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People’s History of Badly Behaved Women: NYC Congressional Queens Edition 👑

Queen of the West Side: The Honorable Rep. Bella Abzug ⬇️
Our Lady of Food Justice & SNAP, trailblazer extraordinaire, 1st ever African American to seek major party nomination for President, OG Queen of Brooklyn: The Honorable Rep. Shirley Chisholm 👑⬇️

Before me, there was she:

The first youngest, Shoe-leather destroyer, subway-canvasser, no-one-saw-her-coming-either Queen of Kings (County), The Honorable Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman 👑

(Almost every woman to break the record since has also been an NYer)

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Hello Ms. Conway,

On Easter I was away from tech visiting my grandmother in Puerto Rico, which continues to suffer from the White House’s incompetent disaster response.

Are you trying to imply that I am less Christian? What was the point of you bringing this up on national TV?
I chose to use the word ‘incompetent’ when it comes to Trump’s response to Hurricane María & the 3,000 Americans who died on his watch, but that’s only because I had 280 characters.

There are plenty of other words too:
- Negligent
- Inept
- Inhumane
- Predatory

Take your pick.
“Corrupt” is a good one, too.

I’m curious, how do you spin ignoring and neglecting the largest mass death of people on American soil in decades, @KellyannePolls?

After all, the official count of 3,075 people is much bigger than the 64 number your admin clung to for so long.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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To avoid looking completely + utterly out of touch w/ the reality our prison system:

Instead of asking, “Should the Boston Bomber have the right to vote?”

Try, “Should a nonviolent person stopped w/ a dime bag LOSE the right to vote?”

Bc that question reflects WAY more people.
Reminder:
- Slavery ➡️ Jim Crow + Redlining ➡️ War on Drugs ➡️ Mass Incarceration

- Black Americans & PoC are far more likely to be convicted + sentenced longer than White Americans for similar crimes.

- Our system routinely criminalizes poverty + exonerates wealth
Many rebut the voting question by saying, “Well, *those* people shouldn’t be jailed.”

Glad you feel that way! But the truth is, the US incarcerates more people per capita than anywhere in the world - even more than China.

Our system is built to disenfranchise people of color ⬇️
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Just got back from a few (mostly) unplugged days visiting my abuela in PR, and I see the President is tweeting about me.

Just another day at the office! 😊
I rep one of the strongest concentrations of veterans in NYC. The Bronx VA provides excellent care and community for our vets, who sing its praises.

The way to improve VA care & reduce wait times (which can be shorter than priv care!) is by fully funding it - not privatizing it.
Like many public systems, GOP want to rip the battery out + say the whole car doesn’t work, so they can sell it for parts.

Fully funding the VA & hiring to fill the *49k vacancies* is a clear path to improving it - not auctioning off our vet care systems to for-profit companies.
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