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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “People don't know if, when you wake up, if you walk out of…”

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

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Full Interview | Pod Save America

Published | Video Starts at 25:25

This time is scary. This time has been scary because people don't know if they're going to be able to pay their rent at the end of the month. People don't know if, when you wake up, if you walk out of your house, if, God forbid, you get hit by a car or slip off of a curb, if your life is going to be over because your health costs are going to be out of control. And that is the uncertainty that people are actually feeling. And Trump is, is a huge destabilizing factor on top of all of that. (25:25–25:39)

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Asserts that high health costs contribute to public fear.

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