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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the Democratic nominee for Congress in New York's 14th Congressional district.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweet:

Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*"

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."

By Bill McCarthy • June 21, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 5, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:

"70 percent of Americans believe in improved and expanded Medicare for All."

By Jon Greenberg • February 6, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet:

"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 19, 2018 in a tweet:

In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."

By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2018

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stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “It’s vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected. A few business closures or job losses is a small price to pay to be free from his presidency. #KeepUsClosed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 23, 2020
Bloggers
stated on December 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar vowed "to remove senior’s ‘entitlements,’ Social Security/Medicare."

By Daniel Funke • January 2, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2019 in social media posts:

Says that four Democrats — Sheila Jackson Lee, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — made specific, suspect remarks about such topics as the Constitution, abortion and guns.

By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2020
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stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward."

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 6, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on July 23, 2019 in a speech to conservative high school students:

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."

By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2019

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