Can you imagine 24-hours without heartburn?
>>> THIS WEEK’S TIME MAGAZINE without heartburn?
>>> THIS WEEK’S TIME MAGAZINE TITLED THE PHENOM, HOW
TITLED THE PHENOM, HOW ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ BECAME
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ BECAME THE LIGHTNING ROD.
THE LIGHTNING ROD. SHE TWEETED ON MARCH 8th ABOUT
SHE TWEETED ON MARCH 8th ABOUT BEING WORKING CLASS, BEING A
BEING WORKING CLASS, BEING A WAITRESS.
WAITRESS. I FIND IT REVEALING WHEN PEOPLE
I FIND IT REVEALING WHEN PEOPLE MOCK WHERE I CAME FROM, AND SEND
MOCK WHERE I CAME FROM, AND SEND ME BACK TO WAITRESSING AS IF
ME BACK TO WAITRESSING AS IF THAT IS BAD OR SHAMEFUL.
THAT IS BAD OR SHAMEFUL. THEY THINK BEING A MEMBER OF
THEY THINK BEING A MEMBER OF CONGRESS MAKES YOU INTRINSICALLY
CONGRESS MAKES YOU INTRINSICALLY BETTER THAN OTHERS.
BETTER THAN OTHERS. >> SHE HAS A GUIDING PHILOSOPHY.
>> SHE HAS A GUIDING PHILOSOPHY. >> SHE’S BASICALLY AN ACTIVIST
>> SHE’S BASICALLY AN ACTIVIST WITH A CONGRESSIONAL PIN.
WITH A CONGRESSIONAL PIN. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE HER AS
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE HER AS THE CONSCIENCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
PARTY. I THINK THAT HER WORKING CLASS
I THINK THAT HER WORKING CLASS BACKGROUND IS ABSOLUTELY
BACKGROUND IS ABSOLUTELY INTRINSIC TO THE STORY SHE’S
INTRINSIC TO THE STORY SHE’S TELLING AND TO HER POWER IN THIS
TELLING AND TO HER POWER IN THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW.
MOMENT RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE SHE CAN REALLY
BECAUSE SHE CAN REALLY AUTHENTICALLY SPEAK TO THE
AUTHENTICALLY SPEAK TO THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING A LOT OF
ISSUES THAT ARE FACING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. AND SHE’S FACED A LOT OF ISSUES
AND SHE’S FACED A LOT OF ISSUES THAT NOT ONLY OTHER WORKING
THAT NOT ONLY OTHER WORKING CLASS PEOPLE HAVE FACED.
CLASS PEOPLE HAVE FACED. BUT MILLENNIALS HAVE LARGELY
BUT MILLENNIALS HAVE LARGELY FACED LIKE STUDENT DEBT.
FACED LIKE STUDENT DEBT. HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY.
HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY. COLLEGE AFFORD ABILITY.
COLLEGE AFFORD ABILITY. THOSE ARE THINGS SHE’S
THOSE ARE THINGS SHE’S EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND.
EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND. I THINK SHE’S SPEAKING TO
I THINK SHE’S SPEAKING TO SOMETHING THAT HASN’T BEEN
SOMETHING THAT HASN’T BEEN SPOKEN TO BEFORE.
SPOKEN TO BEFORE. >> SHE’S 29 YEARS OLD LEER.
>> SHE’S 29 YEARS OLD LEER. I WANT TO READ HER TWEET FIRST.
I WANT TO READ HER TWEET FIRST. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AOC, YOU
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AOC, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT SHE
HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED, AND WHAT SHE
EXPERIENCED, AND WHAT SHE DIDN’T.
DIDN’T. REAGAN OPENICS AND PROSPEROUS
REAGAN OPENICS AND PROSPEROUS ’90s WERE ALL BEFORE HER TIME.
’90s WERE ALL BEFORE HER TIME. NO WONDER SHE AND HER PEERS ARE
NO WONDER SHE AND HER PEERS ARE MOVING LEFT.
