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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We need to stand up for the American people. We need to…”

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

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Discussing the Consequences of the Republican Shutdown with Bernie. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Published | Video Starts at 02:13

And that's what we're looking at. That's what this clean bill is about. And so Republicans want us to rubber stamp that. And we're saying no, We need to stand up for the American people. We need to stand up for our health care system. And if they want our votes, they need to make sure that we're protecting every American and making sure that we can do what we can to continue to make health care accessible, affordable, as we work to make it a human right for. (02:13–02:19)

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Asserts the need to defend the American people and the health care system.

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