Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tears into Trump in First Floor Speech: Eroding ‘American Democracy’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT quest for ░░░░░░░░ racist and cynical pitfall ░░░░░░░░ I demand that he ░░░░░░░░ with us to reopen ░░░░░░░░ government before any more ░░░░░░░░ is done Enough is ░░░░░░░░ The American people deserve ░░░░░░░░ Thank you Madam Speaker ░░░░░░░░ yield back Ms Tlaib ░░░░░░░░ yield to the gentlewoman ░░░░░░░░ from Bronx New York ░░░░░░░░ Ocasio Cortez Ms Ocasio ░░░░░░░░ Thank you Madam Speaker ░░░░░░░░ rise to tell the ░░░░░░░░ of one of my ░░░░░░░░ Mr Obed was born ░░░░░░░░ Yemen and came to ░░░░░░░░ United States when he ░░░░░░░░ eight years old His ░░░░░░░░ was to become a ░░░░░░░░ and he knew that ░░░░░░░░ the United States all ░░░░░░░░ are possible and his ░░░░░░░░ could come true Mr ░░░░░░░░ s dream has come ░░░░░░░░ He has been a ░░░░░░░░ employee for 14 years ░░░░░░░░ two children and has ░░░░░░░░ mortgage in the Morris ░░░░░░░░ neighborhood He studied hard ░░░░░░░░ now an air traffic ░░░░░░░░ at John F Contendy ░░░░░░░░ airport I spoke with ░░░░░░░░ today over the phone ░░░░░░░░ and his air traffic ░░░░░░░░ like him across the ░░░░░░░░ missed their first paycheck ░░░░░░░░ was telling me how ░░░░░░░░ his job is Every ░░░░░░░░ day air traffic controllers ░░░░░░░░ thousands of people s ░░░░░░░░ in their hands with ░░░░░░░░ delays and a myriad ░░░░░░░░ other issues their days ░░░░░░░░ go exactly to plan ░░░░░░░░ job is to find ░░░░░░░░ analyze and adapt in ░░░░░░░░ time to keep people ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ the world And it ░░░░░░░░ terrifying to think that ░░░░░░░░ every single air traffic ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ currently distracted at work ░░░░░░░░ they don t know ░░░░░░░░ their next paycheck are ░░░░░░░░ Their jobs are stressful ░░░░░░░░ The rise in New ░░░░░░░░ s City lives And ░░░░░░░░ over the Muslim ban ░░░░░░░░ stressful enough His Bronx ░░░░░░░░ is stressful enough The ░░░░░░░░ immigrant sentiment of this ░░░░░░░░ is stressful enough And ░░░░░░░░ truth of this shutdown ░░░░░░░░ that it is not ░░░░░░░░ a wall it is ░░░░░░░░ about the border and ░░░░░░░░ not about the well ░░░░░░░░ of everyday Americans The ░░░░░░░░ is this shut down ░░░░░░░░ about the erosion of ░░░░░░░░ democracy and the subversion ░░░░░░░░ our most basic governmental ░░░░░░░░ It is not normal ░░░░░░░░ hold paychecks hostage and ░░░░░░░░ normal to shut down ░░░░░░░░ government when we don ░░░░░░░░ get what we want ░░░░░░░░ not normal for public ░░░░░░░░ to run away and ░░░░░░░░ from the public we ░░░░░░░░ and not normal to ░░░░░░░░ the people we serve ░░░░░░░░ a proposal that is ░░░░░░░░ unpopular among the American ░░░░░░░░ Each and every member ░░░░░░░░ this body has a ░░░░░░░░ to everyone in the ░░░░░░░░ States of America and ░░░░░░░░ president shares in that ░░░░░░░░ which means he has ░░░░░░░░ responsibility to my constituents ░░░░░░░░ Trump has the responsibility ░░░░░░░░ all air traffic controllers ░░░░░░░░ D A Inspectors T ░░░░░░░░ A Workers and he ░░░░░░░░ the responsibility to maintain ░░░░░░░░ basic functioning of the ░░░░░░░░ States government Thank you ░░░░░░░░ much Madam Speaker I ░░░░░░░░ my time Ms Tlaib ░░░░░░░░ you so much Madam ░░░░░░░░ I yield to the ░░░░░░░░ from from California.