OCASIO-CORTEZ: There's so much focus on this endorsement [but it's just one part of a] broad-based coalition of people.
Q: What is your definition of democratic socialist?
OCASIO-CORTEZ: In a modern, moral and wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. And to me, that means every working class American in this country should have access to dignified health care without going broke. It means you should be able to send your kids to college and trade school if they so choose. And no person should feel precarious in their access to housing.
Q: Older Americans hear "the S word" and they tie it to ugly governments from Europe and the past.
OCASIO-CORTEZ: Democrats are a big tent party. I'm not trying to impose an ideology on all several hundred members of Congress. It's not about selling an -ism or an ideology or a label or a color. This is about selling our values.
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The above quotations are from Meet the Press interviews during 2018 (Chuck Todd interviewing candidates for 2018-2020 races). Click here for other excerpts from Meet the Press interviews during 2018 (Chuck Todd interviewing candidates for 2018-2020 races). Click here for other excerpts by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Click here for a profile of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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