Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

When we decide to hold people to a higher standard, then things actually do get better.

When we decide to hold people to a higher standard, then things actually do get better.

Yep.

Yep.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, I think so. I'm, well, you're kind of preaching to the choir here.

I mean, I think so. I'm, well, you're kind of preaching to the choir here.

Because I believe that we need to be a party of brawlers for the working class.

Because I believe that we need to be a party of brawlers for the working class.

And we have turned into a party that caters, and this is reflected in the electoral results, we have become a party of brawlers. People who cater to this – like almost people who call themselves upper middle class, but they're actually like kind of wealthy. And so that's a very – You're talking about me now, aren't you? No, no. You're not middle class at all.

And we have turned into a party that caters, and this is reflected in the electoral results, we have become a party of brawlers. People who cater to this – like almost people who call themselves upper middle class, but they're actually like kind of wealthy. And so that's a very – You're talking about me now, aren't you? No, no. You're not middle class at all.

That's what I meant. But it's like this suburban like – kind of thing. And we've been chasing this affluent group and making all of these little concessions and hoping working people don't notice.

That's what I meant. But it's like this suburban like – kind of thing. And we've been chasing this affluent group and making all of these little concessions and hoping working people don't notice.

Yeah, I mean, I think the most kind of famous one that comes to mind is Kyrsten Sinema doing her little curtsy when she voted down the $15 minimum wage. But it wasn't just her. There were, like, that was the most public expression of it, but there were a bunch of Democrats in the Senate behind her that also voted it down. And, I mean, people... are struggling so much right now.

Yeah, I mean, I think the most kind of famous one that comes to mind is Kyrsten Sinema doing her little curtsy when she voted down the $15 minimum wage. But it wasn't just her. There were, like, that was the most public expression of it, but there were a bunch of Democrats in the Senate behind her that also voted it down. And, I mean, people... are struggling so much right now.

15 bucks an hour is nothing. This was the demand 10 years ago. To be honest, when you index it, it should be higher now. And it is nothing. And What people hear when there's all of these senators voting against it, with all of these excuses of like, oh, well, how is it going to impact business?

15 bucks an hour is nothing. This was the demand 10 years ago. To be honest, when you index it, it should be higher now. And it is nothing. And What people hear when there's all of these senators voting against it, with all of these excuses of like, oh, well, how is it going to impact business?

First of all, these laws are very thoroughly, there's already dozens of compromises before you even get to the floor. It's not like it turns on the next day, like there's phasing periods, all this stuff.

First of all, these laws are very thoroughly, there's already dozens of compromises before you even get to the floor. It's not like it turns on the next day, like there's phasing periods, all this stuff.