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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “My ambition was to change the Democratic Party and to make…”

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

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Rep. AOC Speaks at TU Berlin on The Future of U.S. Politics

Published | Video Starts at 47:53

But I will say my ambition has always been about conditions. I remain ambitious, but my ambitions are in changing our political environment. That's why I, when I was first elected, My ambition was to change the Democratic Party and to make it more economically populist and responsive to working class Americans. while also not yielding the civil rights of the most vulnerable people in the country. And that meant not just about my career. (47:53–48:03)

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Asserts that her ambition was to make the Democratic Party more economically populist and responsive to working-class Americans.

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