Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

“Banks are acutely sensitive about their reputations because they are in a business acutely susceptible... if consumers vote with their wallets.” Economic activism (ex: the fossil fuel divestment mvmt we saw at Standing Rock, and pressuring business re: assault rifles) works. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Gotta love how the same folks who tolerate+ acquiesce to building a medieval wall along the entire US southern border as a (non-evidence based) solution for a “crisis” that doesn’t exist are now suddenly concerned that pursuing a nat’l response to climate change is “unrealistic.” — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

The #GreenNewDeal is a positive vision - a roadmap - for our future. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @justicedems: "If we're going to make progress, we need to declare our North Star, and our North Star is 100% renewable energy, it's Med… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

These are flood risk maps for THIS YEAR. The time to have *already begun implementing* a #GreenNewDeal was a year ago. The next best time is now. It’s far less costly to get shovels in the ground now, before disaster, w just transitions, infra investment, & good,dignified jobs. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @SpeakerPelosi: Now that Special Counsel Mueller has submitted his report to the Attorney General, it is imperative for Mr. Barr to make… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Folks often try to make this convo abt members from mod, swing districts. We get that those members do what they need to rep. But many members of Congress got there via safe primaries. It’s how many working people, women, + poc folks overcome institutional bias to get elected. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

The 🐘 in the room here is big money & lobbyist donors. Our current system incentivizes *all,* no matter the party, to place big donors before voters. No primaries means lobbyist💰will have even *more* influence over policy, bc voters will have one less avenue to pursue change. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

The majority of Americans live in safe districts, where gen election isn’t competitive. By stymieing primaries, yo… https://t.co/YkaAmIBlnn — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

When I ran, the existing Dem tech was so obsolete that we developed our own canvassing app. It was so good it spun… https://t.co/FrZ2hf1O04 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @jessicaramos: Hey, @AQE_NY! Look who I ran into. @AOC and I know we need to #FundCFE now! Our children need the $4B they are owed to re… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

During orientation, @RepJayapal invited me to her place for some boxed soup. We talked about #MedicareForAll & navigating dbl standards. She’s the real deal, a serious policy mind that cares abt people. Pramila Jayapal isn’t just a leader for ‘women of color.’ She’s a leader. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

When your bodega cat is also a bachata cat: https://t.co/KZTeKXnkuL — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Mirror mirror, on the wall Who’s the fairest bodega cat of them all? Mirror: The calico on E Tremont 🏆🐈 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@HillaryClinton !!! — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

You know, instead of training children, teachers, houses of faith, & concertgoers to prep for being shot, we could just: -Pass Universal Background checks (#HR8!) -Disarm domestic abusers -Mandate safe storage -Ban bump stocks, semiautos, & high cap mags designed to kill people — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

(As always, shout out to CA’s Rep @RoKhanna for being so on point.) — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

When we choose NOT to establish healthcare as a right (including mental health!) it spills over + compounds the costs of homelessness, mass incarceration, & police confrontation. None of these issues would be as dire or costly if we prioritized mental health in policy + culture. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Excited to join @LateNightSeth tonight to talk about the #GreenNewDeal! You can catch me here, or if you’re local come to tonight’s Community Board 9 meeting 😉 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @TIME: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addressed a Christchurch school that lost students to the mosque shootings https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@ryangrim (For the record, it was a bar stool) — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This is a small-big thing, but shout out to TIME and Collier Schorr for getting my skin tone right in this photo. ⭐️ It’s the little things that make a big difference, a lot of people see + appreciate it — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This is progress, and there is still work to do. There should not be a for-profit industry behind the detention and incarceration of human beings. The US locks up more people than anywhere else in the world, incl China. For-profit caging shouldn’t be legal in the first place. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Huge update: JP Morgan & Wells Fargo have announced that they will no longer fund private prisons. How did this happen? Through organizing people & public pressure! Everyday folks began paying attention to who was funding for-profit prisons & family separation,+ acted on it. ⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @_waleedshahid: The reason FOX News + Breitbart attack @AOC, @IlhanMN, @RashidaTlaib so much is because Rupert Murdoch and Robert Mercer… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Yes, and this is not just my story - this is true of wide swaths of our entire generation, who are now poised to become a much more influential civic + electoral bloc as we mature into our 30s & beyond. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

You know what’s amusing about this whole thing? Our leg staff (who help w Qs) *also* worked in restaurants, grew up in Appalachian trailer parks, and come from immigrant families. Wait until they find out I actually PAY them to do their jobs, coach them myself,& offer feedback. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Last year, I woke up to organize w/ my community & waitressed to make ends meet. Today, staggeringly, I woke up to this. I believe in an America where all things are possible. Where a basic, dignified life isn’t a dream, but a norm. That’s why I got up then,& why I get up now. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Sandy Hook happened 6 years ago and we can’t even get the Senate to hold a vote on universal background checks w/ #HR8. Christchurch happened, and within days New Zealand acted to get weapons of war out of the consumer market. This is what leadership looks like ⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org