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Undated: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials, AOC, is an American politician who serves as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district. The district includes the eastern part of The Bronx and portions of north-central Queens in New York City. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district on June 26, 2018, defeating the ten-term incumbent Congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.[7] She beat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the November 6, 2018 general election, and at age 29, became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.[8] Ocasio-Cortez has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.[9]
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Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[10] Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib are the two first members of the group in Congress.[11] She advocates for a progressive platform that includes Medicare For All, a federal jobs guarantee, a proposed Green New Deal, abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10 million. Ocasio-Cortez majored in international relations and economics at Boston University, graduating cum laude in 2011. She then worked as a waitress and bartender before running for Congress in 2018; she also served as an educational director for the five-day-long 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series for the National Hispanic Institute.[12][13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
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November 20: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Can’t Run for President in 2020. Trump Should Be Relieved.
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/20/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cant-run-for-president-in-2020-trump-should-be-relieved/
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January 7: New Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said there is "no question" that US President Donald Trump is a racist.
In an interview with CBS News, she based her claim on "words that he uses, which are historic dog whistles of white supremacy".
The White House said in a statement that Ms Ocasio-Cortez's "sheer ignorance on the matter can't cover the fact that President Trump supported and passed historic criminal justice reform" and "has repeatedly condemned racism and bigotry in all forms".
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-46788060/alexandra-ocasio-cortez-no-question-trump-is-a-racist
April 2: 'They’re petrified of her': Trump mocks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal
President Donald Trump mocked freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during an event with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday, telling the crowd that Democrats appear to be "petrified of her."
In his speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans, Trump blasted Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal proposal to address climate change as "the craziest thing." He cautioned Republicans against continuing their ridicule of the proposal, explaining it could help them in 2020.
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"I’m only afraid that we’re going to be too hard on the Green New Deal and they’re not going to do it because I want them to do it," Trump said. "We don’t want to have them knock it out before we run against it, so let’s take it easy."
Trump continued by mocking the bill, which was defeated last week in the Senate, sarcastically calling it "a wonderful thing."
"The Green New Deal, done by a young bartender, 29 years old," Trump said, referring to the New York Democrat who worked as a bartender before winning election to Congress last year. "A young bartender, wonderful young woman."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/02/donald-trump-mocks-rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/3348654002/
April 6: Trump knocks the Green New Deal, calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a 'wonderful young bartender' ... "No I like her," Trump said. "She's 29 years old."
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bartender-2019-4
April 7: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called President Trump’s recent barb about her being a “young bartender” a compliment and lashed out at Amazon while speaking with constituents Saturday.
“There’s nothing wrong with being a bartender," Ocasio-Cortez said at a joint event in the New York City borough of Queens alongside New York state Sen. Michael Gianaris. “It’s so crazy to at once mock someone for being from a working-class background, for being a bartender, for shaming me for where I was born and where I’m from and on the other hand, when I lean into my identity and who I am and all of that, people are saying that’s not true either."
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The freshman congresswoman said her work as a bartender gave her first-hand experience with health care issues, the New York Daily News reported. She said that unlike Trump, she bought into health care public exchanges.
“He’s never had to actually see the rising premiums month to month, and you have a $6,000 deductible for a $2,000 health insurance plan," she said, according to the paper.
Ocasio-Cortez also responded to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has blamed her and other Amazon critics for the company's decision to scrap a proposal to open a second headquarters in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-responds-to-trump-over-bartender-comment-lashes-out-at-amazon
April 10: Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump
An updating tally of how often every member of the House and the Senate votes with or against the president.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic representative for New York’s 14th District
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/
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April 16: Ocasio-Cortez: "So Many" Reasons To Impeach Trump, "Number One Is Emoluments"
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/16/ocasio-cortez_so_many_reasons_to_impeach_trump_number_one_is_emoluments.html
April 17: Trump appears alongside Ocasio-Cortez on Time 100 list
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/439256-trump-appears-alongside-ocasio-cortez-on-time-100-list
April 18: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Donald Trump Should Be Investigated And Possibly Impeached For Obstruction
The congresswoman said she will be supporting an impeachment resolution that one of her colleagues introduced earlier this year.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lissandravilla/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-donald-trump-impeachment
April 24: Trump says Ocasio-Cortez is right about Veterans Affairs
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Ocasio-Cortez said, adding that it provides the “highest quality healthcare.”
But she had more to say.
“They are trying to fix it. But who are they trying to fix it for? That’s that question we have to ask,” she said during a town hall in the Bronx last Tuesday.
“And this is who they’re trying to fix it for: They’re trying to fix the VA for pharmaceutical companies, they’re trying to fix the VA for insurance corporations and ultimately they’re trying to fix the VA for for-profit health care industry that does not put people or veterans first,” she said. “We have a responsibility to protect it.”
“We should fight to fully fund the VA + hire to fill its 49,000 vacancies,” she said.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/24/trump-says-ocasio-cortez-is-right-about-veterans-affairs/
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