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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “If you ask a working class American or just any normal…”

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

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Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding the Democratic Party The Weekly Show

Published | Video Starts at 46:29

I have noticed, yeah. There's no platform. I mean there's technically a platform that gets voted out. This is the crux of it. If you ask a working class American or just any normal American, what is a Democrat, what do they stand for, they will not really be able to give you a clear answer. And so our party needs a clear and strong agenda. I think one of the problems is that the internal incentives within the Democratic Party are quite contrary to a clear, full throated agenda. (46:29–46:40)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party lacks a clear identity or message to the public.

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