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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
There are many little ways in which our electoral system isn’t even designed (nor prepared) for working-class people to lead. This is one of them (don’t worry btw - we’re working it out!) ⬇️
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Shane Goldmacher
@ShaneGoldmacher
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, currently without an income, needs to wait until her congressional salary kicks in to get a DC apartment. "I’ve really been just kind of squirreling away and then hoping that gets me to January,” she tells @Azi. nytimes.com/2018/11/07/nyr
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Allison
@alice_gur1
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@PacNWCathWriter
Umm it even says she saved money and planned accordingly with her husband. Moving is tedious expensive and annoying she could just stay in NY and Amtrak to dc everyday
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CDev
@devmostest
Well it’s clear some folks don’t understand “working class” anymore than they understand the word “socialism”. Working class = selling labor and not owning the means of production. Being unemployed and in between jobs for 3 months doesn’t change that classification, doo doo head.
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brad downs
@bradleydowns
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@shaunking
What’s wrong with that? People deserve the right to healthcare. We can make that happen. I would happily pay more in taxes so someone else can go to a doctor, buy food or go to college. Some people are altruistic. Not everyone understands.
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Calypso Ipso
@Calypsoipso
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@AOC
Working class people can afford their rent or mortgage. Only inexperienced, entitled, whining socialists, who are unwilling to input as much energy into the system as they wish to extract cannot pay rent.
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