"I hereby second the nomination of Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont for president of the United States of America."
In a symbolic move, she put the progressive ideals supported by former candidate Bernie Sanders in the spotlight. This was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's DNC speech.
In a symbolic move, she put the progressive ideals supported by former candidate Bernie Sanders in the spotlight. This was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's DNC speech.
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00:00infidelity and gratitude to a mass people's movement
00:04working to establish 21st century social,
00:07economic and human rights,
00:09including guaranteed healthcare, higher education,
00:13living wages and labor rights
00:15for all people in the United States.
00:19A movement striving to recognize and repair
00:22the wounds of racial injustice, colonization,
00:26misogyny and homophobia.
00:28And to propose and build re-imagined systems
00:32of immigration and foreign policy
00:34that turn away from the violence and xenophobia of our past.
00:39A movement that realizes the unsustainable brutality
00:45of an economy that rewards explosive inequalities
00:48of wealth for the few
00:50at the expense of long-term stability for the many.
00:54And who organized a historic grassroots campaign
00:59to reclaim our democracy.
01:02In a time when millions of people in the United States
01:05are looking for deep systemic solutions
01:09to our crises of mass evictions,
01:11unemployment and lack of healthcare
01:14in el espiritu del pueblo
01:15and out of a love for all people.
01:18I hereby second the nomination
01:20of Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont
01:23for President of the United States of America.