When I got to Washington, I was not popular with some of my fellow Representatives.
I had just unseated a very popular guy in Washington — and at my first caucus meeting during orientation, he was still presiding over the room. Everyone knew him. I was new. I didn't know anyone.
Then a congressman leaned over to me and said: "Man, it's such a shame that girl beat him."
I looked back at him. I said: "You mean me?"
The blood drained from his face. It was chilly. And not just because I beat their friend — it was because I challenged the power structure that existed then and still exists now.
I’ve never campaigned like the establishment says you’re supposed to. I don’t spend my days calling donors like most members of Congress.
We’re going to continue creating a new way to do politics rooted in community organizing and building a movement of working-class voices that went unheard for far too long.
No matter what, thank you for being here.
Pa’lante,
Alexandria
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