? The curiously “well-timed” stocks you’ve cashed in on while in office? — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

And what money are you going to buy that ticket with, Purdue? The curiously “well-timed” stocks you’ve cashed in on while in office? https://t.co/kG5JREPURc — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@MichaelSalamone Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate your kind and understanding words. My hope is to be able to engage in debates about approach in good faith, without jumping to cynical accusation whenever there is genuine question & discourse. That’s part of being in struggle together. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@J_ManPrime21 I respect that. And in an important way, they are on the record - there are 118 House Dems who have publicly signed onto guaranteed healthcare during this term. They are listed here: https://t.co/zURFkP7Siy — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@EoinHiggins_ @J_ManPrime21 I think the question is diff btwn holding the vote vs threatening Dem control to hold the vote. Not opposed a floor vote. But “leverage” argument is do you use lev to secure an immediate $15 wage,elevate good ppl to key spots for 2 yrs,etc or hold 1 vote we don’t have votes for? — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@J_ManPrime21 “Why aren’t they there?” is the real Q! We watched the presidential debates and saw how many fiercely defend our for-profit insurance system. But know that the movement pressure - positive support, primaries, popularity, organizing, etc IS working. More cosponsors now than ever — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@colinkalmbacher @J_ManPrime21 I agree we need more than $15 now. We have a shot to raise min wage to $15 in the immediate term if we flip the Senate and then push for more equitable pay so we don’t have to rely on Congress manually increasing min wage once a generation as people get left behind — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@ShibaRooRoo @J_ManPrime21 @jimmy_dore If you want to know what Dems are opposed to M4A, look at the list of cosponsors. If your rep isn’t on it, you can ask them why not. https://t.co/zURFkP7Siy — PolitiTweet.org