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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks at a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Venice, California on Saturday. (Photo: Penny Lane/Twitter)
Promising a 'Radical Realignment of Our Priorities,' Ocasio-Cortez Tells Los Angeles Crowd That the Sanders Campaign Can Change the Country
"For anyone that accuses us of instituting purity tests, it's called having values. It's called giving a damn."
Dec 20, 2019
A crowd of around 20,000 people listened on Saturday as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out how the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign would work to reshape society in a fundamentally fairer and more democratic way.
"This is a movement decades in the making," said Ocasio-Cortez.
\u201c\u201cWe can\u2019t go back to where we were because where we were got us where we are\u201d.... @AOC is on \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25. Brother Cornel West set the tone and Sister Alexandria is keeping it going. #BernieInVenice\u201d— Socialist Boomer (@Socialist Boomer) 1576966601
The first-term New York Democrat told the crowd that the fact pundits and politicians only care about how to fund government programs when they benefit the poor, but not when they're for war or tax breaks for the rich, shows that budgets are moral documents that determine a society's priorities.
"They tell us, dollar and dime, how much we value ourselves and our priorities," said Ocasio-Cortez. "In that order."
"And what this campaign is about," she continued, "is a radial realignment of our priorities in the United States of America."
The crowd for the rally was estimated at 20,000 people.
\u201cThey\u2019re estimating 20,000 people at @BernieSanders @AOC LA rally today.\u201d— CJ for Congress (@CJ for Congress) 1576960324
Before Ocasio-Cortez spoke, actor Tim Robbins and activist and professor Cornel West both took the stage to rally the crowd.
\u201cTo sum up @CornelWest \n\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\n\n#BernieInVenice\u201d— Penny Lane (@Penny Lane) 1576966042
\u201c\ud83d\udea8 Tim Robbins officially endorses Bernie Sanders for President of the United States \ud83d\udea8\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1576965234
Ocasio-Cortez asked the crowd of supporters to do whatever they can for the Sanders campaign.
"I want to ask you to wear out your shoes for this," she said.
The congresswoman also dismissed the centrist argument that asking for progressive values to be reflected in Democratic leadership is too much.
"For anyone that accuses us of instituting purity tests, it's called having values," said Ocasio-Cortez. "It's called giving a damn."
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A crowd of around 20,000 people listened on Saturday as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out how the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign would work to reshape society in a fundamentally fairer and more democratic way.
"This is a movement decades in the making," said Ocasio-Cortez.
\u201c\u201cWe can\u2019t go back to where we were because where we were got us where we are\u201d.... @AOC is on \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25. Brother Cornel West set the tone and Sister Alexandria is keeping it going. #BernieInVenice\u201d— Socialist Boomer (@Socialist Boomer) 1576966601
The first-term New York Democrat told the crowd that the fact pundits and politicians only care about how to fund government programs when they benefit the poor, but not when they're for war or tax breaks for the rich, shows that budgets are moral documents that determine a society's priorities.
"They tell us, dollar and dime, how much we value ourselves and our priorities," said Ocasio-Cortez. "In that order."
"And what this campaign is about," she continued, "is a radial realignment of our priorities in the United States of America."
The crowd for the rally was estimated at 20,000 people.
\u201cThey\u2019re estimating 20,000 people at @BernieSanders @AOC LA rally today.\u201d— CJ for Congress (@CJ for Congress) 1576960324
Before Ocasio-Cortez spoke, actor Tim Robbins and activist and professor Cornel West both took the stage to rally the crowd.
\u201cTo sum up @CornelWest \n\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\n\n#BernieInVenice\u201d— Penny Lane (@Penny Lane) 1576966042
\u201c\ud83d\udea8 Tim Robbins officially endorses Bernie Sanders for President of the United States \ud83d\udea8\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1576965234
Ocasio-Cortez asked the crowd of supporters to do whatever they can for the Sanders campaign.
"I want to ask you to wear out your shoes for this," she said.
The congresswoman also dismissed the centrist argument that asking for progressive values to be reflected in Democratic leadership is too much.
"For anyone that accuses us of instituting purity tests, it's called having values," said Ocasio-Cortez. "It's called giving a damn."
A crowd of around 20,000 people listened on Saturday as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out how the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign would work to reshape society in a fundamentally fairer and more democratic way.
"This is a movement decades in the making," said Ocasio-Cortez.
\u201c\u201cWe can\u2019t go back to where we were because where we were got us where we are\u201d.... @AOC is on \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25. Brother Cornel West set the tone and Sister Alexandria is keeping it going. #BernieInVenice\u201d— Socialist Boomer (@Socialist Boomer) 1576966601
The first-term New York Democrat told the crowd that the fact pundits and politicians only care about how to fund government programs when they benefit the poor, but not when they're for war or tax breaks for the rich, shows that budgets are moral documents that determine a society's priorities.
"They tell us, dollar and dime, how much we value ourselves and our priorities," said Ocasio-Cortez. "In that order."
"And what this campaign is about," she continued, "is a radial realignment of our priorities in the United States of America."
The crowd for the rally was estimated at 20,000 people.
\u201cThey\u2019re estimating 20,000 people at @BernieSanders @AOC LA rally today.\u201d— CJ for Congress (@CJ for Congress) 1576960324
Before Ocasio-Cortez spoke, actor Tim Robbins and activist and professor Cornel West both took the stage to rally the crowd.
\u201cTo sum up @CornelWest \n\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\n\n#BernieInVenice\u201d— Penny Lane (@Penny Lane) 1576966042
\u201c\ud83d\udea8 Tim Robbins officially endorses Bernie Sanders for President of the United States \ud83d\udea8\u201d— People for Bernie (@People for Bernie) 1576965234
Ocasio-Cortez asked the crowd of supporters to do whatever they can for the Sanders campaign.
"I want to ask you to wear out your shoes for this," she said.
The congresswoman also dismissed the centrist argument that asking for progressive values to be reflected in Democratic leadership is too much.
"For anyone that accuses us of instituting purity tests, it's called having values," said Ocasio-Cortez. "It's called giving a damn."
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