Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @GretaThunberg: This is what it’s all about. And yet, basically no one has even seen these figures. We need to communicate this everywhe… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@amber_jane_9 The way it was explained to me was that it defuses fights. When individuals debate hot button issues in the second person ex. “you are hurting people!”, debate can devolve quickly as opposed to being forced to say “my colleague’s assertion of X is insulting to Y community” — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

The House has a full staff of parliamentarians to help members with all of this. It’s a very important job! Another rule is that members aren’t really allowed to speak in the 2nd person on the House floor/ in committee. That is why people who aren’t friends say “my good friend” — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Sometimes being a new member of the House feels like being in Hogwarts. There are lots of arcane parliamentary phrases (I jokingly call them “magic spells”) one can learn to speak on the floor or gain exceptions. Deep knowledge of these rules is rare but can be powerful. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This phrase is spoken during markups, which are different from hearings. In markups, members are debating the actual written substance of legislation - be it a bill, or (in this case) articles. “Strike the last word” means you’re adding a pro forma amendment & using it to talk. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This phrase is spoken during markups, which are different from hearings. In markups, members are debating the actual written substance of legislation - be it a bill, or (in this case) articles. “Strike the last word” means you’re adding a pro forma amendment & using it to talk. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This phrase is spoken during markups, which are different from hearings. In markups, members are debating the actual written substance of legislation - be it a bill, or (in this case) articles. “Strike the last word” means you’re adding a pro forma amendment & using it to talk. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@PreetBharara Usual markup debate rules mean that each amendment can only be debated for 10 minutes (5 for & against). “Strike the last word” is the magic spell to talk beyond that. This can create an endless cycle sometimes, bc one side rarely wants to allow the other to get the last word. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@PreetBharara This phrase is spoken during markups, which are different from hearings. In markups, members are debating the actual written substance of legislation - be it a bill, or (in this case) articles. “Strike the last word” means you’re adding a pro forma amendment & using it to talk. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Because nothing says “mature temperament” like getting rankled by a 16 year old activist. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @BerniceKing: I never intend to adjust myself to injustice. “I’m proud to be maladjusted.” https://t.co/TFBiWBy6Xc — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This video is about the UK, but it might as well have been produced about the United States. The hoarding of wealth by the few is coming at the cost of peoples’ lives. The only way we change is with a massive surge of *new* voters at the polls. UK, Vote! https://t.co/N5JYaVGCBs — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @GretaThunberg: Every election is a climate election. Vote for your children. Vote for the planet. Vote for future generations. Vote for… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

If you think I’m joking about the spa weekend bit, I’m not! One of the sneaky and most corrupting aspects of lobbying is to court a members’ staff - especially their chief. It just happened earlier this year with lobbyists fighting Medicare for All: https://t.co/Xp3rq8Y1XW — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Health insurance costs have gone up *20%* in the past year. This is the healthcare system of “choice” that so many politicians are committed to protecting with small, incremental tweaks. Meanwhile, Big Pharma & insurance lobbyists treat Congressional staffers to spa weekends. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @mikedebonis: If you are not digging the impeachment markup, @AOC is doing a tour of the Capitol Dome on her Insta story and it's quite… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

What does a Green New Deal mean for housing? How do we center jobs AND justice with ambitious industrial policy to save our planet? Watch and see. ⬇️ (Narrated by @TedDanson, produced by @TheLeap_Org) https://t.co/abYKumqA1f — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Incredible, inspiring, and well-deserved. The time for climate action and youth movements is now. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @mannyfidel: Fox News shows have been using white supremacist language. Here's how: https://t.co/TsWbVoMSca — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

“Immigrants are dirty” is a lazy, tired, racist trope. Secondly, environmental injustice is a major motivation as to why we introduced and wrote the Green New Deal the way we did in the first place. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

I go back and forth on whether to go on Fox News. The main reason I haven’t is squaring the fact that the ad revenue from it bankrolls a white supremacist sympathizer to broadcast an hour-long production of unmitigated racism, without any accountability whatsoever. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CPDAction: *taps mic* The votes are in and it is official! The @CPDAction network will endorse @BernieSanders for President in the… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This is a big deal. Thank you @CPDAction for endorsing @BernieSanders for President! Together we will fight for an advanced, multiracial society that centers the working class. Thrilled to be in this together 🌹 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianschatz: My nationality is American. https://t.co/RezgcK4IZd — PolitiTweet.org

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@IndyaMoore Me too. 💜 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @Maria_Hinojosa: Basics of journalism in an authoritarian regime. Do not repeat propaganda. Do not give lies a platform. Do not give “bo… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @RashidaTlaib: He doesn't win Michigan. #NotMeUs https://t.co/nu1bjT50tV — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CREDOMobile: WATCH: Rep. @AOC shows exactly why our country needs paid family and medical leave. 👇 All people deserve to be treated wit… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Yes! And equal paternity/parental leave is just as critical. Non-birthing parents are JUST as important.We have to end the stigma that only birthing parents should take time off. It takes a village. Leave isn’t only about physical recovery; it’s about starting life as a family. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @BernieSanders: I don’t want us to just go back to where we were before Trump. I want us to ask some hard questions that we as a nation… — PolitiTweet.org