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on Puerto Rico health care disparities, already bad, & made worse in the age of COVID But this part below is powerful. On patients asking how much it’ll cost before intubation. Says that doesn’t happen in a compassionate, modern, rich society but a brutal one

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

Apr 13, 2020

¡Gracias por la conversación, @residente!

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11:25 PM · Apr 13, 2020

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Is it a radical idea that the people who corporations ask to bail them out also have basic rights like healthcare?

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Hey, perhaps Puerto Ricans could fight for real representation in Congress. Imagine if they had two senators and as many reps as Delaware.

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PR is a burden of the USA

A Woe That Is Madness

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What I notice about this clip more than anything else is the way her interviewer is constantly rocking. That's a telltale sign of extreme stress or trauma.

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You are right and a Brave woman, says a guy like me, and old doctor from Portugal, with some work on África e Brasil. Be Brave and you wil win, Su camino és el camino certo

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AOC is a great spokeswoman for the Real feelings of her party. She has no filter, she just vomits out all the poison. She is the modern Democrat Party, and we should wish her good health. She’s killing her party, better than any Republican could ever dream to do.