Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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You know, I think that this is such a... You know, I think that this is a... This is, of course, a very longstanding...
People say.
Turn the volume up.
FAMILIES IN THE AREA ARE STARTING TO SEE NOT ONLY THEIR WATER PRESSURE DECREASE, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WATER AVAILABILITY, BUT THEIR APPLIANCES HAVE ALL STOPPED WORKING BECAUSE IT IS DECIMATING THEIR WATER QUALITY.
THEY NOW RELY ON BOTTLED WATER TO DRINK AND PREPARE MEALS AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WATER BILLS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 33%.
IN FACT, I HAVE A JAR RIGHT HERE.
This is the current drinking water in Morgan County, Georgia, right after a data center was constructed.
The only difference between the clean water and this was that data center.
I have another one as well.
So this wasn't just one well.
This wasn't just one family's situation.
This is what the drinking water now looks like next to that data center.
So I don't know if it's necessarily that we were in a post if we are in a post rules based order.
I think it's possible that we were in a pre rules based order.
And we have an opportunity to explore what a world would look like if we upheld democracy, human rights, democracy.
Trade that actually centers working class people instead of accruing overwhelmingly the benefits of trade to the wealthiest.
it was very clear this was a veiled threat, right?
So the elite saying, if you want this job, you just stepped out of line.
They assume that my ambition is positional.
They assume that my ambition is a title or a seat.