Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@ItsTanbirC @biancagguerrero Chances are lower now, but still exist. Earlier we were set to pass both BIF + BBB this week. Now we don’t know. Some may think these are 2 totally different bills, but they are drafted to be interlocking. Many BIF climate benefits only unlock if BBB passes. Stakes are very high — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

@biancagguerrero 👍🏽 I got you — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @ryangrim: > @AOC says a vote on the rule without the full bill is insufficient to get her to vote for the BIF today — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JaredHuffman: No, you should be very surprised if that happens. Because it's not going to happen. — PolitiTweet.org

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Welcome to “Who’s a Deficit Hawk Anyway?”, where the debt concerns are made up and the CBO scores don’t matter — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brutamerica: Faced with crushing debt, some committed suicide. Dozens of them went on hunger strike in a desperate call for help. Here… — PolitiTweet.org

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Can’t wait for the full on slammed news cycle about how conservative Dems held up Biden’s bill the week of the elections for sudden demands for CBO scores and tax cuts for people with $1 million+ incomes 🙄 won’t hold my breath for it though — PolitiTweet.org

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And before people disingenuously complain “woke” is denigrating to older people, it’s actually pundits like Carville using terms like “woke” to insult voters under 45 that’s denigrating. Don’t wonder why youth turnout falls when Dems talk about them like this. We need everyone. — PolitiTweet.org

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Like the average audience for people seriously using the word “woke” in a 2021 political discussion are James Carville and Fox News pundits so that should tell you all you need to know — PolitiTweet.org

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How can news outlets even attribute words to me I didn’t say? I said there are limits to trying to mobilize a campaign with a 100% moderate strategy without mobilizing the base. Said nothing abt “wokeness” which is a term almost exclusively used by older people these days btw — PolitiTweet.org

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Boom!! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ggreeneva: “The massive labor shortage that’s rocked the U.S. … hasn’t had much impact on UPS, which pays its unionized drivers the hig… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WSpriggs: Will the press PLEASE stop referring to the Care economy infrastructure as "social spending." It is a sexist pejorative to co… — PolitiTweet.org

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@maxeverett11 Yes. I am not one to attribute voting shifts entirely to one thing, but this is a huge factor. — PolitiTweet.org

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So for all the English-only pundits out there who want to wax ideological poetic about Latino polling numbers, please understand that what’s happening now is way beyond a scale most English-only speakers can see. WaPo reported on it few days ago: https://t.co/GzFfOslUic — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again: Spanish-language misinformation campaigns are absolutely exploding on social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. It’s putting US English misinfo campaigns to shame. & they aren’t getting disclaimers the way English posts do. — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyways next time people say we don’t have money for basic services, know it’s disingenuous. I would respect it (even if I disagreed) if those people were consistent, but they are the same ones pushing military spending sprees and corporate giveaways every damn time. It’s gross — PolitiTweet.org

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Last year in CARES alone the corporate bailout was a leveraged value of $4 TRILLION, which is over 2x what we’re trying to invest in BBB over 10 years! I railed about it at the time and the right wing made a thing about it but I was pissed! Sorry language https://t.co/AtK7PlBO5M — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Last year in CARES alone the corporate bailout was a leveraged value of $4 TRILLION, which is over 2x what we’re trying to invest in BBB for over 10 years!! I railed about it at the time and the right wing mocked me (boo hoo) or whatever but I was pissed https://t.co/sedegNe9Bj — PolitiTweet.org

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And for folks saying “we have inflation because we printed a bunch of money last year”— if you want to trim down needless spending in these bills to addressing inflationary issues, the answer isn’t to cut basic benefits for people. It’s to target the massive corporate giveaways. — PolitiTweet.org

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For people saying this is too out there, read this WSJ coverage. Women, low income workers, people of color are disproportionately represented in those not re-entering the labor force. There are reasons for that! https://t.co/JWz4FWvdnG — PolitiTweet.org

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My family is one of essential workers: school bus drivers, postal workers, cleaners, etc When childcare wasn’t available, my family couldn’t work - they stayed home. When childcare isn’t universally available, it impacts the labor market. It can become a supply chain issue! — PolitiTweet.org

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I haven’t seen data yet if those anecdotes are indicative of a larger trend (& if so, how large), but the point still stands. Like many working class Latino families,my grandma lived with us growing up and cared for me as my parents worked. Until she moved in, my mom stayed home — PolitiTweet.org

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You can see this in the issue of wages. You will sometimes hear stories of a place claiming to have raised wages but still having trouble keeping people. Well, when a pandemic devastated intergenerational families of workers and there’s no childcare, people can’t go back to work — PolitiTweet.org

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When people drop out of the workforce, it’s a pretty complicated & expensive endeavor to get them back. The reason is bc unlike physical supply chain issues where problems are a bit more straightforward (not saying easy, but more clear), labor supply issues can be more complex. — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservatives argue against raising wages by claiming it’ll raise prices. But that isn’t reliably supported w historic data. However, what we’re seeing now is perhaps an ex. of prices rising when wages/benefits are *too low*- not enough workers, hurts supply chain, prices hike. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you are worried about inflation, it’s important to understand why it’s happening: supply chain, labor, and healthcare complications. We can address these issues by investing in infrastructure, wages, healthcare &benefits. AKA signing BBB/BIF into law as absolute, bare minimum — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrandonRichards @LizziUlmer @SourPatchKids The watermelon ones specifically! — PolitiTweet.org

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As I said, he needs to resign — PolitiTweet.org

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You all bringing it down to the wire with a hunger strike and standing constantly + consistently with our drivers every day brought this victory home. Thank *you* ♥️🙏🏽 — PolitiTweet.org