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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / oʊ ˌ k ɑː s i oʊ k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ z / (Spanish: oˈkasjo koɾˈtes; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American politician serving as.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took lunch orders, served pizza and rocked the cocktail shaker on Friday to promote increased wages for restaurant servers and other tipped workers. AOC: ‘It’s not even, like, a raise!’ However, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Congress deserves the raise. The former barmaid says a $4,500 annual pay bump is a trivial cost-of-living increase.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat from New York, has raised more than $280,000 for grassroots organizations working to elect Democratic senators in the Georgia runoff.
Georgia, which had been carried by Republican presidential candidates in every election going back to 1996, appears to have gone blue for President-elect Joe Biden. Although the southern state will carry out a recount, Biden leads President Donald Trump there by just over 14,000 votes. Analysts expect the result to hold, as recounts rarely change more than a few hundred votes at most.
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Both of Georgia's Senate races are also going to runoffs, as none of the candidates secured more than 50 percent of the overall vote. Although a new poll released on Wednesday shows both Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler as slightly favored to hold their seats, Democrats are hopeful they can flip them blue.
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'Georgia isn't a red state. It's a voter-suppressed state. Last night #TeamAOC mobilized to raise $100k *directly* to grassroots orgs @fairfightaction, @NewGAProject,& more,' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Wednesday evening. 'Time to charge forward & support the folks leading the way. Let's kick it up.' The congresswoman included an Act Blue link where supporters could contribute.
Update: Holy cow - we surged to $280k for the GA grassroots last night!
Thatâs some #EmbraceTheBase ENERGY right there. Keep going! â¬ï¸ https://t.co/CZV8uDPZRV
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 12, 2020Early Thursday afternoon, Ocasio-Cortez gave an update, saying that contributors had already donated well-over a quarter-million dollars.
'Update: Holy cow - we surged to $280k for the GA grassroots last night! That's some #EmbraceTheBase ENERGY right there. Keep going!' the New York representative tweeted.
Newsweek reached out to press representatives for Ocasio-Cortez for further comment, but they did not immediately respond.
Loeffler faces Demcoratic candidate Raphael Warnock, while Perdue faces Democrat Jon Ossoff in the January 5 runoffs. A poll by conservative-leaning Remington Research Group shows Loeffler with 49 percent to Warnock's 48 percent support. The survey showed Perdue with the backing of 50 percent of Georgians while 46 percent supported Ossoff.
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Stacey Abrams, a Democratic organizer and politician from Georgia who has been widely credited for helping to flip her state blue for Biden, has expressed confidence that her party can win both Senate seats. She told CNN this week that she has 'no doubt' Democrats can win, describing Warnock and Ossoff as 'the two men who are going to make certain that Joe Biden has the leadership, the support, and the congressional mandate he needs to move this country forward.'
As of Sunday, Abrams had already helped raise about $3.6 million to support the Democratic Senate contenders in the Georgia runoffs. Other high-profile Democrats have said they plan to campaign in the state as well, including former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
'Want to help win Georgia? We have vetted 16 community organizers who can activate voters where they matter most over the next 8 weeks! Give today and let's win the Senate and demote Mitch and co to the minority! There's a LOT on the line - let's win!!' Yang tweeted on Wednesday.
Martin Luther King III, the son of the legendary civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., tweeted that he'd be organizing with Yang.
'I'm proud to work with @AndrewYang and a group of incredible organizers in Georgia to mobilize voters for the Jan 5th Senate run-offs. We need to elect @ossoff and @ReverendWarnock to deliver @JoeBiden the senate majority for real change to happen,' King wrote.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised over $200,000 over the weekend on behalf of food banks and legal aid organizations while playing the popular video game 'Among Us' on the streaming platform Twitch—an innovative fundraising effort that comes as millions of American families struggle to afford food, shelter, and other necessities amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The proceeds are being split between six New York-based organizations including Legal Services NYC, Street Vendor Project, and Make the Road, which will offer assistance to undocumented households that haven't been able to access any coronavirus aid.
Grateful to all who joined us last night!
Wonderful learning from you @theJagmeetSingh - thank you for reminding us that another world is not only possible, but just a few hours’ drive from NYC
$200k+ raised going directly to 6 relief efforts here: https://t.co/Dn7xy2LXCThttps://t.co/QbxOoTmOmi
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 28, 2020
'This crisis is slated to get worse,' wrote Ocasio-Cortez to donors. 'In December, special protections preventing renters from being evicted during the Covid-19 pandemic are scheduled to expire. This week, New York City saw its first eviction since the beginning of this crisis.'
'These six organizations have been on the ground in our communities, feeding families, and delivering legal guidance for years,' she added. 'Your contribution will directly bolster these critical efforts, at a moment they're needed the most.'
'It's so important to communicate that another world is possible and not only is it possible but it exists..like a three hour drive away from people who are saying it's impossible.'
—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
As Common Dreamsreported last week, food banks across the country are struggling to keep up with demand as food insecurity skyrockets amid the pandemic. With 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck before Covid-19 began spreading across the country last winter, food assistance organizations immediately saw drastically increased demand as soon as the pandemic forced many businesses to shut down in March.
Feeding America, the country's largest anti-hunger organization, estimates that 50 million Americans—including one in four children—will face food insecurity by the end of the year.
As she was in October for what was called 'the biggest Get Out the Vote rally of 2020,' which drew 439,000 viewers, Ocasio-Cortez was joined by popular livestream players of the game while she played and engaged with supporters on Friday evening.
This time, Canadian New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh also joined the congresswoman for a discussion about progressive policies centered on investing in the well-being of working people.
In addition to bantering good-naturedly about the competition—in which players try to fix a broken spaceship and determine who is an imposter—the two politicians talked about how bold, far-reaching policies in Canada have a measurable impact on working people's lives.
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'When we propose similar policies in the United States, people say, 'This is not possible, this is Candy Land, this is not viable,' and you can literally drive one day.. It's just a stone's throw away from being able to afford your insulin or be able to have public health insurance,' Ocasio-Cortez said after Singh explained publicly-funded automobile insurance. 'But there's so much scare-mongering around socialism in the United States that this is why we can't have nice things.'
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During the pandemic, the Canadian government is offering a Canada Recovery Benefit to anyone who has stopped working or had their income reduced, amounting to $500 per week. The country is also providing long-term unemployment assistance and introduced the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy, paying up to 65% of an employee's salary for qualifying employers to help them avoid layoffs.
Meanwhile, Americans were sent a means-tested $1,200 payment in April and people facing unemployment were given a $600 weekly enhanced unemployment benefit—after lobbying by progressives including Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—which expired in July.
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Singh thanked Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter after the game.
'In Canada, things aren't perfect and we face many of the same challenges. But, together we can do better,' Singh tweeted. 'When we lift each other up, we all rise.'
Thank you @AOC!
It was awesome chatting with you about how we can build a better world.
In Canada, things aren't perfect and we face many of the same challenges.
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But, together we can do better.
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My mom always taught me: When we lift each other up, we all rise. https://t.co/luh7zhUxAn
— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) November 28, 2020
Before signing off, Ocasio-Cortez said she plans to host another livestreamed game of 'Among Us' in the coming weeks.