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'''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez''' ({{IPAc-en|oʊ|ˌ|k|ɑː|s|i|oʊ|_|k|ɔːr|ˈ|t|ɛ|z}}; {{IPA-es|oˈkasjo koɾˈtes|lang}};<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|title=The Courage to Change {{!}} Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|date=May 30, 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s|access-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials, '''AOC''', is an American politician and member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Since January 3, 2019, she has been the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[New York's 14th congressional district]], which includes the eastern part of [[The Bronx]] and portions of north-central [[Queens]] in [[New York City]].
'''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez''' ({{IPAc-en|oʊ|ˌ|k|ɑː|s|i|oʊ|_|k|ɔːr|ˈ|t|ɛ|z}}; {{IPA-es|oˈkasjo koɾˈtes|lang}};<ref>{{cite web|last=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|title=The Courage to Change {{!}} Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|date=May 30, 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s|access-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials, '''AOC''', is an American politician and member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Since January 3, 2019, she has been the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[New York's 14th congressional district]], which includes the eastern part of [[The Bronx]] and portions of north-central [[Queens]] in [[New York City]].


Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14|primary election]] for New York's 14th congressional district on June 26, 2018, defeating the ten-term incumbent Congressman, [[Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus Chair]] [[Joe Crowley]], in what was widely seen as the biggest [[Upset (competition)|upset]] victory in the [[United States elections, 2018|2018 midterm election primaries]].{{refn|<ref>{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Murphy|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/|title=A progressive insurgent just pulled off the biggest Democratic primary upset in years|work=Mother Jones |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627041545/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Gregory Krieg CNN">{{cite news|first=Gregory|last=Krieg|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html|title=A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York|publisher=CNN|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=" in the most shocking upset of a rollicking political season". |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022605/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html|title=The biggest night so far for progressives and other takeaways from Tuesday night's primaries|author=Dan Merica and Eric Bradner|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=CNN |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote="It was the most shocking result of 2018's political season so far{{nbsp}}..." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627163014/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker|title=Young Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Topples Old Boss Joe Crowley in Democratic Primary Shocker|last=Resnick|first=Gideon|date=June 27, 2018|work=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote="In one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history{{nbsp}}..." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221432/https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Seitz">{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Seitz-Wald|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851|title=High-ranking Democrat ousted in stunning primary loss to newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627143539/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>}} She beat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the November 6, 2018, general election, and at age 29, became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez to be youngest woman ever elected to Congress|accessdate=November 6, 2018|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107064936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|archive-date=November 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez has been noted for her substantial [[social media]] presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.<ref name=axiosnov/>
Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's [[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14|primary election]] for New York's 14th congressional district on June 26, 2018, defeating the ten-term incumbent Congressman, [[Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus Chair]] [[Joe Crowley]], in what was widely seen as the biggest [[Upset (competition)|upset]] victory in the [[United States elections, 2018|2018 midterm election primaries]].{{refn|<ref>{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Murphy|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/|title=A progressive insurgent just pulled off the biggest Democratic primary upset in years|work=Mother Jones |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627041545/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Gregory Krieg CNN">{{cite news|first=Gregory|last=Krieg|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html|title=A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York|publisher=CNN|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=in the most shocking upset of a rollicking political season |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022605/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html|title=The biggest night so far for progressives and other takeaways from Tuesday night's primaries|author=Dan Merica and Eric Bradner|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=CNN |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=It was the most shocking result of 2018's political season so far{{nbsp}}... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627163014/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker|title=Young Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Topples Old Boss Joe Crowley in Democratic Primary Shocker|last=Resnick|first=Gideon|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=In one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history{{nbsp}}... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221432/https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Seitz">{{cite news |first=Alex|last=Seitz-Wald|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851|title=High-ranking Democrat ousted in stunning primary loss to newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627143539/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>}} She beat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the November 6, 2018, general election, and at age 29, became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez to be youngest woman ever elected to Congress|accessdate=November 6, 2018|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107064936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|archive-date=November 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez has been noted for her substantial [[social media]] presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.<ref name=axiosnov/>


Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]].<ref name="vox_2018-06-27" /> Ocasio-Cortez and [[Rashida Tlaib]] are the first two members of the group in Congress. She advocates for a progressive platform that includes [[Medicare For All]], a federal [[job guarantee|jobs guarantee]], a proposed [[Green New Deal]], abolishing [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]], free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10&nbsp;million. Before running for Congress, she served as an educational director for the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series for the [[National Hispanic Institute]]. Ocasio-Cortez majored in [[international relations]] and economics at [[Boston University]], graduating ''[[Latin honors|cum laude]]'' in 2011.
Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]].<ref name="vox_2018-06-27" /> Ocasio-Cortez and [[Rashida Tlaib]] are the first two members of the group in Congress. She advocates for a progressive platform that includes [[Medicare For All]], a federal [[job guarantee|jobs guarantee]], a proposed [[Green New Deal]], abolishing [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]], free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10&nbsp;million. Before running for Congress, she served as an educational director for the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series for the [[National Hispanic Institute]]. Ocasio-Cortez majored in [[international relations]] and economics at [[Boston University]], graduating ''[[Latin honors|cum laude]]'' in 2011.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Ocasio-Cortez was born in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], on October 13, 1989, to Blanca Ocasio-Cortez ({{nee|Cortez}}) and Sergio Ocasio in a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] family.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Alexandria|url=https://ocasio2018.com/about|website=Ocasio 2018: Vote June 26 |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627143050/https://www.ocasio2018.com/about |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She has a younger brother, Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a26251021/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-brother-gabriel|title=Who Is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's Brother Gabriel? He's an Artist and Musician|last=Igoe|first=Katherine J.|date=February 8, 2019|website=Marie Claire|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130932/https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a26251021/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-brother-gabriel/|archive-date=February 12, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> Her father was born in the Bronx to a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] family and became an architect; her mother was born in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Vivian Wang Giant Slayer">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|title=Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? A Democratic Giant Slayer|last=Wang|first=Vivian|date=June 27, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090426/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="nyt-profile">{{cite news|first1=Andy|last1=Newman|first2=Vivian|last2=Wang|first3=Luis|last3=Ferré-Sadurní|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Emerges as a Political Star|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bio-profile.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628072729/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bio-profile.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She has described her Puerto Rican community as an amalgamation: "We are black; we are indigenous; we are Spanish; we are European."<ref name=Goldmacher>{{cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Goldmacher| first = Shane| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Jewish, Too?| work = The New York Times| accessdate = February 9, 2019| date = December 10, 2018| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-jewish.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190119163841/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-jewish.html| archive-date = January 19, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Until age five, Ocasio-Cortez lived with her family in an apartment in the neighborhood of [[Parkchester, Bronx|Parkchester]].<ref name="nyt-profile" /> The family moved to a house in [[Yorktown Heights, New York|Yorktown Heights]], a suburb in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]].<ref name="nyt-profile" />
Ocasio-Cortez was born in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], on October 13, 1989, to Blanca Ocasio-Cortez ({{nee|Cortez}}) and Sergio Ocasio in a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] family.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Alexandria|url=https://ocasio2018.com/about|publisher=Ocasio 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627143050/https://www.ocasio2018.com/about |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She has a younger brother, Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a26251021/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-brother-gabriel|title=Who Is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's Brother Gabriel? He's an Artist and Musician|last=Igoe|first=Katherine J.|date=February 8, 2019|website=Marie Claire|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130932/https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a26251021/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-brother-gabriel/|archive-date=February 12, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> Her father was born in the Bronx to a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] family and became an architect; her mother was born in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Vivian Wang Giant Slayer">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|title=Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? A Democratic Giant Slayer|last=Wang|first=Vivian|date=June 27, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090426/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="nyt-profile">{{cite news|first1=Andy|last1=Newman|first2=Vivian|last2=Wang|first3=Luis|last3=Ferré-Sadurní|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Emerges as a Political Star|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bio-profile.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628072729/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bio-profile.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She has described her Puerto Rican community as an amalgamation: "We are black; we are indigenous; we are Spanish; we are European."<ref name=Goldmacher>{{cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Goldmacher| first = Shane| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Jewish, Too?| work = The New York Times| accessdate = February 9, 2019| date = December 10, 2018| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-jewish.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190119163841/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-jewish.html| archive-date = January 19, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Until age five, Ocasio-Cortez lived with her family in an apartment in the neighborhood of [[Parkchester, Bronx|Parkchester]].<ref name="nyt-profile" /> The family moved to a house in [[Yorktown Heights, New York|Yorktown Heights]], a suburb in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]].<ref name="nyt-profile" />


Ocasio-Cortez attended [[Yorktown High School (New York)|Yorktown High School]], graduating in 2007.<ref name="lohud.com 2018">{{cite web | title=Bronx political star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez commuted to Yorktown for high school | website=''lohud.com'' | date=June 28, 2018 | url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yorktown/2018/06/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-yorktown/743485002/ | access-date=December 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201052811/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yorktown/2018/06/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-yorktown/743485002/ | archive-date=December 1, 2018 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> She came in second in the Microbiology category of the [[Intel International Science and Engineering Fair]] with a [[microbiology]] research project on the effect of [[antioxidant]]s on the lifespan of the [[nematode]] ''[[C. elegans]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Intel ISEF Alumna Headed to Capitol Hill|url=https://www.societyforscience.org/content/ssp-blog/intel-isef-alumna-headed-capitol-hill|website=Society for Science & the Public|accessdate=December 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130232735/https://www.societyforscience.org/content/ssp-blog/intel-isef-alumna-headed-capitol-hill|archive-date=November 30, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> In a show of appreciation for her efforts, the [[MIT Lincoln Laboratory]] named a small asteroid after her: [[23238 Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref name="Malloy Rising">{{cite news|last=Malloy|first=Daniel|title=This Berniecrat Aims to Unseat a Queens Power Broker|newspaper=[[Ozy (magazine)|Ozy]]|date=June 23, 2018|url=https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/this-berniecrat-aims-to-unseat-a-queens-power-broker/83063|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115704/https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/this-berniecrat-aims-to-unseat-a-queens-power-broker/83063 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="NASA">{{cite web|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Ocasio-Cortez;old=0;orb=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#discovery|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|last=Chamberlin|first=Alan|website=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809144242/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Ocasio-Cortez;old=0;orb=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#discovery |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In high school, she took part in the [[National Hispanic Institute]]'s [[Lorenzo de Zavala]] (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session. She later became the LDZ Secretary of State while she attended [[Boston University]]. Ocasio-Cortez had a [[National Hispanic Institute#John F. Lopez Fellowship (JFL)|John F. Lopez Fellowship]].<ref name="NHI Person of the Year">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nhimagazine.com/2017/12/31/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-named-2017-nhi-person-year/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez named 2017 NHI Person of the Year|date=December 31, 2017|work=NHI Magazine |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703180341/http://www.nhimagazine.com/2017/12/31/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-named-2017-nhi-person-year/ |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In 2008, while Ocasio-Cortez was a sophomore at Boston University, her father died of lung cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/02/ocasio-cortez-westchester/751333002/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes heat for growing up in Westchester|work=''lohud.com''|access-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/02/ocasio-cortez-westchester/751333002/|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="InterceptInteview">{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/06/27/an-interview-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-young-democratic-socialist-who-just-shocked-the-establishment/|title=An Interview With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Young Democratic Socialist Who Just Shocked the Establishment|last=Scahill|first=Jeremy|date=June 27, 2018|website=The Intercept|access-date=September 4, 2018|quote=One of the big decisions though was that I was at Standing Rock in December 2016...The day after I got off camp, I was contacted by a progressive organization, Brand New Congress, which was seeking to mount noncorporate candidates in the 2018 midterm.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903131318/https://theintercept.com/2018/06/27/an-interview-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-young-democratic-socialist-who-just-shocked-the-establishment/|archive-date=September 3, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> During college, she served as an intern in the immigration office during the final year of U.S. Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]'s tenure.<ref name=Mic>{{Cite news|url=https://mic.com/articles/187994/meet-the-young-progressive-latina-trying-to-oust-one-of-the-most-powerful-democrats-in-the-house|title=Meet the young progressive Latina trying to oust one of the most powerful Democrats in the House|last=Joyce|first=A.P.|date=February 28, 2018|work=Mic|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612212215/https://mic.com/articles/187994/meet-the-young-progressive-latina-trying-to-oust-one-of-the-most-powerful-democrats-in-the-house|archive-date=June 12, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> "I was the only Spanish speaker, and as a result, as basically a kid—a 19-, 20-year-old kid—whenever a frantic call would come into the office because someone is looking for their husband because they have been snatched off the street by [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]], I was the one that had to pick up that phone," Ocasio-Cortez said. "I was the one that had to help that person navigate that system."<ref name=Mic/>
Ocasio-Cortez attended [[Yorktown High School (New York)|Yorktown High School]], graduating in 2007.<ref name="lohud.com 2018">{{cite web | title=Bronx political star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez commuted to Yorktown for high school | publisher=lohud.com | date=June 28, 2018 | url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yorktown/2018/06/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-yorktown/743485002/ | access-date=December 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201052811/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yorktown/2018/06/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-yorktown/743485002/ | archive-date=December 1, 2018 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> She came in second in the Microbiology category of the [[Intel International Science and Engineering Fair]] with a [[microbiology]] research project on the effect of [[antioxidant]]s on the lifespan of the [[nematode]] ''[[C. elegans]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Intel ISEF Alumna Headed to Capitol Hill|url=https://www.societyforscience.org/content/ssp-blog/intel-isef-alumna-headed-capitol-hill|publisher=Society for Science & the Public|accessdate=December 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130232735/https://www.societyforscience.org/content/ssp-blog/intel-isef-alumna-headed-capitol-hill|archive-date=November 30, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> In a show of appreciation for her efforts, the [[MIT Lincoln Laboratory]] named a small asteroid after her: [[23238 Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref name="Malloy Rising">{{cite news|last=Malloy|first=Daniel|title=This Berniecrat Aims to Unseat a Queens Power Broker|newspaper=[[Ozy (magazine)|Ozy]]|date=June 23, 2018|url=https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/this-berniecrat-aims-to-unseat-a-queens-power-broker/83063|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115704/https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/this-berniecrat-aims-to-unseat-a-queens-power-broker/83063 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="NASA">{{cite web|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Ocasio-Cortez;old=0;orb=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#discovery|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser|last=Chamberlin|first=Alan |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809144242/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Ocasio-Cortez;old=0;orb=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#discovery |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In high school, she took part in the [[National Hispanic Institute]]'s [[Lorenzo de Zavala]] (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session. She later became the LDZ Secretary of State while she attended [[Boston University]]. Ocasio-Cortez had a [[National Hispanic Institute#John F. Lopez Fellowship (JFL)|John F. Lopez Fellowship]].<ref name="NHI Person of the Year">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nhimagazine.com/2017/12/31/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-named-2017-nhi-person-year/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez named 2017 NHI Person of the Year|date=December 31, 2017|work=NHI Magazine |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703180341/http://www.nhimagazine.com/2017/12/31/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-named-2017-nhi-person-year/ |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In 2008, while Ocasio-Cortez was a sophomore at Boston University, her father died of lung cancer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/02/ocasio-cortez-westchester/751333002/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes heat for growing up in Westchester|publisher=lohud.com |access-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/02/ocasio-cortez-westchester/751333002/|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="InterceptInteview">{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/06/27/an-interview-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-young-democratic-socialist-who-just-shocked-the-establishment/|title=An Interview With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Young Democratic Socialist Who Just Shocked the Establishment|last=Scahill|first=Jeremy|date=June 27, 2018|website=The Intercept|access-date=September 4, 2018|quote=One of the big decisions though was that I was at Standing Rock in December 2016...The day after I got off camp, I was contacted by a progressive organization, Brand New Congress, which was seeking to mount noncorporate candidates in the 2018 midterm.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903131318/https://theintercept.com/2018/06/27/an-interview-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-young-democratic-socialist-who-just-shocked-the-establishment/|archive-date=September 3, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> During college, she served as an intern in the immigration office during the final year of U.S. Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]'s tenure.<ref name=Mic>{{Cite news|url=https://mic.com/articles/187994/meet-the-young-progressive-latina-trying-to-oust-one-of-the-most-powerful-democrats-in-the-house|title=Meet the young progressive Latina trying to oust one of the most powerful Democrats in the House|last=Joyce|first=A.P.|date=February 28, 2018|publisher=Mic|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612212215/https://mic.com/articles/187994/meet-the-young-progressive-latina-trying-to-oust-one-of-the-most-powerful-democrats-in-the-house|archive-date=June 12, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> "I was the only Spanish speaker, and as a result, as basically a kid—a 19-, 20-year-old kid—whenever a frantic call would come into the office because someone is looking for their husband because they have been snatched off the street by [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]], I was the one that had to pick up that phone," Ocasio-Cortez said. "I was the one that had to help that person navigate that system."<ref name=Mic/>


She graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' from Boston University's [[Boston University College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]] in 2011, majoring in [[international relations]] and economics.<ref name="NHI Person of the Year" /><ref>"Boston University Commencement 2011". https://www.bu.edu/commencement/files/2012/12/2011Redbook.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123135730/http://www.bu.edu/commencement/files/2012/12/2011Redbook.pdf |date=November 23, 2015}}. Retrieved August 1, 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Embury-Dennis|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alexandria-ocasiocortez-democrats-election-new-york-bronx-queens-socialist-midterms-joe-crowley-a8419111.html|title=Everything you need to know about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old socialist hailed as the 'future of the Democratic Party'|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print Ltd.|location=London, England|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628085251/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alexandria-ocasiocortez-democrats-election-new-york-bronx-queens-socialist-midterms-joe-crowley-a8419111.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
She graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' from Boston University's [[Boston University College of Arts and Sciences|College of Arts and Sciences]] in 2011, majoring in [[international relations]] and economics.<ref name="NHI Person of the Year" /><ref>"Boston University Commencement 2011". https://www.bu.edu/commencement/files/2012/12/2011Redbook.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123135730/http://www.bu.edu/commencement/files/2012/12/2011Redbook.pdf |date=November 23, 2015}}. Retrieved August 1, 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Embury-Dennis|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alexandria-ocasiocortez-democrats-election-new-york-bronx-queens-socialist-midterms-joe-crowley-a8419111.html|title=Everything you need to know about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old socialist hailed as the 'future of the Democratic Party'|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print Ltd.|location=London, England|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628085251/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alexandria-ocasiocortez-democrats-election-new-york-bronx-queens-socialist-midterms-joe-crowley-a8419111.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>


When her father died [[intestate]] in 2008,<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Megan|last=Kimble|url=https://psmag.com/magazine/making-a-run-for-it|title=Making a Run for It: Meet Some of the First-Time Female Candidates Running for Office in the Wake of the Trump Presidency|magazine=[[Pacific Standard]]|publisher=The Social Justice Foundation|location=Santa Barbara, California|date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703043759/https://psmag.com/magazine/making-a-run-for-it |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> she became involved in a long [[probate]] battle to settle his estate. She has said that the experience helped her learn "firsthand how attorneys appointed by the court to administer an estate can enrich themselves at the expense of the families struggling to make sense of the bureaucracy."<ref name="Looks to dethrone">{{cite news|first1=Aida|last1=Chavez|first2=Ryan|last2=Grim|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/05/22/joseph-crowley-alexandra-ocasio-cortez-new-york-primary/|title=A Primary Against the Machine: a Bronx Activist Looks to Dethrone Joseph Crowley, The King of Queens|work=[[The Intercept]]|publisher=[[First Look Media]]|location=New York City|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627062529/https://theintercept.com/2018/05/22/joseph-crowley-alexandra-ocasio-cortez-new-york-primary/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
When her father died [[intestate]] in 2008,<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Megan|last=Kimble|url=https://psmag.com/magazine/making-a-run-for-it|title=Making a Run for It: Meet Some of the First-Time Female Candidates Running for Office in the Wake of the Trump Presidency|magazine=[[Pacific Standard]]|publisher=The Social Justice Foundation|location=Santa Barbara, California|date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703043759/https://psmag.com/magazine/making-a-run-for-it |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> she became involved in a long [[probate]] battle to settle his estate. She has said that the experience helped her learn "firsthand how attorneys appointed by the court to administer an estate can enrich themselves at the expense of the families struggling to make sense of the bureaucracy".<ref name="Looks to dethrone">{{cite news|first1=Aida|last1=Chavez|first2=Ryan|last2=Grim|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/05/22/joseph-crowley-alexandra-ocasio-cortez-new-york-primary/|title=A Primary Against the Machine: a Bronx Activist Looks to Dethrone Joseph Crowley, The King of Queens|work=[[The Intercept]]|publisher=[[First Look Media]]|location=New York City|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627062529/https://theintercept.com/2018/05/22/joseph-crowley-alexandra-ocasio-cortez-new-york-primary/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>


