Firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., proclaimed “racial injustice, colonization, misogyny” as she helped nominate progressive senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT., To become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.
While former Vice President Joe Biden was assured of winning the nomination vote, Sanders earned delegates during the primary and was formally nominated during the Democratic National Convention proceedings.
Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive freshman lawmaker who has shot into the national psyche since taking office, has closely aligned himself with Sanders and policies such as the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-all and comprehensive immigration reform .
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“This is a step in the right direction to restore our democracy,” Ocasio-Cortez said of Sanders’ campaign during a short speech lasting only 60 seconds.
Ocasio-Cortez described the progressive movement Sanders started as “a mass people’s movement” working to prepare the country for guaranteed health care and higher education.
Ocasio-Cortez is widely regarded as the successor to Sanders’ progressive flank of the party.
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She said Sanders was running a historic grassroots campaign that realized it was turning away from an American history, controlled by violence, xenophobia, racial injustice and more and ‘that realizes the unbearable brutality that rewards explosive inequality of wealth for the couple at the expense’. of long-term stability for many. ”
“At a time when millions of people in us are looking for solutions to this crisis,” she added. “I hereby second the nomination for Bernard Sanders for President of the United States.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
