AOC: The Federal Government ‘Decided to Discriminate and Abandon My Queer Family’

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OCASIO-CORTEZ: "My family relied on Planned Parenthood for prenatal care. Then, Bernie Sanders fought for me. When I was growing up, and education was being gutted for kids who were in the wrong zip code, Bernie Sanders fought for us. When I was a child who relied on chips so that I could see a doctor, Bernie Sanders fought for single-payer health care system. When the federal government decided to discriminate and abandon my queer family and friends, Bernie Sanders was putting his career on the line for us. When I was a waitress and it was time for me to graduate college with student debt, Bernie Sanders was one of the only ones that said no person should be graduating with a life crushing debt at the start of their lives. Bernie Sanders did not do these things because they were popular. And that’s what we need to remember. He did these things and he fought for these aims of these ends when they came at the highest political cost in America. No one wanted to question this system."