== Early career ==
== Early career ==
After college, Ocasio-Cortez moved back to the Bronx and found work as an educational director. Following the death of her father, she took on an additional job working as a [[bartender]] and waitress to help her mother—a house cleaner and school-bus driver—fight [[foreclosure]] of their home.<ref name="Huffpo - 5 reasons">{{Cite news|first=Willa|last=Frej|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-things-to-know_us_5b334b41e4b0cb56051d6081|title=5 Reasons Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Stands Out|website=[[HuffPost]]|publisher=[[Huffington Post Media Group]]|location=New York City|date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717195620/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-things-to-know_us_5b334b41e4b0cb56051d6081 |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Lauren|last=Gambino|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-who-is-she-democrats-new-york-life-career-policies|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: who is the new progressive star of the Democrats?|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702140705/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-who-is-she-democrats-new-york-life-career-policies |archive-date=July 2, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez later launched Brook Avenue Press, a publishing firm for books that portray the Bronx in a positive light.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/diverse-group-startups-thriving-city-sponsored-sunshine-bronx-business-incubator-hunts-point-article-1.1115489|title=Diverse group of startups thriving at city-sponsored Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator in Hunts Point|last=Beekman|first=Daniel|work=Daily News|location=New York |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629022152/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/diverse-group-startups-thriving-city-sponsored-sunshine-bronx-business-incubator-hunts-point-article-1.1115489 |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She worked as lead educational strategist at GAGEis, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/studentactivities/buleads/speakers-2/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez " Student Activities Office {{!}} Boston University|website=www.bu.edu|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161932/https://www.bu.edu/studentactivities/buleads/speakers-2/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|archive-date=July 6, 2018|dead-url=no}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2018}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez also worked for the nonprofit National Hispanic Institute, serving as the Educational Director of the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series, a five-day long program targeted at college-bound high school students from across the United States and other countries, where she also participated in the panel on the future of Latino leadership.<ref name="NHI Person of the Year" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalhispanicinstitute.org/cws/|title=Collegiate World Series – The National Hispanic Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045848/https://www.nationalhispanicinstitute.org/cws/|archive-date=January 8, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-28-takes-out-10-term-congressman-in-new-yorks-democratic-primary|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, takes out 10-term congressman in New York's Democratic primary|date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
After college, Ocasio-Cortez moved back to the Bronx and found work as an educational director. Following the death of her father, she took on an additional job working as a [[bartender]] and waitress to help her mother—a house cleaner and school-bus driver—fight [[foreclosure]] of their home.<ref name="Huffpo - 5 reasons">{{Cite news|first=Willa|last=Frej|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-things-to-know_us_5b334b41e4b0cb56051d6081|title=5 Reasons Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Stands Out|publisher=[[HuffPost]] |location=New York City|date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717195620/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-things-to-know_us_5b334b41e4b0cb56051d6081 |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Lauren|last=Gambino|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-who-is-she-democrats-new-york-life-career-policies|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: who is the new progressive star of the Democrats?|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702140705/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-who-is-she-democrats-new-york-life-career-policies |archive-date=July 2, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez later launched Brook Avenue Press, a publishing firm for books that portray the Bronx in a positive light.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/diverse-group-startups-thriving-city-sponsored-sunshine-bronx-business-incubator-hunts-point-article-1.1115489|title=Diverse group of startups thriving at city-sponsored Sunshine Bronx Business Incubator in Hunts Point|last=Beekman|first=Daniel|work=New York Daily News |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629022152/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/diverse-group-startups-thriving-city-sponsored-sunshine-bronx-business-incubator-hunts-point-article-1.1115489 |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She worked as lead educational strategist at GAGEis, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/studentactivities/buleads/speakers-2/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez " Student Activities Office |publisher=Boston University |access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161932/https://www.bu.edu/studentactivities/buleads/speakers-2/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|archive-date=July 6, 2018|dead-url=no}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2018}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez also worked for the nonprofit National Hispanic Institute, serving as the Educational Director of the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series, a five-day long program targeted at college-bound high school students from across the United States and other countries, where she also participated in the panel on the future of Latino leadership.<ref name="NHI Person of the Year" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalhispanicinstitute.org/cws/|title=Collegiate World Series – The National Hispanic Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045848/https://www.nationalhispanicinstitute.org/cws/|archive-date=January 8, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-28-takes-out-10-term-congressman-in-new-yorks-democratic-primary|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, takes out 10-term congressman in New York's Democratic primary|date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>


In the 2016 [[Primary election|primary]], Ocasio-Cortez worked as an organizer for [[Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign|Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign]].<ref name="NYT" /> After the general election, she traveled across America by car, visiting places such as [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]], [[Michigan]], and [[Standing Rock Indian Reservation]] in North Dakota, and speaking to people affected by the [[Flint water crisis]] and the [[Dakota Access Pipeline protests|Dakota Access Pipeline]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-upset-joe-crowley-dsa-brand-new-congress-1/|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off the year's biggest political upset|work=Mother Jones |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629022429/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-upset-joe-crowley-dsa-brand-new-congress-1/ |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In an interview she recalled her December 2016 visit to Standing Rock as a tipping point, saying that before that, she had believed that the only way to effectively run for office was if you had access to wealth, social influence, and power. But her visit to [[North Dakota]], where she saw others "putting their whole lives and everything that they had on the line for the protection of their community", inspired her to begin to work for her own community.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Piaella|first1=Gabriella|title=The 28-Year-Old at the Center of One of This Year's Most Exciting Primaries|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview.html|website=The Cut|accessdate=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628013441/https://www.thecut.com/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> One day after she visited North Dakota, she got a phone call from [[Brand New Congress]], which was recruiting progressive candidates (her brother had nominated her soon after Election Day 2016).<ref name="Brother"> {{Cite web |url=https://www.thisisinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-biography-2019-1 |title=THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: The inside story of how, in just one year, Sandy the bartender became a lawmaker who triggers both parties |last=Relman |first=Eliza |work=The Insider |quote=Soon after Election Day in 2016, Ocasio-Cortez's younger brother, Gabriel, sent her name to Brand New Congress, a Bernie Sanders-inspired group recruiting candidates for the House and Senate. When she got home from her North Dakota trip, a leader of BNC called her out of the blue with an ask: Will you run for US Congress in New York's 14th district? |date=January 6, 2019 |accessdate=March 23, 2019}}</ref>
In the 2016 [[Primary election|primary]], Ocasio-Cortez worked as an organizer for [[Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign|Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign]].<ref name="NYT" /> After the general election, she traveled across America by car, visiting places such as [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]], [[Michigan]], and [[Standing Rock Indian Reservation]] in North Dakota, and speaking to people affected by the [[Flint water crisis]] and the [[Dakota Access Pipeline protests|Dakota Access Pipeline]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-upset-joe-crowley-dsa-brand-new-congress-1/|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off the year's biggest political upset|work=Mother Jones |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629022429/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-upset-joe-crowley-dsa-brand-new-congress-1/ |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In an interview she recalled her December 2016 visit to Standing Rock as a tipping point, saying that before that, she had believed that the only way to effectively run for office was if you had access to wealth, social influence, and power. But her visit to [[North Dakota]], where she saw others "putting their whole lives and everything that they had on the line for the protection of their community", inspired her to begin to work for her own community.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Piaella|first1=Gabriella|title=The 28-Year-Old at the Center of One of This Year's Most Exciting Primaries|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview.html|publisher=The Cut|accessdate=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628013441/https://www.thecut.com/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> One day after she visited North Dakota, she got a phone call from [[Brand New Congress]], which was recruiting progressive candidates (her brother had nominated her soon after Election Day 2016).<ref name="Brother"> {{Cite web |url=https://www.thisisinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-biography-2019-1 |title=The Truth about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The inside story of how, in just one year, Sandy the bartender became a lawmaker who triggers both parties |last=Relman |first=Eliza |work=The Insider |quote=Soon after Election Day in 2016, Ocasio-Cortez's younger brother, Gabriel, sent her name to Brand New Congress, a Bernie Sanders-inspired group recruiting candidates for the House and Senate. When she got home from her North Dakota trip, a leader of BNC called her out of the blue with an ask: Will you run for US Congress in New York's 14th district? |date=January 6, 2019 |accessdate=March 23, 2019}}</ref>


== 2018 campaign ==
== 2018 campaign ==
{{Main|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14}}
{{Main|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14}}
[[File:Aoc-logo.png|thumb|200px|right|Ocasio-Cortez's congressional campaign logo was inspired by "revolutionary posters and visuals from the past."]]
[[File:Aoc-logo.png|thumb|200px|right|Ocasio-Cortez's congressional campaign logo was inspired by "revolutionary posters and visuals from the past".]]
Ocasio-Cortez began her campaign while waiting tables and tending bar at Flats Fix, a taqueria in New York City's [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]].<ref name="Manriquez 2018">{{cite web | last=Manriquez | first=Pablo | last2=Manriquez | title=The Gospel of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | website=Roll Call | date=December 14, 2018 | url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-change-congress | access-date=January 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152848/https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-change-congress | archive-date=January 27, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> "For 80 percent of this campaign, I operated out of a paper grocery bag hidden behind that bar," she told ''[[Bon Appétit]]''.<ref name="Cadigan">{{cite web | last=Cadigan | first=Hilary | title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned Her Most Important Lessons from Restaurants | website=Bon Appetit | url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lessons-from-restaurants | access-date=January 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152946/https://www.bonappetit.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lessons-from-restaurants | archive-date=January 27, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> She was the first person since 2004 to challenge [[Joe Crowley]], the [[Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus Chair]], in the primary. She faced a financial disadvantage, saying, "You can't really beat big money with more money. You have to beat them with a totally different game." Her campaign posters' design were said to have taken inspiration from "revolutionary posters and visuals from the past."<ref name="Budds 2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/2/17519414/ocasio-cortez-campaign-design-campaign-posters-tandem-branding|title=The brilliance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's bold campaign design|last=Budds|first=Diana|date=July 2, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152854/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/2/17519414/ocasio-cortez-campaign-design-campaign-posters-tandem-branding|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez began her campaign while waiting tables and tending bar at Flats Fix, a taqueria in New York City's [[Union Square, Manhattan|Union Square]].<ref name="Manriquez 2018">{{cite news | last=Manriquez | first=Pablo | title=The Gospel of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | newspaper=Roll Call | date=December 14, 2018 | url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-change-congress | access-date=January 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152848/https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-change-congress | archive-date=January 27, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> "For 80 percent of this campaign, I operated out of a paper grocery bag hidden behind that bar," she told ''[[Bon Appétit]]''.<ref name="Cadigan">{{cite web | last=Cadigan | first=Hilary | title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned Her Most Important Lessons from Restaurants | website=Bon Appetit | url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lessons-from-restaurants | access-date=January 27, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152946/https://www.bonappetit.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lessons-from-restaurants | archive-date=January 27, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> She was the first person since 2004 to challenge [[Joe Crowley]], the [[Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus Chair]], in the primary. She faced a financial disadvantage, saying, "You can't really beat big money with more money. You have to beat them with a totally different game." Her campaign posters' design were said to have taken inspiration from "revolutionary posters and visuals from the past".<ref name="Budds 2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/2/17519414/ocasio-cortez-campaign-design-campaign-posters-tandem-branding|title=The brilliance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's bold campaign design|last=Budds|first=Diana|date=July 2, 2018|website=Vox|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127152854/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/2/17519414/ocasio-cortez-campaign-design-campaign-posters-tandem-branding|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>


On June 15, the candidates' only face-to-face encounter during the campaign occurred on a local political talk show, ''[[Inside City Hall]]''. The format was a joint interview conducted by [[Errol Louis]], which [[NY1]] characterized as a debate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2018/06/16/democratic-primary-debate--crowley-vs--ocasio-cortez--part-1|title=Democratic Primary Debate: Crowley vs. Ocasio-Cortez|first=Errol|last=Lewis|date=June 16, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|work=NY 1 Inside City Hall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234918/http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2018/06/16/democratic-primary-debate--crowley-vs--ocasio-cortez--part-1|archive-date=August 20, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> On June 18, a debate in the Bronx was scheduled, but Crowley did not participate. He sent former [[New York City Council]] member [[Annabel Palma]] in his place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/news-politics/joe-crowley-sends-annabel-palma-to-debate-in-his-place|title=Crowley sends 'worst NYC lawmaker' to debate in his place|first=Rebecca|last=Lewis|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|work=City and State|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820204944/https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/news-politics/joe-crowley-sends-annabel-palma-to-debate-in-his-place|archive-date=August 20, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/joseph-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|title=If You Want to Be Speaker, Mr. Crowley, Don't Take Voters for Granted|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816042809/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/joseph-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|archive-date=August 16, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/ocasio-cortez-beat-crowley-and-old-school-nyc-politics.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez Not Only Beat Crowley – She Beat Old-School New York Politics|last=Freedlander|first=David|work=Daily Intelligencer |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628011232/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/ocasio-cortez-beat-crowley-and-old-school-nyc-politics.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
On June 15, the candidates' only face-to-face encounter during the campaign occurred on a local political talk show, ''[[Inside City Hall]]''. The format was a joint interview conducted by [[Errol Louis]], which [[NY1]] characterized as a debate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2018/06/16/democratic-primary-debate--crowley-vs--ocasio-cortez--part-1|title=Democratic Primary Debate: Crowley vs. Ocasio-Cortez|first=Errol|last=Lewis|date=June 16, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|publisher=NY 1 Inside City Hall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234918/http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2018/06/16/democratic-primary-debate--crowley-vs--ocasio-cortez--part-1|archive-date=August 20, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> On June 18, a debate in the Bronx was scheduled, but Crowley did not participate. He sent former [[New York City Council]] member [[Annabel Palma]] in his place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/news-politics/joe-crowley-sends-annabel-palma-to-debate-in-his-place|title=Crowley sends 'worst NYC lawmaker' to debate in his place|first=Rebecca|last=Lewis|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|publisher=City and State NY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820204944/https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/news-politics/joe-crowley-sends-annabel-palma-to-debate-in-his-place|archive-date=August 20, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/joseph-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|title=If You Want to Be Speaker, Mr. Crowley, Don't Take Voters for Granted|date=June 19, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816042809/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/joseph-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html|archive-date=August 16, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/ocasio-cortez-beat-crowley-and-old-school-nyc-politics.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez Not Only Beat Crowley – She Beat Old-School New York Politics|last=Freedlander|first=David|publisher=Daily Intelligencer |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628011232/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/ocasio-cortez-beat-crowley-and-old-school-nyc-politics.html |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>


=== Endorsements ===
=== Endorsements ===
Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by progressive and civil rights organizations such as [[MoveOn]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/26/rep-joe-crowley-defeated-in-democratic-primary-upset.html|title=Rep. Joe Crowley defeated in Democratic primary upset by newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|last=Chamberlain|first=Samuel|date=June 26, 2018|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627052138/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/26/rep-joe-crowley-defeated-in-democratic-primary-upset.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Justice Democrats]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://now.justicedemocrats.com/candidates |title=Justice Democrats: Candidates |website=''JusticeDemocrats.com'' |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627164613/https://now.justicedemocrats.com/candidates |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> [[Brand New Congress]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brandnewcongress.org/Candidates |title=Brand New Congress Official Candidates |website=''BrandNewCongress.org'' |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628124739/http://brandnewcongress.org/Candidates/ |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> [[Black Lives Matter]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fights-power/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights the Power|last=Raina|first=Lipsitz|date=June 22, 2018|work=[[The Nation]] | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627050241/https://www.thenation.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fights-power/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> and [[Democracy for America]],<ref name="NYT" /> and by gubernatorial candidate [[Cynthia Nixon]], who, like Ocasio-Cortez, also challenged a longtime incumbent. Nixon challenged incumbent [[Andrew Cuomo]] in the [[New York gubernatorial election, 2018|2018 New York gubernatorial election]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mic.com/articles/189991/insurgent-progressive-candidates-cynthia-nixon-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rally-together|title=Insurgent progressive candidates Cynthia Nixon and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally togehter|last=Joyce|first=A.P.|date=June 26, 2018|work=Mic|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626172700/https://mic.com/articles/189991/insurgent-progressive-candidates-cynthia-nixon-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rally-together|archive-date=June 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> but lost.
Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by progressive and civil rights organizations such as [[MoveOn]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/26/rep-joe-crowley-defeated-in-democratic-primary-upset.html|title=Rep. Joe Crowley defeated in Democratic primary upset by newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|last=Chamberlain|first=Samuel|date=June 26, 2018|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627052138/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/26/rep-joe-crowley-defeated-in-democratic-primary-upset.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Justice Democrats]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://now.justicedemocrats.com/candidates |title=Justice Democrats: Candidates |publisher=Justice Democrats |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627164613/https://now.justicedemocrats.com/candidates |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> [[Brand New Congress]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brandnewcongress.org/Candidates |title=Brand New Congress Official Candidates |publisher=BrandNewCongress.org |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628124739/http://brandnewcongress.org/Candidates/ |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=yes }}</ref> [[Black Lives Matter]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fights-power/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights the Power|last=Raina|first=Lipsitz|date=June 22, 2018|work=[[The Nation]] | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627050241/https://www.thenation.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fights-power/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> and [[Democracy for America]],<ref name="NYT" /> and by gubernatorial candidate [[Cynthia Nixon]], who, like Ocasio-Cortez, also challenged a longtime incumbent. Nixon challenged incumbent [[Andrew Cuomo]] in the [[New York gubernatorial election, 2018|2018 New York gubernatorial election]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mic.com/articles/189991/insurgent-progressive-candidates-cynthia-nixon-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rally-together|title=Insurgent progressive candidates Cynthia Nixon and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally togehter|last=Joyce|first=A.P.|date=June 26, 2018|publisher=Mic|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626172700/https://mic.com/articles/189991/insurgent-progressive-candidates-cynthia-nixon-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rally-together|archive-date=June 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> but lost.


Governor Cuomo endorsed Crowley, as did both of New York's U.S. Senators, [[Chuck Schumer]] and [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], as well as [[Mayor of New York City|New York City Mayor]] [[Bill de Blasio]], 11 U.S. Representatives, 31 local elected officials, 31 trade unions, and progressive groups such as the [[Sierra Club]], [[Planned Parenthood]], the [[Working Families Party]], [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]], and [[Everytown for Gun Safety|Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crowleyforcongress.com/?page_id=467|title=Endorsements: Joe Crowley for Congress|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071656/http://crowleyforcongress.com/?page_id=467 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> California representative [[Ro Khanna]], a Justice Democrat like Ocasio-Cortez,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gray|first1=Briahna|last2=Grim|first2=Ryan|title=Under Pressure From Progressives, Rep. Ro Khanna Endorses Both Democrats in Contentious New York Primary|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/06/13/ro-khanna-joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|website=The Intercept|accessdate=July 1, 2018|date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616192835/https://theintercept.com/2018/06/13/ro-khanna-joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> initially endorsed Crowley but later endorsed Ocasio-Cortez in an unusual dual endorsement.<ref>{{cite|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/394318-crowley-loses-in-new-york-dem-primary|author=Lisa Hagen|publisher=The Hill|title=Political stunner! Crowley knocked off by millennial challenger|date=June 26, 2018|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629050054/http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/394318-crowley-loses-in-new-york-dem-primary|archive-date=June 29, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Governor Cuomo endorsed Crowley, as did both of New York's U.S. Senators, [[Chuck Schumer]] and [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], as well as [[Mayor of New York City|New York City Mayor]] [[Bill de Blasio]], 11 U.S. Representatives, 31 local elected officials, 31 trade unions, and progressive groups such as the [[Sierra Club]], [[Planned Parenthood]], the [[Working Families Party]], [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]], and [[Everytown for Gun Safety|Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crowleyforcongress.com/?page_id=467|title=Endorsements: Joe Crowley for Congress|publisher=Crowley for Congress |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071656/http://crowleyforcongress.com/?page_id=467 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> California representative [[Ro Khanna]], a Justice Democrat like Ocasio-Cortez,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gray|first1=Briahna|last2=Grim|first2=Ryan|title=Under Pressure From Progressives, Rep. Ro Khanna Endorses Both Democrats in Contentious New York Primary|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/06/13/ro-khanna-joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|website=The Intercept|accessdate=July 1, 2018|date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616192835/https://theintercept.com/2018/06/13/ro-khanna-joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> initially endorsed Crowley but later endorsed Ocasio-Cortez in an unusual dual endorsement.<ref>{{cite|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/394318-crowley-loses-in-new-york-dem-primary|author=Lisa Hagen|publisher=The Hill|title=Political stunner! Crowley knocked off by millennial challenger|date=June 26, 2018|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629050054/http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/394318-crowley-loses-in-new-york-dem-primary|archive-date=June 29, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>


=== Primary election ===
=== Primary election ===
[[File:Kerri Evelyn Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 1.jpg|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez speaks to a voter during the campaign.]]
[[File:Kerri Evelyn Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 1.jpg|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez speaks to a voter during the campaign.]]
On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez received 57.13% of the vote (15,897) to Joe Crowley's 42.5% (11,761), defeating the 10-term incumbent by almost 15 percentage points.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/26/us/elections/results-new-york-primary-elections.html|title=New York State Primary Election Results|date=June 28, 2017|website=The New York Times|accessdate=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722075921/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/26/us/elections/results-new-york-primary-elections.html |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Her win, and Crowley's defeat, came as a shock to many political commentators and analysts and immediately garnered nationwide attention. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' called her victory "the biggest [[Upset (competition)|upset]] of the 2018 elections so far";<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/5322905/joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018|last=Elliott|first=Philip|date=June 26, 2018|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627201954/http://time.com/5322905/joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> [[CNN]] made a similar statement.<ref name="Gregory Krieg CNN" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Crowley's loss as "a shocking primary defeat on Tuesday, the most significant loss for a Democratic incumbent in more than a decade, and one that will reverberate across the party and the country".<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last=Goldmacher|first=Shane|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/nyregion/joseph-crowley-ocasio-cortez-democratic-primary.html|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022115/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/nyregion/joseph-crowley-ocasio-cortez-democratic-primary.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it "one of the biggest upsets in recent American political history".<ref>{{cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|title=Democrats see major upset as socialist beats top-ranking US congressman|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 26, 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/democrats-primaries-upset-joe-crowley-alexandria-osacio-cortez|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627043320/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/democrats-primaries-upset-joe-crowley-alexandria-osacio-cortez |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Her victory was especially surprising as she was outspent by a margin of 18 to 1.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/45eb9af59317402699b23c4826a8192c|title=Political novice Ocasio-Cortez scores for progressives in NY|agency=Associated Press |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627045914/https://apnews.com/45eb9af59317402699b23c4826a8192c |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Merriam-Webster]] reported that searches for the word "socialism" spiked 1,500% after her victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/ocasio-cortez-sparks-socialism-lookups-20180627|title=Ocasio-Cortez Sparks 'Socialism' Lookups Searches jump over 1500% after victory|date=June 27, 2018|website=Merriam-Webster |access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030500/https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/ocasio-cortez-sparks-socialism-lookups-20180627 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Crowley conceded defeat on election night,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44625617|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Millennial beats veteran Democrat|date=June 26, 2018|publisher=BBC | access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701062032/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44625617 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> but did not telephone Ocasio-Cortez that night to congratulate her, fueling short-lived speculation that he intended to run against her in the general election.<ref name="hill-third-party">{{cite web | title=Ocasio-Cortez accuses defeated Dem of mounting third-party challenge | first=Morgan | last= Gstalter | date=July 12, 2018 | publisher=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/396667-ocasio-cortez-accuses-defeated-dem-of-mounting-third-party-challenge | quote=Crowley stated on live TV that he would absolutely support my candidacy, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Thursday. Instead, he’s stood me up for all 3 scheduled concession calls... Numerous phone calls have been set up but Ocasio-Cortez’s aides have failed to follow through with providing a phone number, the aide [to Crowley] said.}}</ref>
On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez received 57.13% of the vote (15,897) to Joe Crowley's 42.5% (11,761), defeating the 10-term incumbent by almost 15 percentage points.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/26/us/elections/results-new-york-primary-elections.html|title=New York State Primary Election Results|date=June 28, 2017|website=The New York Times|accessdate=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722075921/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/26/us/elections/results-new-york-primary-elections.html |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Her win, and Crowley's defeat, came as a shock to many political commentators and analysts and immediately garnered nationwide attention. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' called her victory "the biggest [[Upset (competition)|upset]] of the 2018 elections so far";<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/5322905/joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018|last=Elliott|first=Philip|date=June 26, 2018|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627201954/http://time.com/5322905/joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> [[CNN]] made a similar statement.<ref name="Gregory Krieg CNN" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Crowley's loss as "a shocking primary defeat on Tuesday, the most significant loss for a Democratic incumbent in more than a decade, and one that will reverberate across the party and the country".<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last=Goldmacher|first=Shane|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/nyregion/joseph-crowley-ocasio-cortez-democratic-primary.html|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022115/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/nyregion/joseph-crowley-ocasio-cortez-democratic-primary.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it "one of the biggest upsets in recent American political history".<ref>{{cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|title=Democrats see major upset as socialist beats top-ranking US congressman|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 26, 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/democrats-primaries-upset-joe-crowley-alexandria-osacio-cortez|accessdate=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627043320/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/democrats-primaries-upset-joe-crowley-alexandria-osacio-cortez |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Her victory was especially surprising as she was outspent by a margin of 18 to 1.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/45eb9af59317402699b23c4826a8192c|title=Political novice Ocasio-Cortez scores for progressives in NY|agency=Associated Press |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627045914/https://apnews.com/45eb9af59317402699b23c4826a8192c |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Merriam-Webster]] reported that searches for the word "socialism" spiked 1,500% after her victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/ocasio-cortez-sparks-socialism-lookups-20180627|title=Ocasio-Cortez Sparks 'Socialism' Lookups Searches jump over 1500% after victory|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030500/https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/ocasio-cortez-sparks-socialism-lookups-20180627 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Crowley conceded defeat on election night,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44625617|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Millennial beats veteran Democrat|date=June 26, 2018|publisher=BBC | access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701062032/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44625617 |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> but did not telephone Ocasio-Cortez that night to congratulate her, fueling short-lived speculation that he intended to run against her in the general election.<ref name="hill-third-party">{{cite news | title=Ocasio-Cortez accuses defeated Dem of mounting third-party challenge | first=Morgan | last= Gstalter | date=July 12, 2018 | publisher=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/396667-ocasio-cortez-accuses-defeated-dem-of-mounting-third-party-challenge | quote=Crowley stated on live TV that he would absolutely support my candidacy, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Thursday. Instead, he's stood me up for all 3 scheduled concession calls... Numerous phone calls have been set up but Ocasio-Cortez's aides have failed to follow through with providing a phone number, the aide [to Crowley] said.}}</ref>


