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CentralMass

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Fri Sep 9, 2022, 07:34 AM Sep 2022

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Recounts How a Congressman Once Told Her 'It's a Shame' She Won

https://share.newsbreak.com/1qtrduxn
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is opening up about the hostility she faced after being elected to Congress in 2018 — hostility that, in a new interview with GQ, came in part from those in her party.

Much more in the article. As usual I am posting from cellphone and with my limited skills and dexterity on the phone, particularly @ 4:30am, I won't try quote from it.

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