Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urges Democrats to 'choose a new path' in raucous DNC speech

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York made her primetime Democratic National Convention debut.

Making her primetime Democratic National Convention debut, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday night gave a rousing call to arms to elect nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and 'deliver on an ambitious agenda for the people.' 'We choose a new path, and open the door to a new day, one that is for the people and by the people,' she said. In a marked departure from her 90-second introduction of Sen.

' Ocasio-Cortez called Harris someone who 'understands the urgency of rent checks and groceries and prescriptions.' 'I am here tonight because America has before us a rare and precious opportunity,' Ocasio-Cortez said. 'In Kamala Harris, we have a chance to elect a president who is for the middle class because she is from the middle class.

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