[[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Noam Chomsky]] congratulated her.<ref name="Seitz" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=interview transcript|title=Noam Chomsky on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Spectacular" Victory & Growing Split in Democratic Party|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_alexandria_ocasio_cortezs|website=Democracy Now|accessdate=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730205030/https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_alexandria_ocasio_cortezs |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Several commentators noted the similarities between Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Crowley and [[Dave Brat]]'s [[Tea Party movement]]-supported 2014 victory over [[Eric Cantor]] in the Republican primary for [[Virginia's 7th congressional district]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-beats-joe-crowley-in-stunning-upset.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ousts Joe Crowley, a Top House Democrat, in Stunning Upset|last=Kilgore|first=Ed|date=June 26, 2018|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] | access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=In a shocker that is already being compared to the 2014 primary loss by then–House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus (the fourth-ranking leadership position among House Democrats), ten-term veteran Joe Crowley has been upset by 28-year-old first-time candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Bronx-Queens 14th congressional district. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627085949/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-beats-joe-crowley-in-stunning-upset.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Brian Stelter saw upset">{{Cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/27/media/ocasio-intercept-primary/index.html|title=Progressive media saw the Ocasio-Cortez upset coming|last=Stelter|first=Brian|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=CNN | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202407/http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/27/media/ocasio-intercept-primary/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Like Crowley, Cantor was a high-ranking member in his party's caucus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/10/eric-cantor-republicans-religion_n_5482432.html|title=With Eric Cantor Defeat, Congressional Republicans Lose Only Non-Christian|last=Lachman|first=Samantha|date=June 11, 2014|work=HuffPost |access-date=June 28, 2018|quote="Cantor [was] the second-ranking House Republican and highest-ranking Jewish member." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306092800/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/10/eric-cantor-republicans-religion_n_5482432.html |archive-date=March 6, 2017 |dead-url=no}}</ref> After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed several progressive primary challengers to Democratic incumbents nationwide,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/the-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-effect/|title=The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Effect The Democratic party's new rock star is storming the country on behalf of insurgent populists|last=Nichols|first=John|date=August 15, 2018|website=The Nation|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823074146/https://www.thenation.com/article/the-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-effect/|archive-date=August 23, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> capitalizing on her fame and spending her political capital in a manner unusual even for unexpected primary winners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/ocasio-cortez-democratic-primaries-establishment-2018-694789|title='You can beat the establishment': Ocasio-Cortez crashes Democratic primaries The New York insurgent is stepping on toes as she rallies progressive candidates across the country|last=Nahmias|first=Laura|date=July 5, 2018|website=Politico |access-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707155215/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/ocasio-cortez-democratic-primaries-establishment-2018-694789 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
[[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Noam Chomsky]] congratulated her.<ref name="Seitz" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=interview transcript|title=Noam Chomsky on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Spectacular" Victory & Growing Split in Democratic Party|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_alexandria_ocasio_cortezs|website=Democracy Now|accessdate=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730205030/https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_alexandria_ocasio_cortezs |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Several commentators noted the similarities between Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Crowley and [[Dave Brat]]'s [[Tea Party movement]]-supported 2014 victory over [[Eric Cantor]] in the Republican primary for [[Virginia's 7th congressional district]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-beats-joe-crowley-in-stunning-upset.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ousts Joe Crowley, a Top House Democrat, in Stunning Upset|last=Kilgore|first=Ed|date=June 26, 2018|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] | access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=In a shocker that is already being compared to the 2014 primary loss by then–House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus (the fourth-ranking leadership position among House Democrats), ten-term veteran Joe Crowley has been upset by 28-year-old first-time candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Bronx-Queens 14th congressional district. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627085949/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-beats-joe-crowley-in-stunning-upset.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Brian Stelter saw upset">{{Cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/27/media/ocasio-intercept-primary/index.html|title=Progressive media saw the Ocasio-Cortez upset coming|last=Stelter|first=Brian|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=CNN | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202407/http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/27/media/ocasio-intercept-primary/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Like Crowley, Cantor was a high-ranking member in his party's caucus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/10/eric-cantor-republicans-religion_n_5482432.html|title=With Eric Cantor Defeat, Congressional Republicans Lose Only Non-Christian|last=Lachman|first=Samantha|date=June 11, 2014|publisher=HuffPost |access-date=June 28, 2018|quote="Cantor [was] the second-ranking House Republican and highest-ranking Jewish member." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306092800/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/10/eric-cantor-republicans-religion_n_5482432.html |archive-date=March 6, 2017 |dead-url=no}}</ref> After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed several progressive primary challengers to Democratic incumbents nationwide,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/the-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-effect/|title=The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Effect The Democratic party's new rock star is storming the country on behalf of insurgent populists|last=Nichols|first=John|date=August 15, 2018|website=The Nation|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823074146/https://www.thenation.com/article/the-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-effect/|archive-date=August 23, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> capitalizing on her fame and spending her political capital in a manner unusual even for unexpected primary winners.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/ocasio-cortez-democratic-primaries-establishment-2018-694789|title='You can beat the establishment': Ocasio-Cortez crashes Democratic primaries The New York insurgent is stepping on toes as she rallies progressive candidates across the country|last=Nahmias|first=Laura|date=July 5, 2018|newspaper=Politico |access-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707155215/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/05/ocasio-cortez-democratic-primaries-establishment-2018-694789 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>


Without campaigning for it, Ocasio-Cortez won the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] primary as a [[write-in candidate]] in a neighboring congressional district, [[New York's 15th congressional district|New York's 15th]], with a total vote count of nine, highest among all 22 write-in candidates. She declined the nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-primary-district-running/story?id=56499055|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins primary in district she was not running in|last=Verhovek|first=John|date=July 11, 2018|publisher=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711054004/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-primary-district-running/story?id=56499055 |archive-date=July 11, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="NB3ct">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/7/11/17560252/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-primary-new-york-15th-congressional-district-reform-party|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just won a House primary as a write-in – for a district she wasn't intending to run in|last=Nilsen|first=Ella|date=July 11, 2018|work=Vox |access-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711180222/https://www.vox.com/2018/7/11/17560252/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-primary-new-york-15th-congressional-district-reform-party |archive-date=July 11, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
Without campaigning for it, Ocasio-Cortez won the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] primary as a [[write-in candidate]] in a neighboring congressional district, [[New York's 15th congressional district|New York's 15th]], with a total vote count of nine, highest among all 22 write-in candidates. She declined the nomination.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-primary-district-running/story?id=56499055|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins primary in district she was not running in|last=Verhovek|first=John|date=July 11, 2018|publisher=ABC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711054004/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-primary-district-running/story?id=56499055 |archive-date=July 11, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="NB3ct">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/7/11/17560252/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-primary-new-york-15th-congressional-district-reform-party|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just won a House primary as a write-in – for a district she wasn't intending to run in|last=Nilsen|first=Ella|date=July 11, 2018|work=Vox |access-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711180222/https://www.vox.com/2018/7/11/17560252/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-primary-new-york-15th-congressional-district-reform-party |archive-date=July 11, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>


=== General election ===
=== General election ===
Ocasio-Cortez faced Republican nominee Anthony Pappas in the November 6 general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/204443/prof-anthony-pappas-running-for-congress/|title=Prof. Anthony Pappas Running for Congress|last=Sakellis|first=Eleni|date=June 17, 2018|website=The National Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628233512/https://www.thenationalherald.com/204443/prof-anthony-pappas-running-for-congress/ |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref> Pappas, who lives in [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]], is an economics professor at [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]]. According to the ''[[New York Post]]'', Pappas did not actively campaign. The ''Post'' wrote that "Pappas' bid was a long shot," since the 14th has a [[Cook Partisan Voting Index]] of D+29, making it the sixth most Democratic district in New York City. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost six to one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-will-run-against-st-johns-professor/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run against St. John's professor|last=Hicks|first=Nolan|date=June 27, 2018|website=New York Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627212046/https://nypost.com/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-will-run-against-st-johns-professor/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/bio/anthony-pappas-phd|title=Anthony Pappas, PhD {{!}} St. John's University|website=www.stjohns.edu|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628205011/https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/bio/anthony-pappas-phd|archive-date=June 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/b4ff8a4a6d314955a41dbf0334518d62/Shock,-then-ambition:-Ocasio-Cortez-hopes-to-shake-up-House|title=Shock, then ambition: Ocasio-Cortez hopes to shake up House|agency=Associated Press |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628205019/https://www.apnews.com/b4ff8a4a6d314955a41dbf0334518d62/Shock,-then-ambition:-Ocasio-Cortez-hopes-to-shake-up-House |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by various politically [[Progressivism in the United States#Progressivism in the 21st century|progressive]] organizations and figures, including former President [[Barack Obama]] and U.S. Senator [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/bernie-sanders-weighs-in-on-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-victory-1265337411768|title=Bernie Sanders weighs in on Ocasio-Cortez's victory|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710113543/https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/bernie-sanders-weighs-in-on-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-victory-1265337411768 |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/409294-obama-announces-endorsement-for-ocasio-cortez|title=Obama announces endorsement for Ocasio-Cortez|last=Wise|first=Justin|date=October 1, 2018|work=TheHill|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107224857/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/409294-obama-announces-endorsement-for-ocasio-cortez|archive-date=November 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> She spoke at the [[Netroots Nation]] conference in August 2018, and was called "the undisputed star of the convention."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/5359100/democrats-netroots/|title=The Democratic Split isn't Left vs. Center. It's Old vs. New|last=Alter|first=Charlotte|date=August 6, 2018|website=Time|access-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807091224/http://time.com/5359100/democrats-netroots/|archive-date=August 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez faced Republican nominee Anthony Pappas in the November 6 general election.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/204443/prof-anthony-pappas-running-for-congress/|title=Prof. Anthony Pappas Running for Congress|last=Sakellis|first=Eleni|date=June 17, 2018|newspaper=The National Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628233512/https://www.thenationalherald.com/204443/prof-anthony-pappas-running-for-congress/ |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref> Pappas, who lives in [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]], is an economics professor at [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]]. According to the ''[[New York Post]]'', Pappas did not actively campaign. The ''Post'' wrote that "Pappas' bid was a long shot," since the 14th has a [[Cook Partisan Voting Index]] of D+29, making it the sixth most Democratic district in New York City. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost six to one.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-will-run-against-st-johns-professor/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run against St. John's professor|last=Hicks|first=Nolan|date=June 27, 2018|newspaper=New York Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627212046/https://nypost.com/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-will-run-against-st-johns-professor/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/bio/anthony-pappas-phd|title=Anthony Pappas, PhD |publisher=St. John's University |access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628205011/https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/bio/anthony-pappas-phd|archive-date=June 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/b4ff8a4a6d314955a41dbf0334518d62/Shock,-then-ambition:-Ocasio-Cortez-hopes-to-shake-up-House|title=Shock, then ambition: Ocasio-Cortez hopes to shake up House|agency=Associated Press |access-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628205019/https://www.apnews.com/b4ff8a4a6d314955a41dbf0334518d62/Shock,-then-ambition:-Ocasio-Cortez-hopes-to-shake-up-House |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by various politically [[Progressivism in the United States#Progressivism in the 21st century|progressive]] organizations and figures, including former President [[Barack Obama]] and U.S. Senator [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/bernie-sanders-weighs-in-on-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-victory-1265337411768|title=Bernie Sanders weighs in on Ocasio-Cortez's victory|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710113543/https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/bernie-sanders-weighs-in-on-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-victory-1265337411768 |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/409294-obama-announces-endorsement-for-ocasio-cortez|title=Obama announces endorsement for Ocasio-Cortez|last=Wise|first=Justin|date=October 1, 2018|work=The Hill|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107224857/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/409294-obama-announces-endorsement-for-ocasio-cortez|archive-date=November 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> She spoke at the [[Netroots Nation]] conference in August 2018, and was called "the undisputed star of the convention".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/5359100/democrats-netroots/|title=The Democratic Split isn't Left vs. Center. It's Old vs. New|last=Alter|first=Charlotte|date=August 6, 2018|work=Time|access-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807091224/http://time.com/5359100/democrats-netroots/|archive-date=August 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>


Crowley also remained on the ballot, as the nominee of the [[Working Families Party]] (WFP). Neither Crowley nor the party actively campaigned, with both having endorsed Ocasio-Cortez after her Democratic primary victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-crowley-working-families-party-20180712-story.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez rips Crowley for not giving up Working Families Party line|last=Lovett|first=Kenneth|date=July 12, 2018|website=Daily News|location=New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720194943/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-crowley-working-families-party-20180712-story.html |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> Former Connecticut Senator [[Joseph Lieberman|Joe Lieberman]], who won reelection in 2006 on a third-party line [[United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006|after losing the Democratic Primary in 2006]], penned a July 17 column in the ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'' expressing his hope that Crowley would actively campaign on the WFP [[Ballot access|ballot line]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vote-joe-crowley-for-working-families-1531868231|title=Vote Joe Crowley, for Working Families|last=Lieberman|first=Joseph|date=July 17, 2018|website=The Wall Street Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203510/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vote-joe-crowley-for-working-families-1531868231 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the WFP, wrote an endorsement of, and apology to, Ocasio-Cortez for the ''[[New York Daily News]]''; he asked voters not to vote for Crowley if his name remained on the general election ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-vote-against-joe-crowley-in-november-20180724-story.html|title=Vote against Joe Crowley in November: The Working Families Party chair regrets not endorsing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|first=Dan|last=Cantor|work=Daily News|location=New York|date=July 25, 2018|accessdate=September 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726012404/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-vote-against-joe-crowley-in-november-20180724-story.html|archive-date=July 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Crowley also remained on the ballot, as the nominee of the [[Working Families Party]] (WFP). Neither Crowley nor the party actively campaigned, with both having endorsed Ocasio-Cortez after her Democratic primary victory.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-crowley-working-families-party-20180712-story.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez rips Crowley for not giving up Working Families Party line|last=Lovett|first=Kenneth|date=July 12, 2018|newspaper=New York Daily News|location=New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720194943/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-crowley-working-families-party-20180712-story.html |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> Former Connecticut Senator [[Joseph Lieberman|Joe Lieberman]], who won reelection in 2006 on a third-party line [[United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006|after losing the Democratic Primary in 2006]], penned a July 17 column in the ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'' expressing his hope that Crowley would actively campaign on the WFP [[Ballot access|ballot line]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vote-joe-crowley-for-working-families-1531868231|title=Vote Joe Crowley, for Working Families|last=Lieberman|first=Joseph|date=July 17, 2018|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203510/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vote-joe-crowley-for-working-families-1531868231 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the WFP, wrote an endorsement of, and apology to, Ocasio-Cortez for the ''[[New York Daily News]]''; he asked voters not to vote for Crowley if his name remained on the general election ballot.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-vote-against-joe-crowley-in-november-20180724-story.html|title=Vote against Joe Crowley in November: The Working Families Party chair regrets not endorsing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|first=Dan|last=Cantor|work=New York Daily News|date=July 25, 2018|accessdate=September 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726012404/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-vote-against-joe-crowley-in-november-20180724-story.html|archive-date=July 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>


Ocasio-Cortez won the election with 78% of the vote (110,318) to Pappas's 14% (17,762). Her election was part of a broader Democratic victory in the 2018 midterm elections, as the party gained control of the House by picking up at least 40 seats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Certified Results from the November 6, 2018 General Election for U.S. Congress |url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2018/general/2018Congress.pdf |publisher=New York Board of Elections |accessdate=January 4, 2019 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/75AkXVKIV?url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2018/general/2018Congress.pdf |page=6 |7= |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> [[Saikat Chakrabarti]], who had been her campaign co-chair, became [[chief of staff]] for her congressional office.<ref name="ChakrabartiNYPost">{{Cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=Isabel |title=Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff might have broken campaign finance laws |work=New York Post |date=March 3, 2019 |url=https://nypost.com/2019/03/02/ocasio-cortezs-chief-of-staff-might-have-broken-campaign-finance-laws/ |language=en |accessdate=March 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306124609/https://nypost.com/2019/03/02/ocasio-cortezs-chief-of-staff-might-have-broken-campaign-finance-laws/ |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Co-creator of two progressive political action committees, he has been called a significant political presence.<ref name="ChakrabartiCOS1">{{Cite web |last1=Okun |first1=Eli |title=Saikat Chakrabarti |work=Politico |date=2019 |url=https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/politico-power-list-2019/saikat-chakrabarti/ |accessdate=March 10, 2019 }}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez won the election with 78% of the vote (110,318) to Pappas's 14% (17,762). Her election was part of a broader Democratic victory in the 2018 midterm elections, as the party gained control of the House by picking up at least 40 seats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Certified Results from the November 6, 2018 General Election for U.S. Congress |url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2018/general/2018Congress.pdf |publisher=New York Board of Elections |accessdate=January 4, 2019 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/75AkXVKIV?url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2018/general/2018Congress.pdf |page=6 |7= |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> [[Saikat Chakrabarti]], who had been her campaign co-chair, became [[chief of staff]] for her congressional office.<ref name="ChakrabartiNYPost">{{Cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=Isabel |title=Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff might have broken campaign finance laws |work=New York Post |date=March 3, 2019 |url=https://nypost.com/2019/03/02/ocasio-cortezs-chief-of-staff-might-have-broken-campaign-finance-laws/ |language=en |accessdate=March 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306124609/https://nypost.com/2019/03/02/ocasio-cortezs-chief-of-staff-might-have-broken-campaign-finance-laws/ |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Co-creator of two progressive political action committees, he has been called a significant political presence.<ref name="ChakrabartiCOS1">{{Cite web |last1=Okun |first1=Eli |title=Saikat Chakrabarti |work=Politico |date=2019 |url=https://www.politico.com/interactives/2018/politico-power-list-2019/saikat-chakrabarti/ |accessdate=March 10, 2019 }}</ref>


=== Media coverage ===
=== Media coverage ===
[[File:Julia Cumming interviewing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at an "Anger Can Be Power" Event.jpg|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez during an interview with [[Julia Cumming]] in December 2017]]
[[File:Julia Cumming interviewing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at an "Anger Can Be Power" Event.jpg|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez during an interview with [[Julia Cumming]] in December 2017]]


After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez quickly garnered nationwide media attention, including numerous articles and TV talk-show appearances. She also drew a great deal of media attention when she and Sanders campaigned for [[James Thompson (Kansas politician)|James Thompson]] in Kansas in July 2018. A rally in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] had to be moved from a theater with a capacity of 1,500 when far more people said they would attend. The event drew 4,000 people, with some seated on the floor. In ''[[The New Yorker]]'' Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote that while Sanders remained "the de-facto leader of an increasingly popular left, [he is unable to] do things that do not come naturally to him, like supply hope." Wallace-Wells suggested that Ocasio-Cortez had made Sanders's task easier, as he could point to her success to show that ideas "once considered to be radical are now part of the mainstream".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/bernie-sanders-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-kansas|title=Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Kansas|last1=Wallace-Wells|first1=Benjamin|website=The New Yorker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005141/https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/bernie-sanders-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-kansas|archive-date=July 26, 2018|dead-url=no|accessdate=July 30, 2018}}</ref>
After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez quickly garnered nationwide media attention, including numerous articles and TV talk-show appearances. She also drew a great deal of media attention when she and Sanders campaigned for [[James Thompson (Kansas politician)|James Thompson]] in Kansas in July 2018. A rally in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] had to be moved from a theater with a capacity of 1,500 when far more people said they would attend. The event drew 4,000 people, with some seated on the floor. In ''[[The New Yorker]]'' Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote that while Sanders remained "the de-facto leader of an increasingly popular left, [he is unable to] do things that do not come naturally to him, like supply hope". Wallace-Wells suggested that Ocasio-Cortez had made Sanders's task easier, as he could point to her success to show that ideas "once considered to be radical are now part of the mainstream".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/bernie-sanders-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-kansas|title=Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Kansas|last1=Wallace-Wells|first1=Benjamin|website=The New Yorker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005141/https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/bernie-sanders-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-in-kansas|archive-date=July 26, 2018|dead-url=no|accessdate=July 30, 2018}}</ref>


