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January 17, 2019 09:34 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/NDfIHPkrFuU/aocs-debut-speech-on-the-con.html
AOC's debut speech on the Congressional floor: "It is not normal to shut down the government when we dont get what we want."
"The truth of this shutdown is that it is not actually about a wall, it is not about the border, and it is certainly not about the well-being of everyday Americans. The truth is, this shutdown is about the erosion of American democracy and the subversion of our most basic governmental norms. It is not normal to hold 800,000 workers paychecks hostage. It is not normal to shut down the government when we dont get what we want. It is not normal for public servants to run away and hide from the public that they serve. And it is certainly not normal to starve the people we serve for a proposal that is wildly unpopular among the American people." (via DC Tribune) Read the rest
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