MOVING LEFT. SHE RESPONDED BY SAYING, YES,
SHE RESPONDED BY SAYING, YES, AND THIS IS NOT JUST MY STORY,
AND THIS IS NOT JUST MY STORY, THIS IS TRUE OF WIDE SWATHS OF
THIS IS TRUE OF WIDE SWATHS OF OUR ENTIRE GENERATION WHO ARE
OUR ENTIRE GENERATION WHO ARE POISED TO BECOME A MUCH MORE
POISED TO BECOME A MUCH MORE INFLUENTIAL CIVIC AND ELECTORAL
INFLUENTIAL CIVIC AND ELECTORAL BLOCK AS WE MATURE INTO OUR 30s
BLOCK AS WE MATURE INTO OUR 30s AND BEYOND.
AND BEYOND. SHE’S SUGGESTING HER ASENT IS
SHE’S SUGGESTING HER ASENT IS INEVITABLE.
INEVITABLE. >> AND HONESTLY, IT IS IN SOME
>> AND HONESTLY, IT IS IN SOME WAYS.
WAYS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MATH
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MATH HERE.
HERE. WE HAVE THE OLDEST FIRST TERM
WE HAVE THE OLDEST FIRST TERM PRESIDENT EVER ELECTED UNTIL A
PRESIDENT EVER ELECTED UNTIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, CONGRESS WAS
COUPLE MONTHS AGO, CONGRESS WAS 10 YEARS OLDER THAN IT HAD BEEN
10 YEARS OLDER THAN IT HAD BEEN IN THE 1980s, TRUMP HAS
IN THE 1980s, TRUMP HAS SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH PEOPLE
SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ROOTED IN 20th CENTURY
WHO ARE ROOTED IN 20th CENTURY WAYS OF THINKING.
WAYS OF THINKING. AND THE THING ABOUT AOC AND THE
AND THE THING ABOUT AOC AND THE REASON SHE’S TAPPING INTO
REASON SHE’S TAPPING INTO SOMETHING THAT IS SO EXCITING TO
SOMETHING THAT IS SO EXCITING TO SOME AND THREATENING TO OTHERS
SOME AND THREATENING TO OTHERS IS THAT SHE IS REALLY BRINGING
IS THAT SHE IS REALLY BRINGING US INTO THE POLITICS OF THE 21st
US INTO THE POLITICS OF THE 21st CENTURY.
CENTURY. SHE’S A 21st CENTURY LEADER
SHE’S A 21st CENTURY LEADER TRYING TO TACKLE 21st CENTURY
TRYING TO TACKLE 21st CENTURY PROBLEMS, IN A BODY THAT’S
PROBLEMS, IN A BODY THAT’S LARGELY DOMINATED BY 20th
LARGELY DOMINATED BY 20th CENTURY THINKING.
CENTURY THINKING. >> DO YOU GET THE SENSE THAT SHE
>> DO YOU GET THE SENSE THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS WHY SHE’S SO
UNDERSTANDS WHY SHE’S SO THREATENING.
THREATENING. >> I THINK SHE DOES.
>> I THINK SHE DOES. SOME PEOPLE ARE THREATENED
SOME PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BECAUSE SHE’S A YOUNG HISPANIC
BECAUSE SHE’S A YOUNG HISPANIC WOMAN, 134 PEOPLE ARE THREATENED
WOMAN, 134 PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BECAUSE THEY WORRY SHE’S TOO FAR
BECAUSE THEY WORRY SHE’S TOO FAR LEFT, SOME PEOPLE ARE THREATENED
LEFT, SOME PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BECAUSE SHE’S KIND OF TURNING
BECAUSE SHE’S KIND OF TURNING OVER THE APPLE CART AND
OVER THE APPLE CART AND DISRUPTING THE WAY THINGS HAVE
DISRUPTING THE WAY THINGS HAVE TYPICALLY WORKED IN WASHINGTON.
TYPICALLY WORKED IN WASHINGTON. SHE’S SPENT HER FIRST WEEK OF
SHE’S SPENT HER FIRST WEEK OF ORIENTATION PICKETING.
ORIENTATION PICKETING. YOU KNOW, STAGING A PROTEST IN
YOU KNOW, STAGING A PROTEST IN NANCY PELOSI’S OFFICE, THAT’S
NANCY PELOSI’S OFFICE, THAT’S NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE
NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE TYPICALLY DONE.
TYPICALLY DONE. I THINK SHE’S -- A LOT OF PEOPLE
I THINK SHE’S -- A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND HER THREATENING, I ALSO
FIND HER THREATENING, I ALSO THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND HER
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND HER EXCITING.
EXCITING. >> THANK YOU FOR A GREAT