Prior to defeating incumbent [[Joe Crowley]] in the 2018 Democratic primary, Ocasio-Cortez was given little airtime by most traditional news media outlets.<ref>{{cite news|last=Calderone|first=Michael|date=June 27, 2018|title=Times takes heat for missing Crowley's defeat|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/new-york-times-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-679632|work=Politico |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630080740/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/new-york-times-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-679632 |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Margaret Sullivan keeps repeating">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-points-to-a-media-failure-that-keeps-repeating/2018/06/28/68f05130-7aca-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html|title=Perspective: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory points to a media failure that keeps repeating|last=Sullivan|first=Margaret|date=June 28, 2018|work=The Washington Post|access-date=June 30, 2018|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211530/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-points-to-a-media-failure-that-keeps-repeating/2018/06/28/68f05130-7aca-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html|archive-date=June 29, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Jimmy Dore]] interviewed her when she first announced her candidacy in June 2017.<ref>{{Cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl5mpr7hUwc|title=Progressive Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Is Primarying Corporate Democrat in New York|via=YouTube|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101011529/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl5mpr7hUwc|archive-date=November 1, 2017|dead-url=no}}</ref> After her primary win, [[Brian Stelter]] wrote that progressive-media outlets, such as ''[[The Young Turks]]'' and ''[[The Intercept]]'', "saw the Ocasio-Cortez upset coming" in advance.<ref name="Brian Stelter saw upset" /> [[Margaret Sullivan (journalist)|Margaret Sullivan]] said that traditional metrics of measuring a campaign's viability, like total fundraising, were contributing to a "media failure".<ref name="Margaret Sullivan keeps repeating" /> Ocasio-Cortez was barely mentioned in print-media coverage until her primary election win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-upset-but-crowley-grabs-headlines/737127002/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins an upset and her supporters want the media to say her name|last=Shannon|first=Joel|date=June 27, 2018|website=USA Today |access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627193908/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-upset-but-crowley-grabs-headlines/737127002/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez was one of the subjects of the 2018 [[Michael Moore]] documentary [[Fahrenheit 11/9]]; it chronicled her primary campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fahrenheit-119_us_5b993c2fe4b0cf7b0045b67c|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains This Year's Progressive Wave in Michael Moore's New Film|last=Fang|first=Marina|date=September 12, 2018|work=HuffPost|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116042748/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fahrenheit-119_us_5b993c2fe4b0cf7b0045b67c|archive-date=January 16, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=mmflint|title=Michael Moore's FAHRENHEIT 11/9 : OFFICIAL TRAILER - In Theaters 9/21|date=August 9, 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQv9xMQ3E0|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303165402/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQv9xMQ3E0|archive-date=March 3, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Prior to defeating incumbent [[Joe Crowley]] in the 2018 Democratic primary, Ocasio-Cortez was given little airtime by most traditional news media outlets.<ref>{{cite news|last=Calderone|first=Michael|date=June 27, 2018|title=Times takes heat for missing Crowley's defeat|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/new-york-times-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-679632|work=Politico |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630080740/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/new-york-times-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-679632 |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Margaret Sullivan keeps repeating">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-points-to-a-media-failure-that-keeps-repeating/2018/06/28/68f05130-7aca-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html|title=Perspective: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory points to a media failure that keeps repeating|last=Sullivan|first=Margaret|date=June 28, 2018|work=The Washington Post|access-date=June 30, 2018|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211530/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-points-to-a-media-failure-that-keeps-repeating/2018/06/28/68f05130-7aca-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html|archive-date=June 29, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Jimmy Dore]] interviewed her when she first announced her candidacy in June 2017.<ref>{{Cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl5mpr7hUwc|title=Progressive Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Is Primarying Corporate Democrat in New York|via=YouTube|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101011529/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl5mpr7hUwc|archive-date=November 1, 2017|dead-url=no}}</ref> After her primary win, [[Brian Stelter]] wrote that progressive-media outlets, such as ''[[The Young Turks]]'' and ''[[The Intercept]]'', "saw the Ocasio-Cortez upset coming" in advance.<ref name="Brian Stelter saw upset" /> [[Margaret Sullivan (journalist)|Margaret Sullivan]] said that traditional metrics of measuring a campaign's viability, like total fundraising, were contributing to a "media failure".<ref name="Margaret Sullivan keeps repeating" /> Ocasio-Cortez was barely mentioned in print-media coverage until her primary election win.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-upset-but-crowley-grabs-headlines/737127002/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins an upset and her supporters want the media to say her name|last=Shannon|first=Joel|date=June 27, 2018|newspaper=USA Today |access-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627193908/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-upset-but-crowley-grabs-headlines/737127002/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez was one of the subjects of the 2018 [[Michael Moore]] documentary [[Fahrenheit 11/9]]; it chronicled her primary campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fahrenheit-119_us_5b993c2fe4b0cf7b0045b67c|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Explains This Year's Progressive Wave in Michael Moore's New Film|last=Fang|first=Marina|date=September 12, 2018|publisher=HuffPost|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116042748/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-moore-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fahrenheit-119_us_5b993c2fe4b0cf7b0045b67c|archive-date=January 16, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=mmflint|title=Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 11/9 : Official Trailer - In Theaters 9/21|date=August 9, 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQv9xMQ3E0|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303165402/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQv9xMQ3E0|archive-date=March 3, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>


Just before Ocasio-Cortez took office, Twitter user "AnonymousQ" shared a Boston University student-produced dance video in which she briefly appeared, in an attempt to embarrass her.<ref name="Lyons Walters 2019">{{cite web | last=Lyons | first=Kate | last2=Walters | first2=Joanna | title=Ocasio-Cortez's response to jibes about college dance video? A congressional dance video | website=The Guardian | date=January 4, 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-college-dance-video-discredit-backfires | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113015845/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-college-dance-video-discredit-backfires | archive-date=January 13, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Many social media users came to her defense, inspiring memes and a Twitter account syncing the footage to songs like "[[Mambo No. 5]]" and "[[Gangnam Style]]".<ref name="The New York Times 2019">{{cite news | title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dancing Video Was Meant as a Smear, but It Backfired | website=The New York Times | date=January 4, 2019 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dance-video.html | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214104909/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dance-video.html | archive-date=February 14, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez lightheartedly responded by posting a video of herself dancing to [[Edwin Starr]]'s "[[War (The Temptations song)|War]]".<ref name="Lyons Walters 2019"/>
Just before Ocasio-Cortez took office, Twitter user "AnonymousQ" shared a Boston University student-produced dance video in which she briefly appeared, in an attempt to embarrass her.<ref name="Lyons Walters 2019">{{cite news | last=Lyons | first=Kate | last2=Walters | first2=Joanna | title=Ocasio-Cortez's response to jibes about college dance video? A congressional dance video | newspaper=The Guardian | date=January 4, 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-college-dance-video-discredit-backfires | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113015845/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-college-dance-video-discredit-backfires | archive-date=January 13, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Many social media users came to her defense, inspiring memes and a Twitter account syncing the footage to songs like "[[Mambo No. 5]]" and "[[Gangnam Style]]".<ref name="The New York Times 2019">{{cite news | title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dancing Video Was Meant as a Smear, but It Backfired | newspaper=The New York Times | date=January 4, 2019 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dance-video.html | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214104909/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dance-video.html | archive-date=February 14, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez lightheartedly responded by posting a video of herself dancing to [[Edwin Starr]]'s "[[War (The Temptations song)|War]]".<ref name="Lyons Walters 2019"/>


== 116th Congress ==
== 116th Congress ==
[[File:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - 2019-01-16 Speech about an immigrant constituent.webm|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez's first speech as a Representative, addressing the [[2018–19 United States federal government shutdown]]]]
[[File:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - 2019-01-16 Speech about an immigrant constituent.webm|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez's first speech as a Representative, addressing the [[2018–19 United States federal government shutdown]]]]
When the 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez entered with no [[seniority]] but with a large [[social media]] presence. [[Axios (website)|''Axios'']] has credited her with "as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats combined."<ref name="axiosnov">{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats, combined|last=McCammond|first=Alexi|date=November 28, 2018|work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128220300/https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|archive-date=November 28, 2018|dead-url=no|accessdate=December 3, 2018}}</ref> {{Asof|2019|2|df=|since=}}, she had 3.1&nbsp;million [[Twitter]] followers,<ref name="socmedia1">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AOC|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) {{!}} Twitter|publisher=Twitter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101050812/https://twitter.com/aoc|archive-date=January 1, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref> up from 1.38&nbsp;million in November 2018<ref name=axiosnov/> and surpassing Nancy Pelosi.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/us/politics/tlaib-aoc-new-congress.html|title=Liberal Freshmen Are Shaking the Capitol Just Days into the New Congress|first=Catie|last=Edmondson|date=January 6, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062712/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/us/politics/tlaib-aoc-new-congress.html|archive-date=January 13, 2019|dead-url=no|author2=Emily Cochrane|author3=Lisa Friedman}}</ref> She had 2.2&nbsp;million [[Instagram]] followers as of January 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ocasio2018/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@ocasio2018) Instagram photos and videos|website=''instagram.com''|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107080109/https://www.instagram.com/ocasio2018/|archive-date=January 7, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> and 500,000 followers on Facebook as of February 2019.<ref name="Benwell 2019">{{cite web | last=Benwell | first=Max | title=💃😂✊: How Ocasio-Cortez beat everyone at Twitter in nine tweets | website=The Guardian | date=February 12, 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-social-media | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215032241/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-social-media | archive-date=February 15, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Her colleagues appointed her to teach them social media lessons upon her arrival in Congress.<ref name="Benwell 2019"/> Early in her congressional tenure, Ocasio-Cortez continued to receive media coverage on par with that of [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential candidates]],<ref name="WaPo20190321">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/21/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-not-second-most-talked-about-politician-america/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not the ‘second most talked-about politician in America’|last=Bump|first=Phillip|date=March 21, 2019|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> and came to be considered "one of the faces of the Democratic party"<ref name=CNN20190321>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/media/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-time-magazine-cover/index.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 'second most talked-about politician in America,' graces Time cover|last=Kludt|first=Tom|publisher=CNN|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> and one of the most talked about politicians in the United States.<ref name="Time20190321">{{Cite new|url=http://time.com/longform/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-profile/|title='Change Is Closer Than We Think.' Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Unlikely Rise|last=Alter|first=Charlotte|publisher=Time|language=en|quote=Wonder Woman of the left, Wicked Witch of the right, Ocasio-Cortez has become the second most talked-about politician in America, after the President of the United States... No lawmaker in recent memory has translated so few votes into so much political and social capital so quickly.|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>
When the 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez entered with no [[seniority]] but with a large [[social media]] presence. [[Axios (website)|Axios]] has credited her with "as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats combined".<ref name="axiosnov">{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats, combined|last=McCammond|first=Alexi|date=November 28, 2018|publisher=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128220300/https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|archive-date=November 28, 2018|dead-url=no|accessdate=December 3, 2018}}</ref> {{Asof|2019|2|df=|since=}}, she had 3.1&nbsp;million [[Twitter]] followers,<ref name="socmedia1">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AOC|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) |via=Twitter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101050812/https://twitter.com/aoc|archive-date=January 1, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref> up from 1.38&nbsp;million in November 2018<ref name=axiosnov/> and surpassing Nancy Pelosi.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/us/politics/tlaib-aoc-new-congress.html|title=Liberal Freshmen Are Shaking the Capitol Just Days into the New Congress|first=Catie|last=Edmondson|date=January 6, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062712/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/us/politics/tlaib-aoc-new-congress.html|archive-date=January 13, 2019|dead-url=no|author2=Emily Cochrane|author3=Lisa Friedman}}</ref> She had 2.2&nbsp;million [[Instagram]] followers as of January 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ocasio2018/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@ocasio2018) |via=Instagram |access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107080109/https://www.instagram.com/ocasio2018/|archive-date=January 7, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> and 500,000 followers on Facebook as of February 2019.<ref name="Benwell 2019">{{cite news | last=Benwell | first=Max | title=💃😂✊: How Ocasio-Cortez beat everyone at Twitter in nine tweets | newspaper=The Guardian | date=February 12, 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-social-media | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215032241/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-social-media | archive-date=February 15, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Her colleagues appointed her to teach them social media lessons upon her arrival in Congress.<ref name="Benwell 2019"/> Early in her congressional tenure, Ocasio-Cortez continued to receive media coverage on par with that of [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential candidates]],<ref name="WaPo20190321">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/21/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-not-second-most-talked-about-politician-america/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not the ‘second most talked-about politician in America'|last=Bump|first=Phillip|date=March 21, 2019|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> and came to be considered "one of the faces of the Democratic party"<ref name=CNN20190321>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/media/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-time-magazine-cover/index.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 'second most talked-about politician in America,' graces Time cover|last=Kludt|first=Tom|publisher=CNN|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> and one of the most talked about politicians in the United States.<ref name="Time20190321">{{Cite new|url=http://time.com/longform/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-profile/|title='Change Is Closer Than We Think.' Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Unlikely Rise|last=Alter|first=Charlotte|publisher=Time|language=en|quote=Wonder Woman of the left, Wicked Witch of the right, Ocasio-Cortez has become the second most talked-about politician in America, after the President of the United States... No lawmaker in recent memory has translated so few votes into so much political and social capital so quickly.|date=March 21, 2019|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>


On the first day of congressional orientation, Ocasio-Cortez participated in a climate change protest outside the office of [[House Minority Leader]] [[Nancy Pelosi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi/1987514002/ |title=On her first day of orientation on Capitol Hill, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez protests in Pelosi's office |last=Gaudiano |first=Nicole |work=USA Today |date=November 13, 2018 |accessdate=November 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127083133/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi/1987514002/ |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez backed Pelosi's bid to be [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] once the Democratic Party reclaimed the majority on the condition that Pelosi "remains the most progressive candidate for speaker."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/politics/alexandria-ocasio--cortez-nancy-pelosi-house-speaker/index.html |title=Ocasio-Cortez backs Pelosi for speaker as long as she 'remains the most progressive candidate' |last=LeBlanc |first=Paul |publisher=CNN |date=November 22, 2018 |accessdate=November 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126020703/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/politics/alexandria-ocasio--cortez-nancy-pelosi-house-speaker/index.html |archive-date=November 26, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
On the first day of congressional orientation, Ocasio-Cortez participated in a climate change protest outside the office of [[House Minority Leader]] [[Nancy Pelosi]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi/1987514002/ |title=On her first day of orientation on Capitol Hill, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez protests in Pelosi's office |last=Gaudiano |first=Nicole |work=USA Today |date=November 13, 2018 |accessdate=November 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127083133/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi/1987514002/ |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez backed Pelosi's bid to be [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] once the Democratic Party reclaimed the majority on the condition that Pelosi "remains the most progressive candidate for speaker".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/politics/alexandria-ocasio--cortez-nancy-pelosi-house-speaker/index.html |title=Ocasio-Cortez backs Pelosi for speaker as long as she 'remains the most progressive candidate' |last=LeBlanc |first=Paul |publisher=CNN |date=November 22, 2018 |accessdate=November 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126020703/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/politics/alexandria-ocasio--cortez-nancy-pelosi-house-speaker/index.html |archive-date=November 26, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref>


During the orientation for new members hosted by the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]], Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter about the influence of corporate interests by sponsors such as the [[American Enterprise Institute]] and the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]: "Lobbyists are here. [[Goldman Sachs]] is here. Where's labor? Activists? Frontline community leaders?"<ref>{{cite web |first=Eliza |last=Relman |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-house-freshmen-are-protesting-orientation-harvard-2018-12 |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and House freshmen are protesting orientation |work=Business Insider |date=December 6, 2018 |accessdate=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110552/https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-house-freshmen-are-protesting-orientation-harvard-2018-12 |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hignett |first=Katherine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lobbyists-congress-harvard-rashida-tlaib-1248959 |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts 'Bipartisan' Congressional Orientation: 'Lobbyists are here...Where's Labor?' |work=Newsweek |date=August 2, 2018 |accessdate=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216160940/https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lobbyists-congress-harvard-rashida-tlaib-1248959 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/420172-ocasio-cortez-rips-presence-of-lobbyists-at |title=Ocasio-Cortez rips presence of lobbyists at orientation event |publisher=TheHill |date=December 6, 2018 |accessdate=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217062744/https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/420172-ocasio-cortez-rips-presence-of-lobbyists-at |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> During her first month in office, admirers of Ocasio-Cortez left dozens of post-it notes with messages of encouragement in orange, pink, yellow. The sticky notes were removed after the Superintendent of House Office Buildings said the notes obscured the [[braille]] on her nameplate."<ref name="Akin 2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/172379-2|title=‘You took off our Post-its? Capitol Hill officials tell Ocasio-Cortez to move her sticky notes|last=Akin|first=Stephanie|date=February 12, 2019|website=Roll Call|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155825/https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/172379-2|archive-date=February 15, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
During the orientation for new members hosted by the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]], Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter about the influence of corporate interests by sponsors such as the [[American Enterprise Institute]] and the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]: "Lobbyists are here. [[Goldman Sachs]] is here. Where's labor? Activists? Frontline community leaders?"<ref>{{cite news |first=Eliza |last=Relman |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-house-freshmen-are-protesting-orientation-harvard-2018-12 |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and House freshmen are protesting orientation |publisher=Business Insider |date=December 6, 2018 |accessdate=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110552/https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-house-freshmen-are-protesting-orientation-harvard-2018-12 |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hignett |first=Katherine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lobbyists-congress-harvard-rashida-tlaib-1248959 |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts 'Bipartisan' Congressional Orientation: 'Lobbyists are here...Where's Labor?' |work=Newsweek |date=August 2, 2018 |accessdate=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216160940/https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lobbyists-congress-harvard-rashida-tlaib-1248959 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/420172-ocasio-cortez-rips-presence-of-lobbyists-at |title=Ocasio-Cortez rips presence of lobbyists at orientation event |publisher=TheHill |date=December 6, 2018 |accessdate=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217062744/https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/420172-ocasio-cortez-rips-presence-of-lobbyists-at |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> During her first month in office, admirers of Ocasio-Cortez left dozens of post-it notes with messages of encouragement in orange, pink, yellow. The sticky notes were removed after the Superintendent of House Office Buildings said the notes obscured the [[braille]] on her nameplate.<ref name="Akin 2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/172379-2|title='You took off our Post-its?' Capitol Hill officials tell Ocasio-Cortez to move her sticky notes|last=Akin|first=Stephanie|date=February 12, 2019|newspaper=Roll Call|access-date=February 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155825/https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/172379-2|archive-date=February 15, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>


When Ocasio-Cortez made her first speech on the floor of Congress, [[C-SPAN]] tweeted out the video. Within 12 hours, the video of her four-minute speech set the record as C-SPAN's most-watched Twitter video by a member of the House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/5506749/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-house-speech-cspan-record/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's First House Speech Broke a C-SPAN Record|website=Time|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118202200/http://time.com/5506749/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-house-speech-cspan-record/|archive-date=January 18, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
When Ocasio-Cortez made her first speech on the floor of Congress, [[C-SPAN]] tweeted out the video. Within 12 hours, the video of her four-minute speech set the record as C-SPAN's most-watched Twitter video by a member of the House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/5506749/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-house-speech-cspan-record/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's First House Speech Broke a C-SPAN Record|work=Time|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118202200/http://time.com/5506749/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-house-speech-cspan-record/|archive-date=January 18, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>


Speaking at a Congressional hearing with a panel of representatives from [[campaign finance laws|campaign finance watchdog]] groups, Ocasio-Cortez questioned the panel about ethics regulations as they apply to both the president and members of Congress. She asserted that no regulations prevent lawmakers "from being bought off by wealthy corporations."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wyatt |first1=Tim |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers devastating dissection of US financial system and political corruption in congress speech |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-congress-speech-campaign-finance-corruption-election-aoc-a8769381.html |website=Independent |accessdate=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210075120/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-congress-speech-campaign-finance-corruption-election-aoc-a8769381.html |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> With more than 37.5&nbsp;million views, the clip became the most-watched political video ever posted on Twitter.<ref name="Wolfson 2019">{{cite web | last=Wolfson | first=Sam | title=Why Ocasio-Cortez's lesson in dark money is the most-watched political video | website=The Guardian | date=February 14, 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/14/campaign-finance-but-make-it-viral-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-unlikely-video-hit | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215002321/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/14/campaign-finance-but-make-it-viral-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-unlikely-video-hit | archive-date=February 15, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Speaking at a Congressional hearing with a panel of representatives from [[campaign finance laws|campaign finance watchdog]] groups, Ocasio-Cortez questioned the panel about ethics regulations as they apply to both the president and members of Congress. She asserted that no regulations prevent lawmakers "from being bought off by wealthy corporations".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wyatt |first1=Tim |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers devastating dissection of US financial system and political corruption in congress speech |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-congress-speech-campaign-finance-corruption-election-aoc-a8769381.html |newspaper=The Independent |accessdate=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210075120/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-congress-speech-campaign-finance-corruption-election-aoc-a8769381.html |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> With more than 37.5&nbsp;million views, the clip became the most-watched political video ever posted on Twitter.<ref name="Wolfson 2019">{{cite news | last=Wolfson | first=Sam | title=Why Ocasio-Cortez's lesson in dark money is the most-watched political video | newspaper=The Guardian | date=February 14, 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/14/campaign-finance-but-make-it-viral-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-unlikely-video-hit | access-date=February 15, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215002321/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/14/campaign-finance-but-make-it-viral-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-unlikely-video-hit | archive-date=February 15, 2019 | dead-url=no | df=mdy-all }}</ref>


When [[President Trump]]'s former lawyer [[Michael Cohen (lawyer)|Michael Cohen]] appeared before the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform|Oversight Committee]], Ocasio-Cortez asked him whether Trump had ever inflated property values for bank or insurance purposes and inquired where to get more information on the subject. Cohen's reply implied that Trump may have committed potential [[Tax evasion|tax]] and [[bank fraud]] in his personal and business tax returns, financial statements and real-estate filings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/27/seven-big-moments-from-cohen-testimony-far/XAoycU0SwdZeNwzHGgZIYN/story.html|title=10 big moments from Cohen’s testimony - The Boston Globe|first=James Pindell-|last=Reporter|website=Boston Globe|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210354/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/27/seven-big-moments-from-cohen-testimony-far/XAoycU0SwdZeNwzHGgZIYN/story.html|archive-date=March 2, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="cbsnews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-claims-trump-lies-about-his-wealth-heres-why-it-matters/|title=Michael Cohen claims Trump lies about his wealth — here's why it matters|publisher=CBS News|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302061533/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-claims-trump-lies-about-his-wealth-heres-why-it-matters/|archive-date=March 2, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> [[David Brooks (commentator)|David Brooks]], a commentator for ''The New York Times'', praised her for "laying down specific questions for specific predicates".<ref>{{cite web |last1=transcript |title=Shields and Brooks on Cohen testimony, North Korea summit |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/shields-and-brooks-on-cohen-testimony-north-korea-summit |website=PBS News Hour |accessdate=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302120236/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/shields-and-brooks-on-cohen-testimony-north-korea-summit |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
When [[President Trump]]'s former lawyer [[Michael Cohen (lawyer)|Michael Cohen]] appeared before the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform|Oversight Committee]], Ocasio-Cortez asked him whether Trump had ever inflated property values for bank or insurance purposes and inquired where to get more information on the subject. Cohen's reply implied that Trump may have committed potential [[Tax evasion|tax]] and [[bank fraud]] in his personal and business tax returns, financial statements and real-estate filings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/27/seven-big-moments-from-cohen-testimony-far/XAoycU0SwdZeNwzHGgZIYN/story.html|title=10 big moments from Cohen's testimony |author=James Pindell |newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210354/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/02/27/seven-big-moments-from-cohen-testimony-far/XAoycU0SwdZeNwzHGgZIYN/story.html|archive-date=March 2, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="cbsnews.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-claims-trump-lies-about-his-wealth-heres-why-it-matters/|title=Michael Cohen claims Trump lies about his wealth — here's why it matters|publisher=CBS News|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302061533/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-claims-trump-lies-about-his-wealth-heres-why-it-matters/|archive-date=March 2, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> [[David Brooks (commentator)|David Brooks]], a commentator for ''The New York Times'', praised her for "laying down specific questions for specific predicates".<ref>{{cite news |last1=transcript |title=Shields and Brooks on Cohen testimony, North Korea summit |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/shields-and-brooks-on-cohen-testimony-north-korea-summit |work=PBS News Hour |accessdate=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302120236/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/shields-and-brooks-on-cohen-testimony-north-korea-summit |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref>


