New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez offered lavish praise of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during a 2020 presidential campaign rally in Queens Saturday.
Ocasio-Cortez introduced Sanders during the Saturday Queensbridge Park rally, touting his role in changing U.S. politics and efforts to kickstart the"mass mobilization of working class people at the ballot box."
The freshman congresswoman repeatedly applauded Sanders for supporting causes such as Medicare-for-All and assisting recent graduates with crippling student loan debt. Ocasio-Cortez also credited Sanders with developing what she described as one of the best candidate fields in Democratic presidential primary history.
She applauded Sanders for his"enormous, consistent non-stop advocacy" of working class people and she said"the only way we are going to win this thing" is if working class voters stay home next November. "The halls of Congress are no joke. It is no joke to stand up to corporate power and established interests. It's not just about standing up and saying these things but behind closed doors your arm is twisted and every trick in the book, psychological and otherwise, is used to get us to abandon the working class."
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