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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “No one knows who their member of Congress is.”

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 25:27

And it's also just when the first person point of view of having that happen so quickly and at such a young age. And I had never, you know, come on, guys. No one knows who their member of Congress is. Like, realistically, it's. Many don't know who their member of Congress is. You don't. It's not like everyone in Congress is Super famous. (25:27–25:30)

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Asserts that most people do not know who their member of Congress is.

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