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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We are a 50, 50 country.”

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 54:04

And you see this replicated elsewhere since the president started this redistricting war. Is that healthy for the country? Well, you know, you talk about the margins of Virginia as a state but as a country, We are a 50, 50 country. And so we need to look at these redistricting fights less as Virginians, Texans, New Yorkers, and more as Americans. And I, as well as many others, believe in nonpartisan gerrymandering. (54:04–54:07)

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