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====Green New Deal====
====Green New Deal====


On February 7, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez submitted her first piece of legislation, the Green New Deal, to the Senate. She and Senator [[Ed Markey]] released a joint non-binding resolution laying out the main elements of a 10-year "economic mobilization" that would phase out fossil fuel use and overhaul the nation's infrastructure. Their plan called for implementing the "[[social cost of carbon]]" that was part of the Obama administration's plans to address climate change and transitioning the United States to 100% renewable, zero-emission energy sources. In the process it aimed to create jobs and boost the economy.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/green-new-deal-details/index.html | title = Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal: What's in it | first = Lydia | last = DePillis | date = February 7, 2019 | accessdate = February 7, 2019 | publisher = [[CNN]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207182351/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/green-new-deal-details/index.html | archive-date = February 7, 2019 | dead-url = no | df = mdy-all }}</ref> The plan gained support from some Democratic senators, including [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Cory Booker]];<ref name="Friedman 2019" /> other Democrats, such as [[Dianne Feinstein]], House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]], and [[Frank Pallone]] expressed opposition. Activist groups such as [[Green Peace|Greenpeace]] and the [[Sunrise Movement]] also came out in favor of the plan. No Republican lawmakers voiced support.<ref name="FoxDemsDivided GND">{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Liam |title=Dems divided on Green New Deal after Mitch McConnell ramps up pressure |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-remain-divided-on-green-new-deal-after-mitch-mcconnell-ramps-up-pressure |website=Fox |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223063805/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-remain-divided-on-green-new-deal-after-mitch-mcconnell-ramps-up-pressure |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="CNNPelosiGND">{{cite web |last1=Cillizza |first1=Chris |title=Nancy Pelosi just threw some serious shade at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/index.html |publisher=CNN |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223095116/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/index.html |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> On March 26, in what Democrats called a "stunt," Republicans called for an early vote without allowing discussion or expert testimony. Markey said Republicans were trying to “make a mockery” of the Green New Deal debate and called the vote a "sham." In protest, Senate Democrats voted "present" or against the bill, resulting in a 57-0 defeat on the Senate floor.<ref name="GND_vote"> {{Cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/climate-change-which-democrats-oppose-green-new-deal/585802/ |title=The 3 Democrats Who Voted Against the Green New Deal |last=Meyer |first=Robinson |work=The Atlantic |quote=The Senate rejected the Green New Deal on Tuesday, in a decisive 57–0 vote that Democrats decried as a political stunt meant to divide their caucus. All the Republican senators opposed the measure. They were joined by four senators who caucus with the Democrats—Senator Joe Manchin, from the coal-heavy state of West Virginia, along with Senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Doug Jones of Alabama, and Angus King of Maine. |date=March 26, 2019 |accessdate=March 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=JOE BATTENFELD |title=Green New Fail as Dems shun GOP-forced vote on climate bill |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/03/26/green-new-fail-as-dems-shun-gop-forced-vote-on-climate-bill/ |accessdate=27 March 2019 |work=Boston Herald |date=26 March 2019 |quote=an early vote on the Green New Deal on Tuesday and not a single U.S. Senator — including the measure’s sponsor, Massachusetts’ Ed Markey — signed on to the overly ambitious environmental overhaul}}</ref>
On February 7, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez submitted her first piece of legislation, the Green New Deal, to the Senate. She and Senator [[Ed Markey]] released a joint non-binding resolution laying out the main elements of a 10-year "economic mobilization" that would phase out fossil fuel use and overhaul the nation's infrastructure. Their plan called for implementing the "[[social cost of carbon]]" that was part of the Obama administration's plans to address climate change and transitioning the United States to 100% renewable, zero-emission energy sources. In the process it aimed to create jobs and boost the economy.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/green-new-deal-details/index.html | title = Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal: What's in it | first = Lydia | last = DePillis | date = February 7, 2019 | accessdate = February 7, 2019 | publisher = [[CNN]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207182351/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/green-new-deal-details/index.html | archive-date = February 7, 2019 | dead-url = no | df = mdy-all }}</ref> The plan gained support from some Democratic senators, including [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Cory Booker]];<ref name="Friedman 2019" /> other Democrats, such as [[Dianne Feinstein]], House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]]{{failed verification|date=March 2019|reason=none of the refs state that Pelosi expressed opposition; the CNN ref quotes Pelosi saying 'I welcome the Green New Deal.'}}, and [[Frank Pallone]]{{failed verification|date=March 2019}} expressed opposition. Activist groups such as [[Green Peace|Greenpeace]] and the [[Sunrise Movement]] also came out in favor of the plan. No Republican lawmakers voiced support.<ref name="FoxDemsDivided GND">{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Liam |title=Dems divided on Green New Deal after Mitch McConnell ramps up pressure |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-remain-divided-on-green-new-deal-after-mitch-mcconnell-ramps-up-pressure |publisher=Fox News |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223063805/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-remain-divided-on-green-new-deal-after-mitch-mcconnell-ramps-up-pressure |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="CNNPelosiGND">{{cite news |last1=Cillizza |first1=Chris |title=Nancy Pelosi just threw some serious shade at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/index.html |publisher=CNN |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223095116/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/politics/pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/index.html |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> On March 26, in what Democrats called a "stunt", Republicans called for an early vote without allowing discussion or expert testimony. Markey said Republicans were trying to "make a mockery" of the Green New Deal debate and called the vote a "sham". In protest, Senate Democrats voted "present" or against the bill, resulting in a 57–0 defeat on the Senate floor.<ref name="GND_vote"> {{Cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/climate-change-which-democrats-oppose-green-new-deal/585802/ |title=The 3 Democrats Who Voted Against the Green New Deal |last=Meyer |first=Robinson |work=The Atlantic |quote=The Senate rejected the Green New Deal on Tuesday, in a decisive 57–0 vote that Democrats decried as a political stunt meant to divide their caucus. All the Republican senators opposed the measure. They were joined by four senators who caucus with the Democrats—Senator Joe Manchin, from the coal-heavy state of West Virginia, along with Senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Doug Jones of Alabama, and Angus King of Maine. |date=March 26, 2019 |accessdate=March 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Joe Battenfield |title=Green New Fail as Dems shun GOP-forced vote on climate bill |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/03/26/green-new-fail-as-dems-shun-gop-forced-vote-on-climate-bill/ |accessdate=27 March 2019 |work=Boston Herald |date=26 March 2019 |quote=an early vote on the Green New Deal on Tuesday and not a single U.S. Senator — including the measure's sponsor, Massachusetts' Ed Markey — signed on to the overly ambitious environmental overhaul}}</ref>


=== Committee assignments ===
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== Political positions ==
== Political positions ==
Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]<ref name=vox_2018-06-27>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/27/17509604/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democratic-socialist-of-america|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a Democratic Socialists of America member. Here's what that means.|work=Vox|date=June 27, 2018|access-date=December 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055430/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/27/17509604/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democratic-socialist-of-america|archive-date=December 3, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> and embraces the [[democratic socialist]] label as part of her political identity. In an interview on NBC's ''Meet the Press'', she described democratic socialism as "...part of what I am. It's not all of what I am. And I think that that's a very important distinction."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/01/democratic-socialists-ocasio-cortez-689647|title=Ocasio-Cortez discusses 'Democratic Socialist' label|last=Kullgren|first=Ian|date=July 1, 2018|work=POLITICO |access-date=July 16, 2018|quote="Democratic congressional nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday she embraces the 'Democratic Socialist' label but doesn't want to force other Democrats to do the same. 'It's part of what I am; it's not all of what I am,' Ocasio-Cortez said on 'Meet the Press' on NBC. 'And I think that's a very important distinction.'" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716111701/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/01/democratic-socialists-ocasio-cortez-689647 |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She believes capitalism will gradually be replaced.{{cn|date=February 2019}} In response to a question about democratic socialism ultimately calling for an end to capitalism during a ''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]'' interview on [[PBS]], she answered: "Ultimately, we are marching towards progress on this issue. I do think that we are going to see an evolution in our economic system of an unprecedented degree, and it’s hard to say what direction that that takes."<ref>{{cite interview|subject-link= |interviewer= |title= Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|url= https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|publisher= PBS|date= July 13, 2018|access-date= February 23, 2019|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717083844/https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|archivedate= July 17, 2018|deadurl= no|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]<ref name=vox_2018-06-27>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/27/17509604/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democratic-socialist-of-america|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a Democratic Socialists of America member. Here's what that means.|work=Vox|date=June 27, 2018|access-date=December 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055430/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/27/17509604/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democratic-socialist-of-america|archive-date=December 3, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> and embraces the [[democratic socialist]] label as part of her political identity. In an interview on NBC's ''Meet the Press'', she described democratic socialism as "... part of what I am. It's not all of what I am. And I think that that's a very important distinction."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/01/democratic-socialists-ocasio-cortez-689647|title=Ocasio-Cortez discusses 'Democratic Socialist' label|last=Kullgren|first=Ian|date=July 1, 2018|work=Politico |access-date=July 16, 2018|quote=Democratic congressional nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday she embraces the 'Democratic Socialist' label but doesn't want to force other Democrats to do the same. 'It's part of what I am; it's not all of what I am,' Ocasio-Cortez said on 'Meet the Press' on NBC. 'And I think that's a very important distinction.' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716111701/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/01/democratic-socialists-ocasio-cortez-689647 |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> She believes capitalism will gradually be replaced.{{cn|date=February 2019}} In response to a question about democratic socialism ultimately calling for an end to capitalism during a ''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]'' interview on [[PBS]], she answered: "Ultimately, we are marching towards progress on this issue. I do think that we are going to see an evolution in our economic system of an unprecedented degree, and it's hard to say what direction that that takes."<ref>{{cite interview|subject-link= |interviewer= |title= Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|url= https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|publisher= PBS|date= July 13, 2018|access-date= February 23, 2019|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180717083844/https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|archivedate= July 17, 2018|deadurl= no|df= mdy-all}}</ref>


She rejects the policies of Cuba, the USSR and Venezuela, and favors policies that "most closely resemble what we see in the U.K., in Norway, in Finland, in Sweden."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-rookie-congresswoman-challenging-the-democratic-establishment-60-minutes-interview-full-transcript-2019-01-06/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Rookie Congresswoman Challenging the Democratic Establishment|author=Anderson Cooper|date=January 6, 2019|work=CBS 60 Minutes|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112183040/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-rookie-congresswoman-challenging-the-democratic-establishment-60-minutes-interview-full-transcript-2019-01-06/|archive-date=January 12, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-sweden-overcame-socialism-11547078767|title=How Sweden Overcame Socialism|work=The Wall Street Journal|author=Jesús Fernández-Villaverde|author2=Lee E. Ohanian|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115211500/https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-sweden-overcame-socialism-11547078767|archive-date=January 15, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
She rejects the policies of Cuba, the USSR and Venezuela, and favors policies that "most closely resemble what we see in the U.K., in Norway, in Finland, in Sweden".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-rookie-congresswoman-challenging-the-democratic-establishment-60-minutes-interview-full-transcript-2019-01-06/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Rookie Congresswoman Challenging the Democratic Establishment|author=Anderson Cooper|date=January 6, 2019|work=CBS 60 Minutes|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112183040/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-rookie-congresswoman-challenging-the-democratic-establishment-60-minutes-interview-full-transcript-2019-01-06/|archive-date=January 12, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-sweden-overcame-socialism-11547078767|title=How Sweden Overcame Socialism|work=The Wall Street Journal|author=Jesús Fernández-Villaverde|author2=Lee E. Ohanian|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115211500/https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-sweden-overcame-socialism-11547078767|archive-date=January 15, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>


Ocasio-Cortez supports [[Progressivism in the United States#Progressivism in the 21st century|progressive]] policies such as [[single-payer healthcare|single-payer Medicare for All]], [[Tuition-free college|tuition-free public college and trade school]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Dan |title=Progressive Populism Can Save Us From Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/opinion/sunday/progressive-populism-wisconsin-trump.html |accessdate=January 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=July 7, 2018 |quote=The recent primary upset of Joe Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, showcased the electoral strength of her platform, which included single-payer health insurance and tuition-free college and trade school. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101041203/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/opinion/sunday/progressive-populism-wisconsin-trump.html |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> a federal [[job guarantee]],<ref name="Jeff Stein campaigning">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/27/ocasio-cortez-beat-joe-crowley-campaigning-on-medicare-for-all-guaranteed-jobs-and-abolishing-ice/|title=Analysis {{!}} What Ocasio-Cortez wants for America after beating Joe Crowley|last=Stein|first=Jeff|date=June 27, 2018|work=The Washington Post|access-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144323/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/27/ocasio-cortez-beat-joe-crowley-campaigning-on-medicare-for-all-guaranteed-jobs-and-abolishing-ice/|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> guaranteed family leave,<ref name="Suderman 2018">{{cite news |last1=Suderman |first1=Peter |title=How Republican Hypocrisy Lifts Social Democrats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/opinion/social-democrats-republicans-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-.html |accessdate=January 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=August 2, 2018 |quote=Although true-blooded socialists – Democratic Socialists, to be precise – remain a relatively small niche within the Democratic Party, they are having a visible impact on the party's agenda, with nearly every likely 2020 presidential contender embracing Medicare for all. Bernie Sanders's 2016 campaign galvanized progressive support for the idea of Democratic Socialism, and this year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has embraced not only the label but also a blue-sky vision of American socialism – free public college, a jobs guarantee, guaranteed family leave and more – unbound by moderate liberal worries about government overreach or overspending. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121121909/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/opinion/social-democrats-republicans-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-.html |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> abolishing [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldmacher |first1=Shane |title=An Upset in the Making: Why Joe Crowley Never Saw Defeat Coming |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-crowley-primary-upset.html |accessdate=January 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=June 27, 2018 |quote=She drew support for her progressive platform that included abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Medicare for all and a federal jobs guarantee. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119144352/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-crowley-primary-upset.html |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> ending the [[Incarceration in the United States#Privatization|privatization of prisons]], enacting [[Gun politics in the United States|gun-control policies]],<ref name="Vox - top house democrat">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/26/17506970/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york|title=A top House Democrat just lost his primary – to a socialist|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627023114/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/26/17506970/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> and energy policy relying on 100% renewables.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/ocasio-cortez-sunrise-justice-democrats-green-new-deal-next-steps/index.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist groups map out next steps in Green New Deal fight|publisher=CNN|quote="The idea of a Green New Deal has, in just a few months, become a central piece of Ocasio-Cortez's agenda and attracted the attention of ambitious national Democrats."|date=January 8, 2019|author=Gregory Krieg|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116100457/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/ocasio-cortez-sunrise-justice-democrats-green-new-deal-next-steps/index.html|archive-date=January 16, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> She is open to using [[Modern Monetary Theory]] (MMT) as an economic pathway that could provide funding and enable implementation of these goals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the theory that deficit spending is good for the economy should 'absolutely' be part of the conversation|date=January 7, 2019|author=Eliza Relman|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174219/https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez supports [[Progressivism in the United States#Progressivism in the 21st century|progressive]] policies such as [[single-payer healthcare|single-payer Medicare for All]], [[Tuition-free college|tuition-free public college and trade school]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaufman |first1=Dan |title=Progressive Populism Can Save Us From Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/opinion/sunday/progressive-populism-wisconsin-trump.html |accessdate=January 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=July 7, 2018 |quote=The recent primary upset of Joe Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, showcased the electoral strength of her platform, which included single-payer health insurance and tuition-free college and trade school. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101041203/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/opinion/sunday/progressive-populism-wisconsin-trump.html |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> a federal [[job guarantee]],<ref name="Jeff Stein campaigning">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/27/ocasio-cortez-beat-joe-crowley-campaigning-on-medicare-for-all-guaranteed-jobs-and-abolishing-ice/|title=Analysis {{!}} What Ocasio-Cortez wants for America after beating Joe Crowley|last=Stein|first=Jeff|date=June 27, 2018|work=The Washington Post|access-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144323/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/27/ocasio-cortez-beat-joe-crowley-campaigning-on-medicare-for-all-guaranteed-jobs-and-abolishing-ice/|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> guaranteed family leave,<ref name="Suderman 2018">{{cite news |last1=Suderman |first1=Peter |title=How Republican Hypocrisy Lifts Social Democrats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/opinion/social-democrats-republicans-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-.html |accessdate=January 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=August 2, 2018 |quote=Although true-blooded socialists – Democratic Socialists, to be precise – remain a relatively small niche within the Democratic Party, they are having a visible impact on the party's agenda, with nearly every likely 2020 presidential contender embracing Medicare for all. Bernie Sanders's 2016 campaign galvanized progressive support for the idea of Democratic Socialism, and this year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has embraced not only the label but also a blue-sky vision of American socialism – free public college, a jobs guarantee, guaranteed family leave and more – unbound by moderate liberal worries about government overreach or overspending. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121121909/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/opinion/social-democrats-republicans-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-.html |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> abolishing [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldmacher |first1=Shane |title=An Upset in the Making: Why Joe Crowley Never Saw Defeat Coming |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-crowley-primary-upset.html |accessdate=January 20, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=June 27, 2018 |quote=She drew support for her progressive platform that included abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Medicare for all and a federal jobs guarantee. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119144352/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-crowley-primary-upset.html |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref> ending the [[Incarceration in the United States#Privatization|privatization of prisons]], enacting [[Gun politics in the United States|gun-control policies]],<ref name="Vox - top house democrat">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/26/17506970/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york|title=A top House Democrat just lost his primary – to a socialist|publisher=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] | access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627023114/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/26/17506970/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> and energy policy relying on 100% renewables.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/ocasio-cortez-sunrise-justice-democrats-green-new-deal-next-steps/index.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist groups map out next steps in Green New Deal fight|publisher=CNN|quote=The idea of a Green New Deal has, in just a few months, become a central piece of Ocasio-Cortez's agenda and attracted the attention of ambitious national Democrats.|date=January 8, 2019|author=Gregory Krieg|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116100457/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/ocasio-cortez-sunrise-justice-democrats-green-new-deal-next-steps/index.html|archive-date=January 16, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> She is open to using [[Modern Monetary Theory]] (MMT) as an economic pathway that could provide funding and enable implementation of these goals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the theory that deficit spending is good for the economy should 'absolutely' be part of the conversation|date=January 7, 2019|author=Eliza Relman|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174219/https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>


=== Capitalism ===
=== Capitalism ===
In March 2019, Ocasio-Cortez said that in a [[capitalism|capitalist]] system, "the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximize profit", adding, "And that comes at any cost to people and to the environment, so to me capitalism is irredeemable." She said she did not think all parts of capitalism should be abandoned, but that "we’re reckoning with the consequences of putting profit above everything else in society. And what that means is people can’t afford to live. For me, it’s a question of priorities and right now I don’t think our model is sustainable."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-10/ocasio-cortez-blasts-capitalism-as-an-irredeemable-system</ref> "It’s just as much a transformation about bringing democracy to the workplace so that we have a say and that we don’t check all of our rights at the door every time we cross the threshold into our workplace," she said. "Because at the end of the day, as workers and as people in society, we’re the ones creating wealth."<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-capitalism-irredeemable-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-south-southwest-sxsw-a8816956.html</ref>
In March 2019, Ocasio-Cortez said that in a [[capitalism|capitalist]] system, "the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximize profit", adding, "And that comes at any cost to people and to the environment, so to me capitalism is irredeemable." She said she did not think all parts of capitalism should be abandoned, but that "we're reckoning with the consequences of putting profit above everything else in society. And what that means is people can't afford to live. For me, it's a question of priorities and right now I don't think our model is sustainable."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-10/ocasio-cortez-blasts-capitalism-as-an-irredeemable-system</ref> "It's just as much a transformation about bringing democracy to the workplace so that we have a say and that we don't check all of our rights at the door every time we cross the threshold into our workplace," she said. "Because at the end of the day, as workers and as people in society, we're the ones creating wealth."<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-capitalism-irredeemable-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-south-southwest-sxsw-a8816956.html</ref>


=== Environment ===
=== Environment ===
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[[File:GreenNewDeal Presser 020719 (26 of 85) (46105848855).jpg|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez speaks on a Green New Deal in front of the Capitol Building in February 2019.]]
[[File:GreenNewDeal Presser 020719 (26 of 85) (46105848855).jpg|thumb|Ocasio-Cortez speaks on a Green New Deal in front of the Capitol Building in February 2019.]]


