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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The Virginia redistricting maps were just overturned this…”

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 02:21

And I think that we are in an emperor with no clothes moment when it comes to American. The American economy and our democracy. The Virginia redistricting maps were just overturned this morning by judges that are largely financed by a movement of billionaires. And American inequality is at an absolute peak. And we have to ask ourselves if this is how we want to live as a society, if we want 3400 people to be prioritized over well over 300 million. (02:21–02:34)

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Asserts that Virginia redistricting maps were overturned by judges financed by billionaires.

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