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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “I won my primary at 28, I got sworn in at 29.”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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AOC in Conversation with David Axelrod

Published | Video Starts at 30:25

What have you learned about how to be an effective force but not betray that sort of institutional challenge? Yeah, well, I think there's two things at play. One is the, that when I got there, I was, I won my primary at 28, I got sworn in at 29. And so I was the youngest person there by a lot. The average age at that Congress was like maybe 60 or so. (30:25–30:30)

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Asserts her age when she won the primary and was sworn into Congress.

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