Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “I was getting like, $2 in my paycheck once a week because I…”

“I wasn't just, like, it wasn't like a summer job I had once. I was not supposed to win. The guy I was running against spent $3 million against me. I was getting like, $2 in my paycheck once a week because I was working off tips. And they take it all out, you know, like. But things happen in America. This is still a place of. But see, you know, the promise of the possible.” (56:21–56:25)

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