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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We need to make sure, and as a member of the party, we put…”

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

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Rep. AOC and Senator Sanders Join CNN Town Hall to Discuss Republicans' Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 11:47

And that is health care. And so I will not accept a measly one year acceptance of, of a measly one year extension of the aca. We need to make sure, and as a member of the party, we put negotiations in the hands of our party's leadership with Hakeem Jeffries. He says it's no. It's no. And we have to make sure that we are expanding and continuing the fight and not allowing, not falling for the fine print, not falling for the tricks and not falling for the politics around this. (11:47–11:57)

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Asserts that ACA subsidy negotiations should be led by party leadership, specifically Hakeem Jeffries.

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