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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The average age at that Congress was like maybe 60 or so.”

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 30:36

One is the, that when I got there, I was, I won my primary at 28, I got sworn in at 29. And so I was the youngest person there by a lot. The average age at that Congress was like maybe 60 or so. And so I made a decision that I wanted to govern not just for that moment, but for 10 years from then, which we're coming up on. (30:36–30:41)

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Asserts the average age of Congress members when she was sworn in.

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