AOC Laments Misogyny, Sexism and Racism Are Very, Very Real: ‘If Kamala Harris Was Tom Harris ...’

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OCASIO-CORTEZ: “As another widely-known woman of color in office, you know, I knew that sexism and racism were real but it was not until I got subjected to a national stage that I actually was shocked at how bad it is. You know you grow up with it but there is something about being on the receiving line or just nationally exposed to millions of eyeballs at once that you feel that fire hose and you actually understand how deeply ingrained it is. And it is not partisan, it is in -- it transcends politics. And that's a hard pill for a lot of people to swallow, that misogyny can exist in left spaces, in right spaces, in center spaces it's not a moral thing, it is how our -- we are raised in cultures that program this in us. And it's very real and it's very very deep. And when we look at races within margins all of these things add up, they're not replacements or -- or -- or competing explanations with one another. If Kamala Harris was Tom Harris we may have a different result today, I don't know. And so it is impossible to try to engage again in a sectarianism of explanation. These are all factors that I think is important for us to keep in mind at once."