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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “We've been chasing this affluent group and making all of…”

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

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Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding the Democratic Party The Weekly Show.

Published | Video Starts at 18:53

No, no, you're not middle class at all. No, I meant wealthy. That's what I meant. But it's like. It's like this suburban, like, kind of thing, and We've been chasing this affluent group and making all of these little concessions and hoping that working people don't notice. How does that manifest? If you could give us an example of what those concessions might look like. So how, in a practical way, when you're chasing a different group? (18:53–19:04)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party makes concessions to affluent groups at the expense of working people.

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