Ocasio-Cortez has called for "more environmental hardliners in Congress",<ref name=InTheseTimes>{{Cite news| issn = 0160-5992| last = Aronoff| first = Kate| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why She Wants to Abolish ICE and Upend the Democratic Party| work = In These Times| accessdate = January 27, 2019| date = June 25, 2018| url = http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181227151631/http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats| archive-date = December 27, 2018| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}</ref> describing [[climate change]] as "the single biggest national security threat for the United States and the single biggest threat to worldwide industrialized civilization" and stating that the world will end in 12 years unless the problem is addressed.<ref name="Nation12years">{{cite web |last1=Zhao |first1=Christina |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Warns, ‘World Is Going to End in 12 Years, Reiterating Claims of Recent U.N. Climate Change Report |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-climate-change-world-will-end-12-years-un-report-1300873 |website=The Nation |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115757/https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-climate-change-world-will-end-12-years-un-report-1300873 |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="USATodayClimateEnd12Years">{{cite web |last1=Cummings |first1=William |title='The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change,' Ocasio-Cortez says |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/22/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-alarm/2642481002/ |website=USA Today |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207104335/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/22/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-alarm/2642481002/ |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name=CampaignWeb>{{cite web| last = Ocasio-Cortez| first = Alexandria| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Platform: Mobilizing Against Climate Change| work = Ocasio2018.com (campaign website)| accessdate = January 27, 2019| year = 2018| url = https://ocasio2018.com/issues| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190116020452/https://ocasio2018.com/issues| archive-date = January 16, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Her comments referred to the recent [[United Nations]] [[Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C|report]] that established that unless carbon emissions are reined in over the next 12 years, the effects of climate change will be irreversible.<ref>{{cite web |last1=John |first1=Bowden |title=Ocasio-Cortez: 'World will end in 12 years' if climate change not addressed |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/426353-ocasio-cortez-the-world-will-end-in-12-years-if-we-dont-address |website=The Hill |accessdate=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305034141/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/426353-ocasio-cortez-the-world-will-end-in-12-years-if-we-dont-address |archive-date=March 5, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez has called for "more environmental hardliners in Congress",<ref name=InTheseTimes>{{Cite news| issn = 0160-5992| last = Aronoff| first = Kate| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why She Wants to Abolish ICE and Upend the Democratic Party| work = In These Times| accessdate = January 27, 2019| date = June 25, 2018| url = http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181227151631/http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats| archive-date = December 27, 2018| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}</ref> describing [[climate change]] as "the single biggest national security threat for the United States and the single biggest threat to worldwide industrialized civilization" and stating that the world will end in 12 years unless the problem is addressed.<ref name="Nation12years">{{cite news |last1=Zhao |first1=Christina |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Warns, 'World Is Going to End in 12 Years,' Reiterating Claims of Recent U.N. Climate Change Report |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-climate-change-world-will-end-12-years-un-report-1300873 |website=Newsweek |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224115757/https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-climate-change-world-will-end-12-years-un-report-1300873 |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="USATodayClimateEnd12Years">{{cite news |last1=Cummings |first1=William |title='The world is going to end in 12 years if we don't address climate change,' Ocasio-Cortez says |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/22/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-alarm/2642481002/ |newspaper=USA Today |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207104335/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/22/ocasio-cortez-climate-change-alarm/2642481002/ |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name=CampaignWeb>{{cite web| last = Ocasio-Cortez| first = Alexandria| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Platform: Mobilizing Against Climate Change| publisher = Ocasio2018.com (campaign website)| accessdate = January 27, 2019| year = 2018| url = https://ocasio2018.com/issues| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190116020452/https://ocasio2018.com/issues| archive-date = January 16, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Her comments referred to the recent [[United Nations]] [[Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C|report]] that established that unless carbon emissions are reined in over the next 12 years, the effects of climate change will be irreversible.<ref>{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Bowden |title=Ocasio-Cortez: 'World will end in 12 years' if climate change not addressed |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/426353-ocasio-cortez-the-world-will-end-in-12-years-if-we-dont-address |newspaper=The Hill |accessdate=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305034141/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/426353-ocasio-cortez-the-world-will-end-in-12-years-if-we-dont-address |archive-date=March 5, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez's environmental plan, termed the Green New Deal, advocates for the United States to transition to an electrical grid running on 100% [[renewable energy]]<ref name="Friedman 2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/opinion/green-new-deal.html|title=The Green New Deal Rises Again|last1=Friedman|first1=Thomas|date=January 8, 2019|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 20, 2019|quote=The Green New Deal that Ocasio-Cortez has laid out aspires to power the U.S. economy with 100 percent renewable energy within 12 years and calls for "a job guarantee program to assure a living wage job to every person who wants one," “basic income programs" and "universal health care," financed, at least in part, by higher taxes on the wealthy.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119220237/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/opinion/green-new-deal.html|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> and to end the use of [[fossil fuel]]s within 10 years. The changes, estimated to cost roughly $2.5 trillion per year, would be financed in part by higher taxes on the wealthy.<ref name="ForbesGNDcost">{{cite web |last1=Ezrati |first1=Milton |title=The Green New Deal And The Cost Of Virtue |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2019/02/19/the-green-new-deal-and-the-cost-of-virtue/#782b6cd03dec |website=Forbes |accessdate=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226204348/https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2019/02/19/the-green-new-deal-and-the-cost-of-virtue/#782b6cd03dec |archive-date=February 26, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal|title=Five things to know about Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal'|last1=Cama|first1=Timothy|website=The Hill|accessdate=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126140623/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal|archive-date=November 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sunrisemovement.org/gnd/|title=Sunrise Movement Green New Deal|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228130857/https://www.sunrisemovement.org/gnd/|archive-date=December 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez's environmental plan, termed the Green New Deal, advocates for the United States to transition to an electrical grid running on 100% [[renewable energy]]<ref name="Friedman 2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/opinion/green-new-deal.html|title=The Green New Deal Rises Again|last1=Friedman|first1=Thomas|date=January 8, 2019|work=The New York Times|accessdate=January 20, 2019|quote=The Green New Deal that Ocasio-Cortez has laid out aspires to power the U.S. economy with 100 percent renewable energy within 12 years and calls for "a job guarantee program to assure a living wage job to every person who wants one", "basic income programs" and "universal health care", financed, at least in part, by higher taxes on the wealthy.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119220237/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/opinion/green-new-deal.html|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> and to end the use of [[fossil fuel]]s within 10 years. The changes, estimated to cost roughly $2.5 trillion per year, would be financed in part by higher taxes on the wealthy.<ref name="ForbesGNDcost">{{cite news |last1=Ezrati |first1=Milton |title=The Green New Deal And The Cost Of Virtue |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2019/02/19/the-green-new-deal-and-the-cost-of-virtue/#782b6cd03dec |website=Forbes |accessdate=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226204348/https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2019/02/19/the-green-new-deal-and-the-cost-of-virtue/#782b6cd03dec |archive-date=February 26, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal|title=Five things to know about Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal'|last1=Cama|first1=Timothy|newspaper=The Hill|accessdate=November 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126140623/https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal|archive-date=November 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sunrisemovement.org/gnd/|title=Sunrise Movement Green New Deal|publisher=Sunrise Movement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228130857/https://www.sunrisemovement.org/gnd/|archive-date=December 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>


=== Tax policy ===
=== Tax policy ===
Ocasio-Cortez proposed introducing a [[Marginal tax rate|marginal tax]] as high as 70% on income above $10&nbsp;million to pay for the [[Green New Deal]]. According to tax experts contacted by ''[[The Washington Post]]'', this tax would bring in extra revenue of $720&nbsp;billion per decade.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/ocasio-cortez-70-percent-tax-1080874 Ocasio-Cortez floats 70 percent tax on the super wealthy to fund Green New Deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106011553/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/ocasio-cortez-70-percent-tax-1080874 |date=January 6, 2019 }} By MATTHEW CHOI. Politico. April 1, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/05/ocasio-cortez-wants-higher-taxes-very-rich-americans-heres-how-much-money-could-that-raise/ Ocasio-Cortez wants higher taxes on very rich Americans. Here’s how much money that could raise.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105230343/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/05/ocasio-cortez-wants-higher-taxes-very-rich-americans-heres-how-much-money-could-that-raise/ |date=January 5, 2019 }} With the help of tax experts, we produced some back-of-the-envelope estimates. By Jeff Stein. Washington Post. January 5, 2019</ref> Ocasio-Cortez has opposed and voted against the [[PAYGO|pay-as-you-go]] rule supported by Democratic leaders, which requires deficit-neutral fiscal policy, with all new expenditures balanced by tax increases or spending cuts. She joins [[Ro Khanna]] in condemning the rule as hamstringing new or expanded progressive policies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-pelosi-rules-package-congress-paygo-20190102-story.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez to vote against Pelosi rules package on first day in Congress over 'paygo'|work=Daily News|location=New York|date=January 2, 2019|author=Denis Slattery|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153320/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-pelosi-rules-package-congress-paygo-20190102-story.html|archive-date=January 14, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-adopts-rules-package-democratic-defections-paygo-provision|title=House adopts rules package with few Democratic defections over PAYGO provision|date=January 3, 2019|author=Lindsey McPherson|work=Roll Call|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210205/https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-adopts-rules-package-democratic-defections-paygo-provision|archive-date=January 14, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> She cites [[Modern Monetary Theory]] as a justification for higher deficits to finance her agenda.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the theory that deficit spending is good for the economy should 'absolutely' be part of the conversation|date=January 7, 2019|author=Eliza Relman|work=Business Insider|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174219/https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-01-17/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-big-ideas-for-taxes-and-medicare?srnd=premium|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is the Darling of the Left, Nightmare of the Right|date=January 17, 2019|work=Bloomberg L.P.|author=Peter Coy|author2=Katia Dmitrieva|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119120938/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-01-17/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-big-ideas-for-taxes-and-medicare?srnd=premium|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> Drawing a parallel with the [[Great Depression]], she explains that the Green New Deal needs deficit spending like the original New Deal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why She Wants to Abolish ICE and Upend the Democratic Party|date=June 25, 2018|accessdate=January 18, 2019|author=Kate Aronoff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227151631/http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats|archive-date=December 27, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez proposed introducing a [[Marginal tax rate|marginal tax]] as high as 70% on income above $10&nbsp;million to pay for the [[Green New Deal]]. According to tax experts contacted by ''[[The Washington Post]]'', this tax would bring in extra revenue of $720&nbsp;billion per decade.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/ocasio-cortez-70-percent-tax-1080874 Ocasio-Cortez floats 70 percent tax on the super wealthy to fund Green New Deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106011553/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/ocasio-cortez-70-percent-tax-1080874 |date=January 6, 2019 }} By MATTHEW CHOI. Politico. April 1, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/05/ocasio-cortez-wants-higher-taxes-very-rich-americans-heres-how-much-money-could-that-raise/ Ocasio-Cortez wants higher taxes on very rich Americans. Here's how much money that could raise.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105230343/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/05/ocasio-cortez-wants-higher-taxes-very-rich-americans-heres-how-much-money-could-that-raise/ |date=January 5, 2019 }} With the help of tax experts, we produced some back-of-the-envelope estimates. By Jeff Stein. Washington Post. January 5, 2019</ref> Ocasio-Cortez has opposed and voted against the [[PAYGO|pay-as-you-go]] rule supported by Democratic leaders, which requires deficit-neutral fiscal policy, with all new expenditures balanced by tax increases or spending cuts. She joins [[Ro Khanna]] in condemning the rule as hamstringing new or expanded progressive policies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-pelosi-rules-package-congress-paygo-20190102-story.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez to vote against Pelosi rules package on first day in Congress over 'paygo'|work=New York Daily News |date=January 2, 2019|author=Denis Slattery|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153320/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-pelosi-rules-package-congress-paygo-20190102-story.html|archive-date=January 14, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-adopts-rules-package-democratic-defections-paygo-provision|title=House adopts rules package with few Democratic defections over PAYGO provision|date=January 3, 2019|author=Lindsey McPherson|work=Roll Call|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210205/https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/house-adopts-rules-package-democratic-defections-paygo-provision|archive-date=January 14, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> She cites [[Modern Monetary Theory]] as a justification for higher deficits to finance her agenda.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the theory that deficit spending is good for the economy should 'absolutely' be part of the conversation|date=January 7, 2019|author=Eliza Relman|work=Business Insider|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174219/https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ommt-modern-monetary-theory-how-pay-for-policies-2019-1|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-01-17/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-big-ideas-for-taxes-and-medicare?srnd=premium|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is the Darling of the Left, Nightmare of the Right|date=January 17, 2019|publisher=Bloomberg |author=Peter Coy|author2=Katia Dmitrieva|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119120938/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-01-17/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-big-ideas-for-taxes-and-medicare?srnd=premium|archive-date=January 19, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> Drawing a parallel with the [[Great Depression]], she explains that the Green New Deal needs deficit spending like the original New Deal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why She Wants to Abolish ICE and Upend the Democratic Party|date=June 25, 2018|accessdate=January 18, 2019|author=Kate Aronoff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227151631/http://inthesetimes.com/article/21236/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ice-new-york-cynthia-nixon-democrats|archive-date=December 27, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>


=== Immigration ===
=== Immigration ===
Ocasio-Cortez has expressed support for defunding and [[Abolish ICE|abolishing]] the [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) agency on multiple occasions. In February 2018, she called it "a product of the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush-era]] [[Patriot Act]] suite of legislation" and "an enforcement agency that takes on more of a [[paramilitary]] tone every single day".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://splinternews.com/talking-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-woman-challe-1823967744|title=Talking With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Woman Challenging One of New York's Political Kingmakers|date=March 22, 2018|work=[[Splinter News]]|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628153546/https://splinternews.com/talking-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-woman-challe-1823967744|archive-date=June 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/06/28/fox-news-reminds-us-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-platform-ispretty-reasonable|title=Fox News Reminds Us Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Platform Is ... Pretty Reasonable|work=Common Dreams|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712222623/https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/06/28/fox-news-reminds-us-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-platform-ispretty-reasonable|archive-date=July 12, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> That June, she said she would "stop short of fully disbanding the agency", and would rather "create a pathway to citizenship for more immigrants through decriminalization".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://documentedny.com/2018/06/27/early-arrival-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-in-upset-over-joe-crowley/|title=Early Arrival: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins in upset over Joe Crowley|website=Documented|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713010717/https://documentedny.com/2018/06/27/early-arrival-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-in-upset-over-joe-crowley/|archive-date=July 13, 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref> She later clarified that this does not mean ceasing all deportations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/ocasio2018/status/1031926879752802304?lang=en|title=Twitter|date=August 21, 2018|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=December 10, 2018}}</ref> She has called the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]]'s immigration detention centers "[[black sites]]", citing limited public access to them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-candidate-beat-crowley-dhs-operates-border-black-sites/|title=Dem Candidate Who Beat Crowley: DHS Operates Border 'Black Sites'|last1=Crookston|first1=Paul|date=June 27, 2018|website=[[Washington Free Beacon]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202244/http://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-candidate-beat-crowley-dhs-operates-border-black-sites/|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> Two days before the primary election, Ocasio-Cortez attended a protest at an ICE child-detention center in [[Tornillo, Texas|Tornillo]], Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/623752094/who-is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez|title=Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?|last=Neuman|first=Scott|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=NPR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627080006/https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/623752094/who-is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She was the only Democrat to vote against H.R. 648, a bill to fund and reopen the government, because it funded ICE.<ref>
Ocasio-Cortez has expressed support for defunding and [[Abolish ICE|abolishing]] the [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) agency on multiple occasions. In February 2018, she called it "a product of the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush-era]] [[Patriot Act]] suite of legislation" and "an enforcement agency that takes on more of a [[paramilitary]] tone every single day".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://splinternews.com/talking-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-woman-challe-1823967744|title=Talking With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Woman Challenging One of New York's Political Kingmakers|date=March 22, 2018|publisher=[[Splinter News]]|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628153546/https://splinternews.com/talking-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-woman-challe-1823967744|archive-date=June 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/06/28/fox-news-reminds-us-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-platform-ispretty-reasonable|title=Fox News Reminds Us Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Platform Is ... Pretty Reasonable|publisher=Common Dreams|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712222623/https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/06/28/fox-news-reminds-us-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-platform-ispretty-reasonable|archive-date=July 12, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> That June, she said she would "stop short of fully disbanding the agency", and would rather "create a pathway to citizenship for more immigrants through decriminalization".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://documentedny.com/2018/06/27/early-arrival-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-in-upset-over-joe-crowley/|title=Early Arrival: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins in upset over Joe Crowley|publisher=Documented NY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713010717/https://documentedny.com/2018/06/27/early-arrival-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wins-in-upset-over-joe-crowley/|archive-date=July 13, 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref> She later clarified that this does not mean ceasing all deportations.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ocasio2018 |number=1031926879752802304 |date=August 21, 2018 |title=#AbolishICE means not having an agency that incarcerates children and sexually assaults women with impunity. It does not mean abolish deportation. Also, I have no problem saying white supremacy has no place in this country. It's the GOP that struggles to say that. |accessdate=December 10, 2018}}</ref> She has called the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]]'s immigration detention centers "[[black sites]]", citing limited public access to them.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-candidate-beat-crowley-dhs-operates-border-black-sites/|title=Dem Candidate Who Beat Crowley: DHS Operates Border 'Black Sites'|last1=Crookston|first1=Paul|date=June 27, 2018|newspaper=[[Washington Free Beacon]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202244/http://freebeacon.com/politics/dem-candidate-beat-crowley-dhs-operates-border-black-sites/|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> Two days before the primary election, Ocasio-Cortez attended a protest at an ICE child-detention center in [[Tornillo, Texas|Tornillo]], Texas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/623752094/who-is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez|title=Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?|last=Neuman|first=Scott|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=NPR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627080006/https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/623752094/who-is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She was the only Democrat to vote against H.R. 648, a bill to fund and reopen the government, because it funded ICE.<ref>
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* ''For H.R. 648, see:'' {{cite web|title=H.R.648 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/648|date=January 23, 2019|publisher=Office of the Clerk. U.S. House of Representatives|dead-url=no|access-date=February 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180240/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/648|archive-date=February 9, 2019}}
* ''For H.R. 648, see:'' {{cite web|title=H.R.648 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/648|date=January 23, 2019|publisher=Office of the Clerk. U.S. House of Representatives|dead-url=no|access-date=February 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180240/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/648|archive-date=February 9, 2019}}
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=== Healthcare ===
=== Healthcare ===
Ocasio-Cortez supports transitioning to a [[single-payer healthcare]] system, recognizing medical care as a [[Human rights|human right]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-talks-poverty-in-the-us-with-steven-colbert.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: In a modern, moral, wealthy society, no person should be too poor to live|last=Clifford|first=Catherine|date=June 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629221816/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-talks-poverty-in-the-us-with-steven-colbert.html|archive-date=June 29, 2018|dead-url=no|publisher=CNBC}}</ref><ref name="This is the platform">{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-platform-on-the-issues-2018-6|title=This is the platform that launched Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democratic socialist, to the biggest political upset of the year|work=Business Insider|access-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630025045/http://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-platform-on-the-issues-2018-6|archive-date=June 30, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> She says that a single government health insurer should cover every American, reducing overall costs.<ref name="Jeff Stein campaigning" /> On her campaign website, Ocasio-Cortez says "Almost every other developed nation in the world has [[Universal health care|universal healthcare]]. It's time the United States catch up to the rest of the world in ensuring all people have real healthcare coverage that doesn't break the bank."<ref name="This is the platform" /> The Medicare-for-all proposal has been adopted by many likely Democratic 2020 presidential contenders.<ref name="Suderman 2018" />
Ocasio-Cortez supports transitioning to a [[single-payer healthcare]] system, recognizing medical care as a [[Human rights|human right]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-talks-poverty-in-the-us-with-steven-colbert.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: In a modern, moral, wealthy society, no person should be too poor to live|last=Clifford|first=Catherine|date=June 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629221816/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-talks-poverty-in-the-us-with-steven-colbert.html|archive-date=June 29, 2018|dead-url=no|publisher=CNBC}}</ref><ref name="This is the platform">{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-platform-on-the-issues-2018-6|title=This is the platform that launched Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democratic socialist, to the biggest political upset of the year|publisher=Business Insider|access-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630025045/http://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-platform-on-the-issues-2018-6|archive-date=June 30, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> She says that a single government health insurer should cover every American, reducing overall costs.<ref name="Jeff Stein campaigning" /> On her campaign website, Ocasio-Cortez says "Almost every other developed nation in the world has [[Universal health care|universal healthcare]]. It's time the United States catch up to the rest of the world in ensuring all people have real healthcare coverage that doesn't break the bank."<ref name="This is the platform" /> The Medicare-for-all proposal has been adopted by many likely Democratic 2020 presidential contenders.<ref name="Suderman 2018" />


=== LGBTQ equality ===
=== LGBTQ equality ===
Ocasio-Cortez is a staunch proponent of [[LGBT rights|LGBTQ rights]] and [[LGBT equality|LGBTQ equality]]. She has said she supports the [[LGBTQ community]] and thanked its members for its role in her campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lgbt-win/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thanks LGBT community after landmark win|work=PinkNews |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161747/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lgbt-win/ |archive-date=July 6, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Vox - top house democrat" /> She publicized and later appeared on a [[video game live stream]] to help raise money for [[Mermaids (charity)|Mermaids]], a charity for trans children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aaron-sorkin-graham-linehan-h-bomberguy-donkey-kong-twitch-stream.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Spent Her Weekend Dunking on Aaron Sorkin and Raising Money for Trans Kids|last=Dessem|first=Matthew|date=January 21, 2019|website=Slate|access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232832/https://slate.com/culture/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aaron-sorkin-graham-linehan-h-bomberguy-donkey-kong-twitch-stream.html|archive-date=January 21, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> At the January 2019 New York City [[2019 Women's March|Women's March]] in [[LGBT culture in New York City|Manhattan]], Ocasio-Cortez gave a detailed speech in support of measures needed to ensure LGBTQ equality in the workplace and elsewhere.<ref>[https://flipboard.com/topic/lgbt/aoc-gives-powerful-pro-lgbtq-speech-at-nyc-women%27s-march/f-b431c6cd9b%2Fthegavoice.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081958/https://flipboard.com/topic/lgbt/aoc-gives-powerful-pro-lgbtq-speech-at-nyc-women%27s-march/f-b431c6cd9b%2Fthegavoice.com |date=February 18, 2019 }}. Retrieved February 17, 2019.</ref> She has also made a point of recognizing [[transgender]] rights specifically, saying, "It's a no-brainer ... trans rights are civil rights are human rights."<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/ai3pl0/trans_rights_are_civil_rights_are_human_rights_aoc/]. Retrieved February 17, 2019.</ref>
Ocasio-Cortez is a staunch proponent of [[LGBT rights|LGBTQ rights]] and [[LGBT equality|LGBTQ equality]]. She has said she supports the [[LGBTQ community]] and thanked its members for its role in her campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lgbt-win/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thanks LGBT community after landmark win|publisher=PinkNews |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161747/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lgbt-win/ |archive-date=July 6, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Vox - top house democrat" /> She publicized and later appeared on a [[video game live stream]] to help raise money for [[Mermaids (charity)|Mermaids]], a charity for trans children.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aaron-sorkin-graham-linehan-h-bomberguy-donkey-kong-twitch-stream.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Spent Her Weekend Dunking on Aaron Sorkin and Raising Money for Trans Kids|last=Dessem|first=Matthew|date=January 21, 2019|publisher=Slate|access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232832/https://slate.com/culture/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aaron-sorkin-graham-linehan-h-bomberguy-donkey-kong-twitch-stream.html|archive-date=January 21, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> At the January 2019 New York City [[2019 Women's March|Women's March]] in [[LGBT culture in New York City|Manhattan]], Ocasio-Cortez gave a detailed speech in support of measures needed to ensure LGBTQ equality in the workplace and elsewhere.<ref>[https://flipboard.com/topic/lgbt/aoc-gives-powerful-pro-lgbtq-speech-at-nyc-women%27s-march/f-b431c6cd9b%2Fthegavoice.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081958/https://flipboard.com/topic/lgbt/aoc-gives-powerful-pro-lgbtq-speech-at-nyc-women%27s-march/f-b431c6cd9b%2Fthegavoice.com |date=February 18, 2019 }}. Retrieved February 17, 2019.</ref> She has also made a point of recognizing [[transgender]] rights specifically, saying, "It's a no-brainer ... trans rights are civil rights are human rights."<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/ai3pl0/trans_rights_are_civil_rights_are_human_rights_aoc/]. Retrieved February 17, 2019.</ref>


