New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) stated Wednesday the subsequent 4 years underneath President-elect Donald Trump might be a “very, very, very difficult, challenging time,” however urged Individuals to reject sectarianism and work to construct again a way of neighborhood.
The progressive lawmaker spoke to followers on Instagram because the fallout from Republicans’ extraordinarily sturdy election displaying solidifies. Whereas Ocasio-Cortez stated Democrats nonetheless had a shot to wrest management of the Home of Representatives from the GOP ― which might “block some of the most heinous legislative proposals” ― the nation was on the precipice of getting into an period of “fascism and authoritarianism.”
“This is real. And I’m not here to sugarcoat what we are all about to collectively experience,” the lawmaker stated on Instagram. “But I think that what we can do to prepare is build community. We do not have a choice our choice is to build. Our choice is to continue to fight, our choice is to win, our choice is to have each other.”
“We are about to enter a political period that will have consequences for the rest of our lives,” she went on. “We cannot give up.”
Ocasio-Cortez went on to say it was far too early to level the finger at anyone group or one subject that hamstrung Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic bid, saying in all probability it was “an avalanche of different things.” However she, like fellow progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I), stated Democrats wanted to reconnect with America’s working class.
Election returns appear to point out Harris misplaced floor with a few of the identical key demographics that helped elevate President Joe Biden to the White Home 4 years in the past. These voting blocs — Latinos, younger folks and Black Individuals amongst them — helped swing battleground states, and enormous parts of the nation, to the correct.
“Our main project is to unite the working class in this country against a fascist agenda,” Ocasio-Cortez stated Wednesday. “We have had an enormous setback in this election because the fascists won a lot of working-class support, which has happened before in history.”
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“At the end of the day the ultimate problem is our ability to clearly and forthrightly advocate for an agenda that clearly champions the working class,” she added, pointing to requires a nationwide $15 minimal wage and proposals for common well being care.
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The lawmaker went on to say Americans dejected by the outcome should work over the next four years to build community and “never ever think that one choice or any act of yours is too small.”
“One day at a time. One choice at a time,” she said. “Regimes and autocracies are taken down by billions of drops of small actions that would otherwise be invisible.”
