Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Dn.Y., told attendees at Rally to not let Republicans think that they can be separated by race or deprived of deep divisions along race, identity and culture.
Comments from the progressive “squad” lawmaker came in Idaho with Sen. Bernie Sanders of I-VT at a “Fighting Olgarkie” rally Monday night. It was the latest stop on tours that featured around the country.
“The only chance they have to escape on such an unpopular, hurtful agenda is to continue to fight and distract us by blowing away deep divisions along race, identity and culture. “Don’t let them fool us into thinking we are enemies. Don’t fool us into thinking they can weaken us and separate us into rural and urban, black and white, Latino.”
Bernie Sanders compares Trump, Musk and other “oligarchs” to “heroin addicts.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., accused Republicans of stealing identity politics at a “Olihead of the Battle” rally on Monday night. (Getty Images/Fox News)
The AOC’s meeting with Sanders centered around criticizing “billionaire” oligarchs like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and President Donald Trump.
In fact, identity politics was “held in the heart” of former Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat to Trump in the election, according to Eddie Glaude, a political analyst and regular MSNBC contributor.
“The only thing that has awakened or expressed [Kamala Harris’] The campaign was the fact that she, her body, the fact that she was a woman of color. So I think the concerns about dealing with national diversity, the so-called backlash, actually proves the point,” Glaude said. Interview With NPR right after Republican election victory in November.
Bernie Sanders says the biggest “oligarchy of battle” rally with the AOC “very tense” Trump
Meanwhile, since taking office, Trump has been implementing executive action, which explicitly targets “identity politics.”
Michael Thompson is standing by a pair of Trump flags as participants lined up to participate in the “Fighting Olgarkie” event at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho on April 14, 2025. (AP photo/Kyle Green)
“Before the detrimental changes introduced by the Obama and Biden administrations, the US military provided equal opportunity for all Americans with the ability to serve their country and interested. However, these two administrations exploited the military by holding back our national defense. Services have recorded their lowest recruitment record since 1940, with a shortage of 41,000 rooms in 2023.”
Trump has also taken steps to expel Day from the university, the federal government and even the private sector.
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According to Trump, it was Democrat President Joe Biden who implemented the “illegal and immoral discrimination program,” and in many cases he has led individual success to unchanging factors such as race, gender and ethnicity.
“President Trump is restoring federal employment equity and accountability and ending DEI across the federal government,” reads a White House fact sheet in March.
