Sanders on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: We’re Seeing Socialism Winning Across the Country

‘She campaigned on health care as a right, not a privilege’

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SANDERS: "I think what it should tell the American people is that when you have candidates like Alexandria who have the guts to talk about the real issues impacting people's lives, she campaigned on health care as a right, not a privilege, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, demanding the wealthiest start paying their fair share of taxes, making public colleges and universities tuition-free. That is an agenda that will resonate all over this country. She happened to have the added advantage of being an extraordinarily good candidate. And despite being outspent 10 to 1, she was able to run a strong grassroots campaign and win. The message here is that when you have candidates who are talking about the real issues impacting working families and are running grassroots campaigns, they will win in New York City. Yesterday, last night, they won in Maryland. Ben Jealous pulled off an upset, won a major victory to become the Democratic candidate for governor. We’re seeing this happening all across the country."

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