Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doubled-down on her calls for universal healthcare Thursday; saying the massive federal entitlement program is just “level 1” of the changes needed in the United States.
“We are long passed the time to guarantee health care in the United States. That’s Level 1. When we get to a point where we’re struggling to feel economic security, it’s because all of these things are chipping away at us. It’s health care, it’s student loans, it’s rent, it’s cost of living, it’s immigration status, it’s all of that,” said AOC.
“Wages, income, healthcare, and the third is housing!” she added.
Rep. @AOC: "We are long past the time to guarantee healthcare in the United States." pic.twitter.com/QLbMkXsKDn
— The Hill (@thehill) May 14, 2020
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AOC on VIRUS: Disease Exposing American ‘Inequities’ That Are ‘Brushed Under the Rug’
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continued to call for massive, structural change as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic Monday morning; saying the disease is exposing “inequities that we’ve been trying to brush under the rug.”
“What we’re really seeing is just this crisis really putting so much weight and expanding and really blowing up a lot of the inequities that we’ve been trying to brush under the rug for a very long time,” said AOC on social media.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "What we're really seeing is just this crisis really putting so much weight and expanding and really blowing up a lot of the inequities that we've been trying to brush under the rug for a very long time." pic.twitter.com/Wsz3RD7HRT
— The Hill (@thehill) May 4, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez bizarrely called-out “home-owners” on social media Wednesday; saying Coronavirus relief efforts should not “squeeze” people can’t afford to own land.
“It makes no sense that we are squeezing people that already cannot afford to purchase their own home for more money than a person who already owns land and is a land-owning member or a home-owning member of our economy,” said a video posted by the Congresswoman on Twitter.
Rep. @AOC: "It makes no sense that we are squeezing people that already cannot afford to purchase their own home for more money than a person who already owns land and is a land-owning member or a home-owning member of our economy." pic.twitter.com/VbKXzgN2nL
— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2020
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AOC on VIRUS: Senate’s Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief Bill ‘Shameful!’… Nothing but ‘Crumbs’
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doubled-down on her fierce opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan Coronavirus relief package Friday; calling the legislation “shameful” and “crumbs” for American families.
“Our community’s reality is this country’s future if we don’t do anything. Hospital workers do not have protective equipment. We don’t have the necessary ventilators. We have to go into this vote eyes wide open,” said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on the House Floor.
.@RepAOC @AOC: "Our community's reality is this country's future if we don't do anything. Hospital workers do not have protective equipment. We don't have the necessary ventilators. We have to go into this vote eyes wide open…" pic.twitter.com/PaFGc9ncKM
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 27, 2020
“Shameful! The greed of that fight is wrong, for crumbs for our families, and the option that we have is to let them suffer with nothing or to allow this greed and billions of dollars which will be leveraged into trillions of dollars!” she screamed.
Watch Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’ comments above.