Alexandria Ocasio-CortezVerified account

@AOC

US Representative,NY-14 (BX & Queens). In a modern, moral, & wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 💯% People-Funded, no lobbyist💰. She/her.

Bronx + Queens, NYC
Joined April 2010

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    Instead of clickbait with guns in front of Christmas trees, we decided to actually tell you what we accomplished for the community and country this year. 😌 Here’s our 21 wins for 2021 🎆

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  2. Apr 26

    The amount Elon Musk just paid for Twitter ($44 billion) is nearly equal to Biden’s proposed climate budget ($44.9 billion), in case anyone's wondering how seriously we’re taking the climate crisis

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  3. Apr 25

    I say to Jeff Bezos: when you're out on your $500 million yacht, I want you to think about the workers in Staten Island and all over the country. They don't want to be exploited — they want decent wages, decent benefits, and dignity on the job.

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  4. Apr 25

    . to Jeff Bezos: "If you can go to space, you can give our [Amazon] workers a bathroom break. If you go to space, you can make sure you're treating people well and giving them solid health care benefits."

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  5. Apr 24
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  6. Apr 22

    The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they live. The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."

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  7. . introduces , who she calls “Tío Bernie.” “If you can go to space you can give your workers a bathroom break,” she says at the rally ahead of the second unionization vote starting tomorrow.

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  8. Apr 24

    The workers are taking on the most powerful company in America and one of the wealthiest men on the planet. and I are on Staten Island to stand with them.

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  9. Apr 22

    Puerto Ricans ARE American citizens you compilation of birdcage lining

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  10. Apr 22

    . and to hold rally with Staten Island Amazon workers this weekend

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  11. Apr 21

    Keep in mind it took less than a year to go from "this is about irreversible procedures" to "letting you social transition is prohibited". This is not about protecting anyone, it is about control and it isn't stopping with youth or trans people.

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  12. Apr 22
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  13. Apr 22

    "Cuando la gente dice que no podemos, nosotros respondemos 'mira como ponemos las manos en la masa'". -

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  14. When you choose public transit, the planet wins 🌱 Happy New York!

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  15. Apr 22
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  16. Apr 21

    Recording of McCarthy and Cheney

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  17. Apr 21

    And in the case of DC, racism.

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  18. Apr 21

    And before people start trying to explain this away as a status/statehood issue, ask yourself why *any* US citizen is denied the right to vote bc of where they live. Even US citizens living ABROAD have the right to vote but US citizens in Puerto Rico cannot. It’s colonialism.

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  19. Apr 21

    2022 Imperialist Neo-colony Vibes: when my cousins can be drafted into war by a government they don’t even have a right to vote for and denies them benefits, yet that same gov can exploit their land into a tax haven for crypto billionaires & tax evaders 🇵🇷

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  20. Apr 21

    Rep. (D-NY) at a town hall meeting: “January 6th was a trial run, and a lot of people don’t seem to understand that … They’re going to come back … If [Republicans] take the House, then they have the votes to not authorize and legitimize the presidential election.”

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  21. Apr 8

    Little else seems as important as the arrest of Lizelle Herrera, a 26-year-old in jail on a half-a-million-dollar bond arrested on an indictment for murder, following a self-induced abortion.

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