Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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328 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 16 Sep

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I didn't have internal support.

That's putting it mildly.

It was like, I mean, you were treated with hostility.

Yeah.

Open hostility.

And that hostility shows up in ways that you're not even aware of when you're.

you get there.

There's open hostility and then there's also secret hostility.

Subterfuge.

Yes, yes.

And also, you know, we did not have the fundraising ability at the same... I mean, it was robust, but it wasn't the same as it is now.

And we were able to do really powerful things and really punch above our weight with what we had.

And

we were able to then take that and build, build on that.

And in New York, part of my immediate focus was not just national, but local.

We had to change the city's politics because one thing that I don't like to be is alone.

And I was very aware that I was surrounded by people who wanted to politically kill me.

Andrew Cuomo was governor, you know, a term in Eric Adams was, you know, elected mayor.

And so our immediate focus, too, was also how do we.

support down ballot candidates and cultivate the next generation of people that were going to help govern this country over the next 10, 15 years.

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