In a social media video, New York State Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) examined the potential negative effects of the 2024 election and highlighted the freedoms that could be threatened by President-elect Trump's victory.
“We're not here to be generous with what we're all going to collectively experience, but I think what we can do to prepare is build community.” Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday in a nearly hour-long speech. Instagram live.
She has advocated federal abortion bans, mass deportations, and vaccine deregulation as a way to push for a vaccine repeal with the support of outgoing president Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who holds Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress. He also mentioned holding the White House. .
“We are soon entering a political period that will affect the rest of our lives. We cannot give up,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Since the campaign was called, President Kennedy has promised not to eliminate vaccines, and President Trump has said a federal abortion ban is “off the table.”
In lieu of their comments, Ocasio-Cortez warned against partisanship.
“Our main project is to unite the working class of this country against fascist policies,” she said. “We suffered a major setback in this election because the fascists won the support of a large portion of the working class, something never seen before in history.”
Ocasio-Cortez reflected on her financial situation, which was the driving force behind her political career.
“This wasn't a summer job that I had as a teenager, but one where I worked a few jobs and got elected to Congress a few years later,” she recalled.
“I went from wiping down bars and walking behind them to walking into the halls of Congress. And the reason I did that, and the reason I ran, is that I ran against a Republican. Not because I did, but because I ran against the Democratic Party.'' They didn't believe in family-centered communities and communities like mine, and they didn't understand the pain of people like me. A lot of what I saw back then was Democrats who were only against Trump and not supporting my physical reality and the vision that spoke clearly to me. As a waitress, I've come to sense that if a member of Congress supports a $15 minimum wage, they won't stand up and say it loud and clear. ”
Afterwards, she praised Vice President Harris for implementing policies that are difficult to win. of In an unprecedented race, he pointed to the limited time needed to prepare a platform and establish it as a possible reason for the loss.
“When one party loses, another wins. I also note here that Kamala Harris has never been given the task of assembling a presidential campaign in 90 to 100 days like no other person in American history. “I think it's important that she be called to that mission to save the country from a huge fascist threat that has been campaigning and pumping for essentially eight years already.” he said.
