Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war. It is a deep shame that US leaders chose to tear gas our own people last week. It should never, ever happen again. This week I’m joining @RepMarkTakano & @RepChuyGarcia to introduce a National Ban on Tear Gas: https://t.co/95G7ugsA38 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

The irony of this period is that Black and Brown residents were blamed for burning their own community, when they were the ones who rebuilt it. If you want to learn more about this piece of history, the documentary @decadeoffire is a great place to start. https://t.co/raRw1asTfk — PolitiTweet.org

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In case anyone wonders why we go so hard in Congress: Bronx landlords used set their own buildings on fire w/ families inside for insurance payouts. I grew up w my dad telling me stories about friends he lost. Social and economic justice isn’t a game to us. It’s life and death. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wow. — PolitiTweet.org

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This young woman’s testimony about her father’s role in her life,& how she’s marching for George Floyd’s daughter, moved me. I felt this way about my dad,too. The father-daughter bond is a formative one for many. Thank you @RuschellBoone for sharing the humanity of this moment. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abbydphillip: Absentee ballot mystery: Georgia says 96% of ballots that were requested were delivered. Voters and local officials repor… — PolitiTweet.org

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Everyone in the streets combating racism has Tucker “Chicken Heir” Carlson so mad he’s accusing Elmo of being Antifa 😂 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarcelaforNy: I‘m a working class, indigenous Peruvian mother + tenant organizer. Before 2018, running for office was unthinkable for m… — PolitiTweet.org

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These lines are not showing up as a consistent failure across the state. They are happening in majority-BIPOC precincts ⬇️ https://t.co/VFbUZu6SFI — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans don’t want vote by mail bc it chips away at their ability to do exactly this: target and disenfranchise Black voters and people of color. These scenes are specifically happening in Black communities, not white ones. This is BY DESIGN,& it’s their test run for Nov ⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brhodes: This is not a democracy. It's also the Republican strategy for November. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanRather: So much news today, but don't overlook the voting debacle happening right now in Georgia. This is a dire wakeup call for Nov… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lbarronlopez: Took @MsLaToshaBrown 3hrs to vote today in GA. Then Brown drove over to predominantly white polling site in Atl suburbs… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IlhanMN: In 2016 when I ran against a 44yr incumbent, people told me saying #BlackLivesMattters was wrong messaging and I would lose.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbouie: an election where people are waiting for 7 or 8 hours to cast a ballot is not a free and fair election — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NYWFP: This moment was made possible by the Black organizers and allies who spent decades organizing to end police secrecy and violence… — PolitiTweet.org

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Any New Yorker can tell you that this group does not look representative of the NYPD at all. Most NYPD patrol officers are Black, Latino, or Asian American - and the overall force is about 1/5 women. So what’s going on here? 👀⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

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Asking for a country — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AyannaPressley: Yes, it’s possible to legislate justice & accountability and write budgets that actually value Black lives. If it feels… — PolitiTweet.org

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@yuhline Because you’re awesome and NY is lucky to have you in the assembly! — PolitiTweet.org

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Our first slate of New York primary endorsements is out today! 🗳 New York: The primary election is on June 23rd. Early voting starts THIS Saturday, June 13th! Check https://t.co/dVZwJAic7m to find your early polling location. https://t.co/BY0MMb9xDl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JulianCastro: District attorneys are on notice: if you don’t have the courage to support change and to hold police officers accountable… — PolitiTweet.org

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Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) is running for Senate & building the kind of principled, inclusive, and winning coalition in Kentucky that can inspire positive change. The US Senate will be a better place with him in it. I’m proud to endorse him. Let’s go: https://t.co/yocF7U9Os5 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Eugene_Scott: Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old Buffalo man shoved by two 30-something police officers, is a member of PUSH Buffalo, which… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JamaalBowmanNY Wouldn’t have it any other way 💪🏽💜 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @heatherscope: “It is not crazy for black and brown communities to want what white people have already given themselves and that is fund… — PolitiTweet.org

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Not long ago, “Black Lives Matter” was *also* a rallying cry for justice that politicians worried polled too poorly, was too “divisive” & required “too much explanation.” Now Mitt Romney is saying it. Progress is a process. It’s normal to work through discomfort along the way. — PolitiTweet.org

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@obrien Perhaps a bad choice to your aims & focus It’s been an excellent choice for the organizers who have been trying to prompt a national convo for years about multibillion-dollar police depts. “Refund” or “reallocate” didn’t do that. “Defund” did. BLM had similar early resistance. — PolitiTweet.org

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And by the way, the fact that ppl are scrambling to repackage this whole conversation to make it palatable for largely affluent, white suburban “swing” voters again points to how much more electoral & structural power these communities have relative to others Just for awareness! — PolitiTweet.org