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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Making the lives of working class Americans better means…”

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

AOC Talks New York Democratic Primary with Jen Psaki

Published June 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 23:50

… have proven that you cannot have extreme levels of income inequality and a functioning, thriving democracy at once we have to choose. And the good news in that is that Making the lives of working class Americans better means that our democracy gets stronger. And I think that is what our focus needs to be. But I do think that that will require a choice. (23:50–23:57)

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Asserts that improving conditions for the working class strengthens democracy.

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