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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The courts have been hijacked by conservative activists.”

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 50:08

But where do you think this whole redistricting war is going to go? Well, I mean, I'm tremendously concerned about it with respect to our country. The courts have been hijacked. The courts have been hijacked by conservative activists. And this is not. They have completely abdicated themselves from even the pretense of Objectivity or their original goal or intent. (50:08–50:13)

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Asserts that the judicial system is influenced by conservative activists.

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