=== Israeli–Palestinian conflict ===
=== Israeli–Palestinian conflict ===
In May 2018, Ocasio-Cortez criticized the [[Israel Defense Forces]]' use of deadly force against Palestinians participating in the [[2018 Gaza border protests]], calling it a "massacre" in a tweet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-democrat-who-slammed-israel-wins-new-york-primary-1.6218292|title=Democrat Who Slammed Israel for Gaza Killings Is Shock Winner of New York Primary|date=June 27, 2018|work=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627103125/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-democrat-who-slammed-israel-wins-new-york-primary-1.6218292|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> In a July 2018 interview with the [[PBS]] series ''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]'', Ocasio-Cortez said that she is "a proponent of a [[two-state solution]]"<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|date=July 13, 2018|publisher=[[PBS]]|others=Interviewed by [[Margaret Hoover]]|series=''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]''|minutes=19|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717083844/https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|archive-date=July 17, 2018|dead-url=no|quote=I believe absolutely in [[Israel's right to exist]]. I am a proponent of a [[two-state solution]].}}</ref> and called Israel's presence in the [[West Bank]] an "[[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|occupation of Palestine]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ocasio-cortez-slams-israeli-occupation-walks-it-back-i-am-not-expert-1029386|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sparked outrage after condemning Israel's "occupation" of Palestinian territory|last=AM|first=Chantal Da Silva on 7/18/18 at 4:03|date=July 18, 2018|website=Newsweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010257/https://www.newsweek.com/ocasio-cortez-slams-israeli-occupation-walks-it-back-i-am-not-expert-1029386|archive-date=January 6, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> Her use of the term "occupation" drew backlash from a number of pro-Israel groups and commentators.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-vs-the-right-fox-news-social-media|title="I Think A Lot of Them Can't Hide Their Misogyny": How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez De-Fanged The Fox News Haters|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=November 26, 2018|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-vs-the-right-fox-news-social-media|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-criticizes-israel-for-the-occupation-of-palestine/|title=Ocasio-Cortez criticizes 'occupation of Palestine', but admits she's no expert|last=Dunst|first=Charles|website=The Times of Israel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119235924/https://www.timesofisrael.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-criticizes-israel-for-the-occupation-of-palestine/|archive-date=November 19, 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref> Others defended her remarks, citing the United Nations' designation of the territory in the West Bank as occupied.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/alexandria-ocasiocortez-israel-palestine-occupation-us-west-bank-outrage-us-a8450781.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prompts outrage for accurately referring to Israel's 'occupation' of Palestinian territory|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818173024/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/alexandria-ocasiocortez-israel-palestine-occupation-us-west-bank-outrage-us-a8450781.html|archive-date=August 18, 2018|dead-url=no|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://forward.com/opinion/405682/what-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-really-thinks-about-israel/|title=Opinion {{!}} What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Really Thinks About Israel|website=The Forward|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105162854/https://forward.com/opinion/405682/what-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-really-thinks-about-israel/|archive-date=January 5, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>
In May 2018, Ocasio-Cortez criticized the [[Israel Defense Forces]]' use of deadly force against Palestinians participating in the [[2018 Gaza border protests]], calling it a "massacre" in a tweet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-democrat-who-slammed-israel-wins-new-york-primary-1.6218292|title=Democrat Who Slammed Israel for Gaza Killings Is Shock Winner of New York Primary|date=June 27, 2018|work=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627103125/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-democrat-who-slammed-israel-wins-new-york-primary-1.6218292|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> In a July 2018 interview with the [[PBS]] series ''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]'', Ocasio-Cortez said that she is "a proponent of a [[two-state solution]]"<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|date=July 13, 2018|publisher=[[PBS]]|others=Interviewed by [[Margaret Hoover]]|series=''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]''|minutes=19|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717083844/https://www.pbs.org/video/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-barhhq/|archive-date=July 17, 2018|dead-url=no|quote=I believe absolutely in [[Israel's right to exist]]. I am a proponent of a [[two-state solution]].}}</ref> and called Israel's presence in the [[West Bank]] an "[[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|occupation of Palestine]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ocasio-cortez-slams-israeli-occupation-walks-it-back-i-am-not-expert-1029386|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sparked outrage after condemning Israel's "occupation" of Palestinian territory|last=AM|first=Chantal Da Silva on 7/18/18 at 4:03|date=July 18, 2018|website=Newsweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010257/https://www.newsweek.com/ocasio-cortez-slams-israeli-occupation-walks-it-back-i-am-not-expert-1029386|archive-date=January 6, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> Her use of the term "occupation" drew backlash from a number of pro-Israel groups and commentators.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-vs-the-right-fox-news-social-media|title="I Think A Lot of Them Can't Hide Their Misogyny": How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez De-Fanged The Fox News Haters|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=November 26, 2018|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-vs-the-right-fox-news-social-media|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-criticizes-israel-for-the-occupation-of-palestine/|title=Ocasio-Cortez criticizes 'occupation of Palestine', but admits she's no expert|last=Dunst|first=Charles|publisher=The Times of Israel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119235924/https://www.timesofisrael.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-criticizes-israel-for-the-occupation-of-palestine/|archive-date=November 19, 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref> Others defended her remarks, citing the United Nations' designation of the territory in the West Bank as occupied.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/alexandria-ocasiocortez-israel-palestine-occupation-us-west-bank-outrage-us-a8450781.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prompts outrage for accurately referring to Israel's 'occupation' of Palestinian territory|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=January 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818173024/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/alexandria-ocasiocortez-israel-palestine-occupation-us-west-bank-outrage-us-a8450781.html|archive-date=August 18, 2018|dead-url=no|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://forward.com/opinion/405682/what-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-really-thinks-about-israel/|title=Opinion {{!}} What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Really Thinks About Israel|newspaper=The Forward|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105162854/https://forward.com/opinion/405682/what-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-really-thinks-about-israel/|archive-date=January 5, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>


=== Puerto Rico ===
=== Puerto Rico ===
Ocasio-Cortez has called for "solidarity with Puerto Rico". She has advocated for granting Puerto Ricans further civil rights, regardless of Puerto Rico's legal classification. She advocates for voting rights and disaster relief. Ocasio-Cortez was critical of [[FEMA]]'s response to [[Hurricane Maria]] and the federal government's unwillingness to address [[political status of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico's political status]].<ref name="Puerto Rico Report">{{Cite news|url=https://www.puertoricoreport.com/is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-for-statehood|title=Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Statehood?|date=June 27, 2018|work=Puerto Rico Report|access-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705003216/https://www.puertoricoreport.com/is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-for-statehood/|archive-date=July 5, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> She believes the federal government should increase investment in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Vox - top house democrat" />
Ocasio-Cortez has called for "solidarity with Puerto Rico". She has advocated for granting Puerto Ricans further civil rights, regardless of Puerto Rico's legal classification. She advocates for voting rights and disaster relief. Ocasio-Cortez was critical of [[FEMA]]'s response to [[Hurricane Maria]] and the federal government's unwillingness to address [[political status of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico's political status]].<ref name="Puerto Rico Report">{{Cite news|url=https://www.puertoricoreport.com/is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-for-statehood|title=Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Statehood?|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=Puerto Rico Report|access-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705003216/https://www.puertoricoreport.com/is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-for-statehood/|archive-date=July 5, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> She believes the federal government should increase investment in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Vox - top house democrat" />


=== Other issues ===
=== Other issues ===
* '''Education''': Ocasio-Cortez campaigned in favor of establishing tuition-free public colleges and trade schools. She has said she is still paying off student loans herself and wants to cancel all student debt.<ref name="This is the platform" />
* '''Education''': Ocasio-Cortez campaigned in favor of establishing tuition-free public colleges and trade schools. She has said she is still paying off student loans herself and wants to cancel all student debt.<ref name="This is the platform" />
* '''Impeachment of President Trump''': On June 28, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez told CNN she would support the [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeachment of President Trump]], citing Trump's alleged violations of the [[Title of Nobility Clause|Emoluments Clause]] and stating that "we have to hold everyone accountable and that no person is above that law."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/primaries-upend-political-landscape-ahead-midterm-elections-spell-trouble-trump/|title=Primaries upend political landscape ahead of midterm elections and could spell trouble for Trump|date=June 27, 2018|work=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|accessdate=June 28, 2018|publisher=[[Tribune News Service]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628015406/http://www.sfexaminer.com/primaries-upend-political-landscape-ahead-midterm-elections-spell-trouble-trump/ |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-impeach-trump-678821|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she supports impeaching Trump|last=Nelson|first=Louis|date=June 27, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628184726/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-impeach-trump-678821|archive-date=June 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
* '''Impeachment of President Trump''': On June 28, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez told CNN she would support the [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|impeachment of President Trump]], citing Trump's alleged violations of the [[Title of Nobility Clause|Emoluments Clause]] and stating that "we have to hold everyone accountable and that no person is above that law."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/primaries-upend-political-landscape-ahead-midterm-elections-spell-trouble-trump/|title=Primaries upend political landscape ahead of midterm elections and could spell trouble for Trump|date=June 27, 2018|work=[[San Francisco Examiner]]|accessdate=June 28, 2018|publisher=[[Tribune News Service]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628015406/http://www.sfexaminer.com/primaries-upend-political-landscape-ahead-midterm-elections-spell-trouble-trump/ |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-impeach-trump-678821|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she supports impeaching Trump|last=Nelson|first=Louis|date=June 27, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628184726/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-impeach-trump-678821|archive-date=June 28, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
* '''[[Amazon HQ2]]''': Ocasio-Cortez opposed a planned deal by New York City to give [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]] $3&nbsp;billion in state and city [[Subsidy|subsidies]] and [[tax break]]s to build secondary headquarters in an area near her congressional district. Ocasio-Cortez said that they should instead invest the $3 billion in their district themselves.<ref name="Birnbaum">{{cite news |last1=Birnbaum |first1=Emily |title=Ocasio-Cortez celebrates Amazon canceling New York offices: 'Anything is possible' |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/430050-ocasio-cortez-celebrates-amazon-cancelling-new-york-offices-anything-is |accessdate=February 14, 2019 |publisher=The Hill |date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214214420/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/430050-ocasio-cortez-celebrates-amazon-cancelling-new-york-offices-anything-is |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="BrownHeadquarters">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Ruth |title=Ocasio-Cortez cheers as Amazon scraps NYC headquarters |url=https://nypost.com/2019/02/14/ocasio-cortez-cheers-as-amazon-scraps-nyc-headquarters/ |accessdate=February 14, 2019 |work=New York Post |date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214220214/https://nypost.com/2019/02/14/ocasio-cortez-cheers-as-amazon-scraps-nyc-headquarters/ |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/business/2019/02/16/amazon-is-not-getting-the-welcome-it-expected-from-queens|title=Amazon is not getting the welcome it expected from Queens|date=February 14, 2019|work=The Economist|access-date=February 14, 2019|issn=0013-0613|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215102736/https://www.economist.com/business/2019/02/16/amazon-is-not-getting-the-welcome-it-expected-from-queens|archive-date=February 15, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-new-york-democrats-criticize-amazon-hq2.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York Democrats criticize Amazon HQ2|last=Pramuk|first=Jacob|date=November 13, 2018|publisher=CNBC|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228155020/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-new-york-democrats-criticize-amazon-hq2.html|archive-date=February 28, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
* '''[[Amazon HQ2]]''': Ocasio-Cortez opposed a planned deal by New York City to give [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]] $3&nbsp;billion in state and city [[Subsidy|subsidies]] and [[tax break]]s to build secondary headquarters in an area near her congressional district. Ocasio-Cortez said that they should instead invest the $3 billion in their district themselves.<ref name="Birnbaum">{{cite news |last1=Birnbaum |first1=Emily |title=Ocasio-Cortez celebrates Amazon canceling New York offices: 'Anything is possible' |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/430050-ocasio-cortez-celebrates-amazon-cancelling-new-york-offices-anything-is |accessdate=February 14, 2019 |publisher=The Hill |date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214214420/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/430050-ocasio-cortez-celebrates-amazon-cancelling-new-york-offices-anything-is |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="BrownHeadquarters">{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Ruth |title=Ocasio-Cortez cheers as Amazon scraps NYC headquarters |url=https://nypost.com/2019/02/14/ocasio-cortez-cheers-as-amazon-scraps-nyc-headquarters/ |accessdate=February 14, 2019 |work=New York Post |date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214220214/https://nypost.com/2019/02/14/ocasio-cortez-cheers-as-amazon-scraps-nyc-headquarters/ |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/business/2019/02/16/amazon-is-not-getting-the-welcome-it-expected-from-queens|title=Amazon is not getting the welcome it expected from Queens|date=February 14, 2019|work=The Economist|access-date=February 14, 2019|issn=0013-0613|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215102736/https://www.economist.com/business/2019/02/16/amazon-is-not-getting-the-welcome-it-expected-from-queens|archive-date=February 15, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-new-york-democrats-criticize-amazon-hq2.html|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York Democrats criticize Amazon HQ2|last=Pramuk|first=Jacob|date=November 13, 2018|publisher=CNBC|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228155020/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-new-york-democrats-criticize-amazon-hq2.html|archive-date=February 28, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Ocasio-Cortez has family in Puerto Rico, where her grandfather lived in a nursing home<ref name="Puerto Rico Report" /> before dying in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Maria]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/My-Grandfather-Died-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Slams-Trump-Puerto-Rico-PR-Tweet-493285661.html|title='My Grandfather Died': Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump's PR Denial|work=NBC New York|access-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233312/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/My-Grandfather-Died-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Slams-Trump-Puerto-Rico-PR-Tweet-493285661.html|archive-date=September 29, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> After Ocasio-Cortez's father's death in 2008, her mother and grandmother relocated to Florida due to financial hardship.<ref name="Vivian Wang Giant Slayer" /><ref name="Huffpo - 5 reasons" /> She identifies as [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<ref name=Religion>''For religious identity:''
Ocasio-Cortez has family in Puerto Rico, where her grandfather lived in a nursing home<ref name="Puerto Rico Report" /> before dying in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Maria]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/My-Grandfather-Died-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Slams-Trump-Puerto-Rico-PR-Tweet-493285661.html|title='My Grandfather Died': Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump's PR Denial|publisher=NBC New York|access-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233312/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/My-Grandfather-Died-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-Slams-Trump-Puerto-Rico-PR-Tweet-493285661.html|archive-date=September 29, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> After Ocasio-Cortez's father's death in 2008, her mother and grandmother relocated to Florida due to financial hardship.<ref name="Vivian Wang Giant Slayer" /><ref name="Huffpo - 5 reasons" /> She identifies as [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<ref name=Religion>''For religious identity:''
* {{Cite conference| publisher = Pew Research Center| title = Religious affiliation of members of 116th Congress| accessdate = January 26, 2019| date = January 3, 2019| url = http://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/Detailed-tables-NUMBER-CHECK-COMPLETE-1-3.pdf| conference = | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190105075651/http://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/Detailed-tables-NUMBER-CHECK-COMPLETE-1-3.pdf| archive-date = January 5, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}
* {{Cite conference| publisher = Pew Research Center| title = Religious affiliation of members of 116th Congress| accessdate = January 26, 2019| date = January 3, 2019| url = http://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/Detailed-tables-NUMBER-CHECK-COMPLETE-1-3.pdf| conference = | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190105075651/http://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/Detailed-tables-NUMBER-CHECK-COMPLETE-1-3.pdf| archive-date = January 5, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}
* {{Cite news| last = Stanley-Becker| first = Isaac| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish ancestry at Hanukkah celebration| work = The Washington Post| accessdate = January 26, 2019| date = December 9, 2018| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-jewish-ancestry-hanukkah-celebration/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174813/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-jewish-ancestry-hanukkah-celebration/| archive-date = January 19, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}
* {{Cite news| last = Stanley-Becker| first = Isaac| title = Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish ancestry at Hanukkah celebration| work = The Washington Post| accessdate = January 26, 2019| date = December 9, 2018| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-jewish-ancestry-hanukkah-celebration/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174813/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/10/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-jewish-ancestry-hanukkah-celebration/| archive-date = January 19, 2019| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}
* {{Cite news| last = Smith| first = Allan| title = Ocasio-Cortez reveals her Jewish heritage: 'I knew it! I sensed it!'| publisher = NBC News| accessdate = January 26, 2019| date = December 10, 2018| url = https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ocasio-cortez-reveals-her-jewish-heritage-i-knew-it-i-n946041| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181216005639/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ocasio-cortez-reveals-her-jewish-heritage-i-knew-it-i-n946041| archive-date = December 16, 2018| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}
* {{Cite news| last = Smith| first = Allan| title = Ocasio-Cortez reveals her Jewish heritage: 'I knew it! I sensed it!'| publisher = NBC News| accessdate = January 26, 2019| date = December 10, 2018| url = https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ocasio-cortez-reveals-her-jewish-heritage-i-knew-it-i-n946041| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181216005639/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ocasio-cortez-reveals-her-jewish-heritage-i-knew-it-i-n946041| archive-date = December 16, 2018| dead-url = no| df = mdy-all}}
* {{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/amp/us-news/.premium-ocasio-cortez-claims-jewish-heritage-at-ny-event-my-family-were-sephardic-jews-1.6727455|title=Ocasio-Cortez Shares Jewish Heritage at NY Event: 'My Family Were Sephardic Jews'|work=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=December 9, 2018|quote="a very, very long time ago, generations and generations ago, my family consisted of Sephardic Jews."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210054547/https://www.haaretz.com/amp/us-news/.premium-ocasio-cortez-claims-jewish-heritage-at-ny-event-my-family-were-sephardic-jews-1.6727455|archive-date=December 10, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> and described her faith and its impact on her life and campaign for [[Criminal justice reform in the United States|criminal justice reform]] in an article in ''[[America (magazine)|America]]'', the magazine of the [[Jesuit]] order in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alexandria|last=Ocasio-Cortez|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Catholic faith and the urgency of a criminal justice reform|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-her-catholic-faith-and-urgency-criminal|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 31, 2018|website=[[America (magazine)|America]]|quote=Innocence, in its mercy, partly excuses us from having to fully reckon with the spiritual gifts of forgiveness, grace and redemption at the heart of the [[Catechism of the Catholic Church|Catechism]]: I believe in the forgiveness of sins.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627233436/https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-her-catholic-faith-and-urgency-criminal|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez said that she has [[Sephardic Jewish]] ancestry, although she does not practice the faith.<ref name=Religion /> She has said "to be Puerto Rican is to be the descendant of... African [[Moors]] [and] [[Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies|slaves]], [[Taíno|Taino]] Indians, Spanish colonizers, Jewish refugees, and likely others. We are all of these things and something else all at once{{emdash}}we are [[Boricua]]."<ref name=Goldmacher/>
* {{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/amp/us-news/.premium-ocasio-cortez-claims-jewish-heritage-at-ny-event-my-family-were-sephardic-jews-1.6727455|title=Ocasio-Cortez Shares Jewish Heritage at NY Event: 'My Family Were Sephardic Jews'|work=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=December 9, 2018|quote='a very, very long time ago, generations and generations ago, my family consisted of Sephardic Jews.'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210054547/https://www.haaretz.com/amp/us-news/.premium-ocasio-cortez-claims-jewish-heritage-at-ny-event-my-family-were-sephardic-jews-1.6727455|archive-date=December 10, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> and described her faith and its impact on her life and campaign for [[Criminal justice reform in the United States|criminal justice reform]] in an article in ''[[America (magazine)|America]]'', the magazine of the [[Jesuit]] order in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alexandria|last=Ocasio-Cortez|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Catholic faith and the urgency of a criminal justice reform|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-her-catholic-faith-and-urgency-criminal|date=June 27, 2018|accessdate=August 31, 2018|newspaper=[[America (magazine)|America]]|quote=Innocence, in its mercy, partly excuses us from having to fully reckon with the spiritual gifts of forgiveness, grace and redemption at the heart of the [[Catechism of the Catholic Church|Catechism]]: I believe in the forgiveness of sins.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627233436/https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-her-catholic-faith-and-urgency-criminal|archive-date=June 27, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez said that she has [[Sephardic Jewish]] ancestry, although she does not practice the faith.<ref name=Religion /> She has said "to be Puerto Rican is to be the descendant of... African [[Moors]] [and] [[Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies|slaves]], [[Taíno|Taino]] Indians, Spanish colonizers, Jewish refugees, and likely others. We are all of these things and something else all at once{{emdash}}we are [[Boricua]]."<ref name=Goldmacher/>


During the 2018 election campaign, Ocasio-Cortez resided in [[Parkchester, Bronx]] with her boyfriend, Riley Roberts.<ref name="Abigail Hess apartment">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cant-afford-to-rent-an-apartment-in-dc.html|title=Youngest woman elected to Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can't afford an apartment in D.C.|last=Hess|first=Abigail|date=November 8, 2018|publisher=CNBC|access-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117233348/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cant-afford-to-rent-an-apartment-in-dc.html|archive-date=November 17, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Other Progressives Are Defining the Midterms|first=Irina|last=Aleksander|work=Vogue|date=October 15, 2018|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116065645/https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|archive-date=November 16, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name=OcasioRoberts>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Other Progressives Are Defining the Midterms|author=Irina Aleksander, photography by [[Annie Leibovitz]]|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|VOGUE]]|date=October 15, 2018|accessdate=February 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116065645/https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|archive-date=November 16, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/everything-know-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-155000127.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218082242/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/everything-know-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-155000127.html |date=February 18, 2019 }}. Retrieved February 17, 2019.</ref>
During the 2018 election campaign, Ocasio-Cortez resided in [[Parkchester, Bronx]] with her boyfriend, Riley Roberts.<ref name="Abigail Hess apartment">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cant-afford-to-rent-an-apartment-in-dc.html|title=Youngest woman elected to Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can't afford an apartment in D.C.|last=Hess|first=Abigail|date=November 8, 2018|publisher=CNBC|access-date=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117233348/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cant-afford-to-rent-an-apartment-in-dc.html|archive-date=November 17, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Other Progressives Are Defining the Midterms|first=Irina|last=Aleksander|work=Vogue|date=October 15, 2018|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116065645/https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|archive-date=November 16, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name=OcasioRoberts>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|title=How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Other Progressives Are Defining the Midterms|author=Irina Aleksander, photography by [[Annie Leibovitz]]|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=October 15, 2018|accessdate=February 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116065645/https://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-vogue-november-2018-issue|archive-date=November 16, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/everything-know-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-155000127.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218082242/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/everything-know-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-155000127.html |date=February 18, 2019 }}. Retrieved February 17, 2019.</ref>


== See also ==
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez standing
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 14th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded byJoe Crowley
Personal details
Born (1989-10-13) October 13, 1989 (age 34)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationBoston University (BA)
WebsiteHouse website

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (/ˌkɑːsi kɔːrˈtɛz/; Spanish: [oˈkasjo koɾˈtes];[1] born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials, AOC, is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Since January 3, 2019, she has been the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, which includes the eastern part of The Bronx and portions of north-central Queens in New York City.

Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district on June 26, 2018, defeating the ten-term incumbent Congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.[7] She beat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the November 6, 2018, general election, and at age 29, became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.[8] Ocasio-Cortez has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.[9]

Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[10] Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib are the first two members of the group in Congress. She advocates for a progressive platform that includes Medicare For All, a federal jobs guarantee, a proposed Green New Deal, abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10 million. Before running for Congress, she served as an educational director for the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series for the National Hispanic Institute. Ocasio-Cortez majored in international relations and economics at Boston University, graduating cum laude in 2011.

Early life

Ocasio-Cortez was born in The Bronx, New York City, on October 13, 1989, to Blanca Ocasio-Cortez (née Cortez) and Sergio Ocasio in a Catholic family.[11] She has a younger brother, Gabriel Ocasio-Cortez.[12] Her father was born in the Bronx to a Puerto Rican family and became an architect; her mother was born in Puerto Rico.[13][14] She has described her Puerto Rican community as an amalgamation: "We are black; we are indigenous; we are Spanish; we are European."[15] Until age five, Ocasio-Cortez lived with her family in an apartment in the neighborhood of Parkchester.[14] The family moved to a house in Yorktown Heights, a suburb in Westchester County.[14]

Ocasio-Cortez attended Yorktown High School, graduating in 2007.[16] She came in second in the Microbiology category of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a microbiology research project on the effect of antioxidants on the lifespan of the nematode C. elegans.[17] In a show of appreciation for her efforts, the MIT Lincoln Laboratory named a small asteroid after her: 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.[18][19] In high school, she took part in the National Hispanic Institute's Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session. She later became the LDZ Secretary of State while she attended Boston University. Ocasio-Cortez had a John F. Lopez Fellowship.[20] In 2008, while Ocasio-Cortez was a sophomore at Boston University, her father died of lung cancer.[21][22] During college, she served as an intern in the immigration office during the final year of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy's tenure.[23] "I was the only Spanish speaker, and as a result, as basically a kid—a 19-, 20-year-old kid—whenever a frantic call would come into the office because someone is looking for their husband because they have been snatched off the street by ICE, I was the one that had to pick up that phone," Ocasio-Cortez said. "I was the one that had to help that person navigate that system."[23]

She graduated cum laude from Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences in 2011, majoring in international relations and economics.[20][24][25]

When her father died intestate in 2008,[26] she became involved in a long probate battle to settle his estate. She has said that the experience helped her learn "firsthand how attorneys appointed by the court to administer an estate can enrich themselves at the expense of the families struggling to make sense of the bureaucracy".[27]

Early career

After college, Ocasio-Cortez moved back to the Bronx and found work as an educational director. Following the death of her father, she took on an additional job working as a bartender and waitress to help her mother—a house cleaner and school-bus driver—fight foreclosure of their home.[28][29] Ocasio-Cortez later launched Brook Avenue Press, a publishing firm for books that portray the Bronx in a positive light.[30] She worked as lead educational strategist at GAGEis, Inc.[31] Ocasio-Cortez also worked for the nonprofit National Hispanic Institute, serving as the Educational Director of the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series, a five-day long program targeted at college-bound high school students from across the United States and other countries, where she also participated in the panel on the future of Latino leadership.[20][32][33]

In the 2016 primary, Ocasio-Cortez worked as an organizer for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign.[34] After the general election, she traveled across America by car, visiting places such as Flint, Michigan, and Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, and speaking to people affected by the Flint water crisis and the Dakota Access Pipeline.[35] In an interview she recalled her December 2016 visit to Standing Rock as a tipping point, saying that before that, she had believed that the only way to effectively run for office was if you had access to wealth, social influence, and power. But her visit to North Dakota, where she saw others "putting their whole lives and everything that they had on the line for the protection of their community", inspired her to begin to work for her own community.[36] One day after she visited North Dakota, she got a phone call from Brand New Congress, which was recruiting progressive candidates (her brother had nominated her soon after Election Day 2016).[37]

2018 campaign

Ocasio-Cortez's congressional campaign logo was inspired by "revolutionary posters and visuals from the past".

Ocasio-Cortez began her campaign while waiting tables and tending bar at Flats Fix, a taqueria in New York City's Union Square.[38] "For 80 percent of this campaign, I operated out of a paper grocery bag hidden behind that bar," she told Bon Appétit.[39] She was the first person since 2004 to challenge Joe Crowley, the Democratic Caucus Chair, in the primary. She faced a financial disadvantage, saying, "You can't really beat big money with more money. You have to beat them with a totally different game." Her campaign posters' design were said to have taken inspiration from "revolutionary posters and visuals from the past".[40]

On June 15, the candidates' only face-to-face encounter during the campaign occurred on a local political talk show, Inside City Hall. The format was a joint interview conducted by Errol Louis, which NY1 characterized as a debate.[41] On June 18, a debate in the Bronx was scheduled, but Crowley did not participate. He sent former New York City Council member Annabel Palma in his place.[42][43][44]

Endorsements

Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by progressive and civil rights organizations such as MoveOn,[45] Justice Democrats,[46] Brand New Congress,[47] Black Lives Matter,[48] and Democracy for America,[34] and by gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, who, like Ocasio-Cortez, also challenged a longtime incumbent. Nixon challenged incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the 2018 New York gubernatorial election[49] but lost.

Governor Cuomo endorsed Crowley, as did both of New York's U.S. Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, 11 U.S. Representatives, 31 local elected officials, 31 trade unions, and progressive groups such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the Working Families Party, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, among others.[50] California representative Ro Khanna, a Justice Democrat like Ocasio-Cortez,[51] initially endorsed Crowley but later endorsed Ocasio-Cortez in an unusual dual endorsement.[52]

Primary election

Ocasio-Cortez speaks to a voter during the campaign.

On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez received 57.13% of the vote (15,897) to Joe Crowley's 42.5% (11,761), defeating the 10-term incumbent by almost 15 percentage points.[53] Her win, and Crowley's defeat, came as a shock to many political commentators and analysts and immediately garnered nationwide attention. Time called her victory "the biggest upset of the 2018 elections so far";[54] CNN made a similar statement.[3] The New York Times described Crowley's loss as "a shocking primary defeat on Tuesday, the most significant loss for a Democratic incumbent in more than a decade, and one that will reverberate across the party and the country".[34] The Guardian called it "one of the biggest upsets in recent American political history".[55] Her victory was especially surprising as she was outspent by a margin of 18 to 1.[56] Merriam-Webster reported that searches for the word "socialism" spiked 1,500% after her victory.[57] Crowley conceded defeat on election night,[58] but did not telephone Ocasio-Cortez that night to congratulate her, fueling short-lived speculation that he intended to run against her in the general election.[59]

Bernie Sanders and Noam Chomsky congratulated her.[6][60] Several commentators noted the similarities between Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Crowley and Dave Brat's Tea Party movement-supported 2014 victory over Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for Virginia's 7th congressional district.[61][62] Like Crowley, Cantor was a high-ranking member in his party's caucus.[63] After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed several progressive primary challengers to Democratic incumbents nationwide,[64] capitalizing on her fame and spending her political capital in a manner unusual even for unexpected primary winners.[65]

Without campaigning for it, Ocasio-Cortez won the Reform Party primary as a write-in candidate in a neighboring congressional district, New York's 15th, with a total vote count of nine, highest among all 22 write-in candidates. She declined the nomination.[66][67]

General election

Ocasio-Cortez faced Republican nominee Anthony Pappas in the November 6 general election.[68] Pappas, who lives in Astoria, is an economics professor at St. John's University. According to the New York Post, Pappas did not actively campaign. The Post wrote that "Pappas' bid was a long shot," since the 14th has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+29, making it the sixth most Democratic district in New York City. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost six to one.[69][70][71] Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by various politically progressive organizations and figures, including former President Barack Obama and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.[72][73] She spoke at the Netroots Nation conference in August 2018, and was called "the undisputed star of the convention".[74]

Crowley also remained on the ballot, as the nominee of the Working Families Party (WFP). Neither Crowley nor the party actively campaigned, with both having endorsed Ocasio-Cortez after her Democratic primary victory.[75] Former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, who won reelection in 2006 on a third-party line after losing the Democratic Primary in 2006, penned a July 17 column in the Wall Street Journal expressing his hope that Crowley would actively campaign on the WFP ballot line.[76] Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the WFP, wrote an endorsement of, and apology to, Ocasio-Cortez for the New York Daily News; he asked voters not to vote for Crowley if his name remained on the general election ballot.[77]

Ocasio-Cortez won the election with 78% of the vote (110,318) to Pappas's 14% (17,762). Her election was part of a broader Democratic victory in the 2018 midterm elections, as the party gained control of the House by picking up at least 40 seats.[78] Saikat Chakrabarti, who had been her campaign co-chair, became chief of staff for her congressional office.[79] Co-creator of two progressive political action committees, he has been called a significant political presence.[80]

Media coverage

Ocasio-Cortez during an interview with Julia Cumming in December 2017

After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez quickly garnered nationwide media attention, including numerous articles and TV talk-show appearances. She also drew a great deal of media attention when she and Sanders campaigned for James Thompson in Kansas in July 2018. A rally in Wichita had to be moved from a theater with a capacity of 1,500 when far more people said they would attend. The event drew 4,000 people, with some seated on the floor. In The New Yorker Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote that while Sanders remained "the de-facto leader of an increasingly popular left, [he is unable to] do things that do not come naturally to him, like supply hope". Wallace-Wells suggested that Ocasio-Cortez had made Sanders's task easier, as he could point to her success to show that ideas "once considered to be radical are now part of the mainstream".[81]

Prior to defeating incumbent Joe Crowley in the 2018 Democratic primary, Ocasio-Cortez was given little airtime by most traditional news media outlets.[82][83] Jimmy Dore interviewed her when she first announced her candidacy in June 2017.[84] After her primary win, Brian Stelter wrote that progressive-media outlets, such as The Young Turks and The Intercept, "saw the Ocasio-Cortez upset coming" in advance.[62] Margaret Sullivan said that traditional metrics of measuring a campaign's viability, like total fundraising, were contributing to a "media failure".[83] Ocasio-Cortez was barely mentioned in print-media coverage until her primary election win.[85] Ocasio-Cortez was one of the subjects of the 2018 Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 11/9; it chronicled her primary campaign.[86][87]

Just before Ocasio-Cortez took office, Twitter user "AnonymousQ" shared a Boston University student-produced dance video in which she briefly appeared, in an attempt to embarrass her.[88] Many social media users came to her defense, inspiring memes and a Twitter account syncing the footage to songs like "Mambo No. 5" and "Gangnam Style".[89] Ocasio-Cortez lightheartedly responded by posting a video of herself dancing to Edwin Starr's "War".[88]

116th Congress

Ocasio-Cortez's first speech as a Representative, addressing the 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown

When the 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez entered with no seniority but with a large social media presence. Axios has credited her with "as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats combined".[9] As of February 2019, she had 3.1 million Twitter followers,[90] up from 1.38 million in November 2018[9] and surpassing Nancy Pelosi.[91] She had 2.2 million Instagram followers as of January 2019[92] and 500,000 followers on Facebook as of February 2019.[93] Her colleagues appointed her to teach them social media lessons upon her arrival in Congress.[93] Early in her congressional tenure, Ocasio-Cortez continued to receive media coverage on par with that of 2020 presidential candidates,[94] and came to be considered "one of the faces of the Democratic party"[95] and one of the most talked about politicians in the United States.[96]

On the first day of congressional orientation, Ocasio-Cortez participated in a climate change protest outside the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.[97] Ocasio-Cortez backed Pelosi's bid to be Speaker of the House once the Democratic Party reclaimed the majority on the condition that Pelosi "remains the most progressive candidate for speaker".[98]

During the orientation for new members hosted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter about the influence of corporate interests by sponsors such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies: "Lobbyists are here. Goldman Sachs is here. Where's labor? Activists? Frontline community leaders?"[99][100][101] During her first month in office, admirers of Ocasio-Cortez left dozens of post-it notes with messages of encouragement in orange, pink, yellow. The sticky notes were removed after the Superintendent of House Office Buildings said the notes obscured the braille on her nameplate.[102]

When Ocasio-Cortez made her first speech on the floor of Congress, C-SPAN tweeted out the video. Within 12 hours, the video of her four-minute speech set the record as C-SPAN's most-watched Twitter video by a member of the House of Representatives.[103]

Speaking at a Congressional hearing with a panel of representatives from campaign finance watchdog groups, Ocasio-Cortez questioned the panel about ethics regulations as they apply to both the president and members of Congress. She asserted that no regulations prevent lawmakers "from being bought off by wealthy corporations".[104] With more than 37.5 million views, the clip became the most-watched political video ever posted on Twitter.[105]

When President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen appeared before the Oversight Committee, Ocasio-Cortez asked him whether Trump had ever inflated property values for bank or insurance purposes and inquired where to get more information on the subject. Cohen's reply implied that Trump may have committed potential tax and bank fraud in his personal and business tax returns, financial statements and real-estate filings.[106][107] David Brooks, a commentator for The New York Times, praised her for "laying down specific questions for specific predicates".[108]

Tenure

Green New Deal

On February 7, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez submitted her first piece of legislation, the Green New Deal, to the Senate. She and Senator Ed Markey released a joint non-binding resolution laying out the main elements of a 10-year "economic mobilization" that would phase out fossil fuel use and overhaul the nation's infrastructure. Their plan called for implementing the "social cost of carbon" that was part of the Obama administration's plans to address climate change and transitioning the United States to 100% renewable, zero-emission energy sources. In the process it aimed to create jobs and boost the economy.[109] The plan gained support from some Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker;[110] other Democrats, such as Dianne Feinstein, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi[failed verification], and Frank Pallone[failed verification] expressed opposition. Activist groups such as Greenpeace and the Sunrise Movement also came out in favor of the plan. No Republican lawmakers voiced support.[111][112] On March 26, in what Democrats called a "stunt", Republicans called for an early vote without allowing discussion or expert testimony. Markey said Republicans were trying to "make a mockery" of the Green New Deal debate and called the vote a "sham". In protest, Senate Democrats voted "present" or against the bill, resulting in a 57–0 defeat on the Senate floor.[113][114]

Committee assignments

Political positions

Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America[10] and embraces the democratic socialist label as part of her political identity. In an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, she described democratic socialism as "... part of what I am. It's not all of what I am. And I think that that's a very important distinction."[117] She believes capitalism will gradually be replaced.[citation needed] In response to a question about democratic socialism ultimately calling for an end to capitalism during a Firing Line interview on PBS, she answered: "Ultimately, we are marching towards progress on this issue. I do think that we are going to see an evolution in our economic system of an unprecedented degree, and it's hard to say what direction that that takes."[118]

She rejects the policies of Cuba, the USSR and Venezuela, and favors policies that "most closely resemble what we see in the U.K., in Norway, in Finland, in Sweden".[119][120]

Ocasio-Cortez supports progressive policies such as single-payer Medicare for All, tuition-free public college and trade school,[121] a federal job guarantee,[122] guaranteed family leave,[123] abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,[124] ending the privatization of prisons, enacting gun-control policies,[125] and energy policy relying on 100% renewables.[126] She is open to using Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) as an economic pathway that could provide funding and enable implementation of these goals.[127]

Capitalism

In March 2019, Ocasio-Cortez said that in a capitalist system, "the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximize profit", adding, "And that comes at any cost to people and to the environment, so to me capitalism is irredeemable." She said she did not think all parts of capitalism should be abandoned, but that "we're reckoning with the consequences of putting profit above everything else in society. And what that means is people can't afford to live. For me, it's a question of priorities and right now I don't think our model is sustainable."[128] "It's just as much a transformation about bringing democracy to the workplace so that we have a say and that we don't check all of our rights at the door every time we cross the threshold into our workplace," she said. "Because at the end of the day, as workers and as people in society, we're the ones creating wealth."[129]

Environment

Ocasio-Cortez speaks on a Green New Deal in front of the Capitol Building in February 2019.

Ocasio-Cortez has called for "more environmental hardliners in Congress",[130] describing climate change as "the single biggest national security threat for the United States and the single biggest threat to worldwide industrialized civilization" and stating that the world will end in 12 years unless the problem is addressed.[131][132][133] Her comments referred to the recent United Nations report that established that unless carbon emissions are reined in over the next 12 years, the effects of climate change will be irreversible.[134] Ocasio-Cortez's environmental plan, termed the Green New Deal, advocates for the United States to transition to an electrical grid running on 100% renewable energy[110] and to end the use of fossil fuels within 10 years. The changes, estimated to cost roughly $2.5 trillion per year, would be financed in part by higher taxes on the wealthy.[135][136] [137]

Tax policy

Ocasio-Cortez proposed introducing a marginal tax as high as 70% on income above $10 million to pay for the Green New Deal. According to tax experts contacted by The Washington Post, this tax would bring in extra revenue of $720 billion per decade.[138][139] Ocasio-Cortez has opposed and voted against the pay-as-you-go rule supported by Democratic leaders, which requires deficit-neutral fiscal policy, with all new expenditures balanced by tax increases or spending cuts. She joins Ro Khanna in condemning the rule as hamstringing new or expanded progressive policies.[140][141] She cites Modern Monetary Theory as a justification for higher deficits to finance her agenda.[142][143] Drawing a parallel with the Great Depression, she explains that the Green New Deal needs deficit spending like the original New Deal.[144]

Immigration

Ocasio-Cortez has expressed support for defunding and abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency on multiple occasions. In February 2018, she called it "a product of the Bush-era Patriot Act suite of legislation" and "an enforcement agency that takes on more of a paramilitary tone every single day".[145][146] That June, she said she would "stop short of fully disbanding the agency", and would rather "create a pathway to citizenship for more immigrants through decriminalization".[147] She later clarified that this does not mean ceasing all deportations.[148] She has called the Department of Homeland Security's immigration detention centers "black sites", citing limited public access to them.[149] Two days before the primary election, Ocasio-Cortez attended a protest at an ICE child-detention center in Tornillo, Texas.[150] She was the only Democrat to vote against H.R. 648, a bill to fund and reopen the government, because it funded ICE.[151]

Healthcare

Ocasio-Cortez supports transitioning to a single-payer healthcare system, recognizing medical care as a human right.[152][153] She says that a single government health insurer should cover every American, reducing overall costs.[122] On her campaign website, Ocasio-Cortez says "Almost every other developed nation in the world has universal healthcare. It's time the United States catch up to the rest of the world in ensuring all people have real healthcare coverage that doesn't break the bank."[153] The Medicare-for-all proposal has been adopted by many likely Democratic 2020 presidential contenders.[123]

LGBTQ equality

Ocasio-Cortez is a staunch proponent of LGBTQ rights and LGBTQ equality. She has said she supports the LGBTQ community and thanked its members for its role in her campaign.[154][125] She publicized and later appeared on a video game live stream to help raise money for Mermaids, a charity for trans children.[155] At the January 2019 New York City Women's March in Manhattan, Ocasio-Cortez gave a detailed speech in support of measures needed to ensure LGBTQ equality in the workplace and elsewhere.[156] She has also made a point of recognizing transgender rights specifically, saying, "It's a no-brainer ... trans rights are civil rights are human rights."[157]

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

In May 2018, Ocasio-Cortez criticized the Israel Defense Forces' use of deadly force against Palestinians participating in the 2018 Gaza border protests, calling it a "massacre" in a tweet.[158] In a July 2018 interview with the PBS series Firing Line, Ocasio-Cortez said that she is "a proponent of a two-state solution"[159] and called Israel's presence in the West Bank an "occupation of Palestine".[160] Her use of the term "occupation" drew backlash from a number of pro-Israel groups and commentators.[161][162] Others defended her remarks, citing the United Nations' designation of the territory in the West Bank as occupied.[163][164]

Puerto Rico

Ocasio-Cortez has called for "solidarity with Puerto Rico". She has advocated for granting Puerto Ricans further civil rights, regardless of Puerto Rico's legal classification. She advocates for voting rights and disaster relief. Ocasio-Cortez was critical of FEMA's response to Hurricane Maria and the federal government's unwillingness to address Puerto Rico's political status.[165] She believes the federal government should increase investment in Puerto Rico.[125]

Other issues

  • Education: Ocasio-Cortez campaigned in favor of establishing tuition-free public colleges and trade schools. She has said she is still paying off student loans herself and wants to cancel all student debt.[153]
  • Impeachment of President Trump: On June 28, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez told CNN she would support the impeachment of President Trump, citing Trump's alleged violations of the Emoluments Clause and stating that "we have to hold everyone accountable and that no person is above that law."[166][167]
  • Amazon HQ2: Ocasio-Cortez opposed a planned deal by New York City to give Amazon.com $3 billion in state and city subsidies and tax breaks to build secondary headquarters in an area near her congressional district. Ocasio-Cortez said that they should instead invest the $3 billion in their district themselves.[168][169][170][171]

Awards and honors

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory named the asteroid 23238 Ocasio-Cortez after her when she was a senior in high school in recognition of her second-place finish in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[18][19] Ocasio-Cortez was named the 2017 National Hispanic Institute Person of the Year by Ernesto Nieto.[20]

Personal life

Ocasio-Cortez has family in Puerto Rico, where her grandfather lived in a nursing home[165] before dying in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.[172] After Ocasio-Cortez's father's death in 2008, her mother and grandmother relocated to Florida due to financial hardship.[13][28] She identifies as Catholic[173] and described her faith and its impact on her life and campaign for criminal justice reform in an article in America, the magazine of the Jesuit order in the United States.[174] Ocasio-Cortez said that she has Sephardic Jewish ancestry, although she does not practice the faith.[173] She has said "to be Puerto Rican is to be the descendant of... African Moors [and] slaves, Taino Indians, Spanish colonizers, Jewish refugees, and likely others. We are all of these things and something else all at once—we are Boricua."[15]

During the 2018 election campaign, Ocasio-Cortez resided in Parkchester, Bronx with her boyfriend, Riley Roberts.[175][176][177][178]

See also

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