Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @AOC: And as someone who has now experienced many parts of the insurance spectrum (being uninsured, underinsured, and adequately insured… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

And as someone who has now experienced many parts of the insurance spectrum (being uninsured, underinsured, and adequately insured) I don’t see how anyone can think our current healthcare system only needs a 10% improvement or a just few tweaks. We need #MedicareForAll. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

While I am VERY thankful to finally have health insurance, it is a moral outrage that it took me *getting elected to Congress* for that to happen. The US needs to become an advanced society. That includes establishing healthcare as a right to all people. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Members of Congress also have to buy their plans off the exchange. They are Gold plans that are partially subsidized. That means I get to “choose” btwn 66 complex financial products. This is absurd. No person should go without healthcare, &no one should go through this, either. https://t.co/bIeD71CD5g — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

And to our constituents in NY - you have until Jan 31st to enroll, but tonight is the deadline for your insurance to kick in on 1/1! Do it here: https://t.co/oM59nhveTV — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

For those who can’t afford it, I feel you. I went uninsured for years bc I made “too much” for a subsidy, but couldn’t afford ~$200/mo for a $7000 deductible. A coworker went through her entire pregnancy uninsured.That nightmare is a major reason why I fight for #MedicareForAll. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Reminder: tonight is the deadline for open enrollment - that time of the year we are reminded of how amazing “choice” is in our insurance system (😂). For today, get insured if you can at https://t.co/oM59nhveTV For tomorrow, end healthcare profiteering with #MedicareForAll. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

(IS125 in Woodside/Sunnyside!) — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

For anyone who wants to run away from Santacon, my monthly town hall starts at 4pm 😉 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

By pulling out of the Paris Agreement, Trump gave up his seat at the table for global climate negotiations a long time ago. He’s a glorified fossil fuel lobbyist sabotaging the effort to save our future. Yet he’s not the only one - there are plenty more in our gov & abroad. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @billmckibben: When the UN is kicking out protesters, not polluters, from the climate talks, you get a sense of why things are going off… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

An utter failure. #COP25 & conferences like it are intended to be actual negotiations to urgently drawdown global carbon emissions - not cocktail parties to make politicians feel better about themselves as they squash dissent & sell off our futures to fossil fuel interests. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @GregJKrieg: New: After a year on the job, here’s @AOC on what she’s learned about how power’s won, lost and used in DC ... how she spen… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RepPressley: Criminal INjustice is the denial of people's most basic human rights. We need a #JusticeGuarantee to set national standar… — PolitiTweet.org

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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 — PolitiTweet.org

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

RT @HirokoTabuchi: To the naked eye, there was nothing out of the ordinary at the oil and gas sites @jonah_kessel and I visited in West Tex… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @AsteadWesley: There's also a broader political point about the way TV shapes the respective bases. Dem punditry is mostly the establish… — 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