Ocasio-Cortez Says 'All Hands on Deck' Against 'Systemic Injustices' That Led to Trump

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From the article:

"We need to realize that our democracy does belong to us, and when we don't participate in it, when we don't invest in it, when we don't put our own energy into it, what we are doing is we are giving it away to somebody else."

While the freshman congresswoman is a longtime critic of Trump, she framed his election as the consequence of a degraded democratic system that requires reforms and greater public engagement. According to the Daily Beast, following the debut of Knock Down the House, she said:
I hope everyone walks away knowing that we are still in a mode where it's all hands on deck for our democracy. This is not just about the president of the United States. He could be gone tomorrow and that will not change the systemic injustices that led to his election, so it's important that we continue to be all hands on deck in this fight. We are so early on. We can do 2018 again better in 2020, so when someone tells you that they're going to run for office, believe in them early, don't dismiss them, and know that when we all participate, and when we all know what we have to give, and when we choose to give it, our nation will be better. We have no other choice.

To read more:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/28/after-standing-ovation-sundance-ocasio-cortez-says-all-hands-deck-against-systemic?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=After%20Standing%20Ovation%20at%20Sundance%2C%20Ocasio-

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1. agreed nt