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72-613: AOC commonly refers to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989), a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. AOC or AoC may also refer to: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Progressive Era Repression and persecution Anti-war and civil rights movements Contemporary Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( / oʊ ˌ k ɑː s i oʊ k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ z / oh- KAH -see-oh kor- TEZ , Spanish: [aleɣˈsandɾja oˈkasjo koɾˈtes] ; born October 13, 1989), also known as AOC ,

144-513: A Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+29, making it New York City's sixth-most Democratic district, with registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans almost six to one. Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by various politically progressive organizations and figures, including former president Barack Obama and U.S. senator Bernie Sanders . She spoke at the Netroots Nation conference in August 2018, and

216-511: A Justice Democrat like Ocasio-Cortez, initially endorsed Crowley but later endorsed Ocasio-Cortez in an unusual dual endorsement. Ocasio-Cortez received 57.13% of the vote (15,897) to Crowley's 42.5% (11,761), defeating the 10-term incumbent by almost 15 percentage points on June 26, 2018. The result shocked many political commentators and analysts and immediately garnered nationwide attention. Many news sources, including Time , CNN , The New York Times , and The Guardian mentioned how

288-687: A fake news article that falsely quoted Ocasio-Cortez as saying, "We pay soldiers too much". A photo from the article also had the label " satire ". Rispoli was fired for his post and his Facebook account was deleted. Ocasio-Cortez is known to wear red lipstick, usually by the American makeup brand Stila Cosmetics in the shade "Beso", as a style trait of Latina women from the Bronx. In a skincare tutorial for Vogue , she explained that beauty and femininity are important to her because these things are often used against women in politics and society, and that self-love

360-554: A federal jobs guarantee , a Green New Deal , and abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She is a prominent leader of the left-wing faction of the Democratic Party, and a member of progressive congressional bloc " The Squad ". Ocasio-Cortez was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx on October 13, 1989, the daughter of Sergio Ocasio-Roman and Blanca Ocasio-Cortez ( née  Cortez ). She has

432-470: A "public health risk". In November 2018, on the first day of congressional orientation, Ocasio-Cortez participated in a climate change protest outside the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi . Also that month, she backed Pelosi's bid to be Speaker of the House once the Democratic Party reclaimed the majority on the condition that Pelosi "remains the most progressive candidate for speaker". During

504-505: A Census-estimated 1,494,670 in 2016, maintaining New York's status by a significant margin as the most important cultural and demographic center for Puerto Ricans outside San Juan . The Oxford English Dictionary cites this word as evolving slowly through roughly the last third of the 20th century, with the first cited reference being poet Jaime Carrero using neorriqueño in 1964 as a Spanish-language adjective combining neoyorquino and puertorriqueño . Many other variants developed along

576-703: A Census-estimated 1,494,670 in 2016. Historically, Nuyoricans resided in the predominantly Hispanic / Latino section of Upper Manhattan known as Spanish Harlem , and around the Loisaida section of the East Village , but later spread across the city into newly created Puerto Rican/Nuyorican enclaves in Brooklyn , Queens , and the South Bronx . Today, there are fewer island-born Puerto Ricans than mainland-born Puerto Ricans in New York City. Even though Puerto Ricans are one of

648-470: A campaign's viability, like total fundraising, were contributing to a "media failure" and that "they need to get closer to what voters are thinking and feeling: their anger and resentment, their disenfranchisement from the centers of power, their pocketbook concerns." Ocasio-Cortez's campaign was featured on the cover of the June 2018 edition of The Indypendent , a free New York City-based monthly newspaper. In

720-637: A cynical, centrist group that endorsed male incumbents over female challengers like her and Cynthia Nixon . Former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman , who won reelection in 2006 on a third-party line after losing the Democratic primary in 2006 , penned a July 17 column in the Wall Street Journal expressing hope that Crowley would actively campaign on the WFP ballot line . WFP Executive Director Dan Cantor wrote an endorsement of, and apology to, Ocasio-Cortez for

792-486: A house cleaner in the town. Ocasio-Cortez attended Yorktown High School , graduating in 2007. In high school and college, Ocasio-Cortez went by the name of "Sandy Ocasio". She came in second in the microbiology category of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in 2007 with a research project on the effect of antioxidants on the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans . In

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864-434: A lengthy probate dispute to settle his estate. She has said that the experience helped her learn "first-hand how attorneys appointed by the court to administer an estate can enrich themselves at the expense of the families struggling to make sense of the bureaucracy". During college, Ocasio-Cortez was an intern for U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy in his section on foreign affairs and immigration issues. In interviews, she said she

936-601: A manner unusual even for unexpected primary winners. Without campaigning for it, Ocasio-Cortez won the Reform Party primary as a write-in candidate in a neighboring congressional district, New York's 15th , with a total vote count of nine, highest among all 22 write-in candidates. She declined the nomination. Ocasio-Cortez faced Republican nominee Anthony Pappas in the November 6 general election. Pappas, an economics professor, did not actively campaign. The 14th district has

1008-533: A now-defunct publishing firm for books that portrayed the Bronx in a positive light. Ocasio-Cortez also worked for the nonprofit National Hispanic Institute . During the 2016 primary , Ocasio-Cortez worked as an organizer for Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign . After the general election, she traveled across America by car, visiting places such as Flint , Michigan , and Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, and speaking to people affected by

1080-618: A point of controversy among both groups of Puerto Ricans. Despite the controversial label of “Nuyorican” the histories of New York, and Puerto Rico are undeniably intertwined. An infamous example of this would be the Puerto Rican Flag which was created in 1895 New York by Juan de Mata Terreforte along with 59 other exiled independistas . Nuyorican has a broad meaning; originally it meant Puerto Ricans, both island-born and mainland-born, living in New York, but many island-born Puerto Ricans use

1152-477: A resolution that characterized denial of Israel's right to exist as antisemitism and her support of the Iron Dome defense system. Investment banker Marty Dolan, a moderate Democrat, ran against Ocasio-Cortez in the primary. Ocasio-Cortez won overwhelmingly. Ocasio-Cortez again easily won the general election. Notably, some voters in her district split their tickets , voting for Ocasio-Cortez and for Trump in

1224-485: A result of the exchange saw James form a civil investigation and lawsuit against The Trump Organization regarding potential financial fraud, which resulted in a fine of $ 354 million and a ban on Trump doing business in New York for two to three years. According to reports in March 2019, Ocasio-Cortez continued to receive media coverage early in her congressional tenure on par with that of 2020 presidential candidates and

1296-611: A sexist double standard and that she "punctured the fourth wall of excess and spectacle". James also believed that the extremely wealthy people in attendance needed to see the message in person. Nuyorican The term Nuyorican is also sometimes used to refer to the Spanish spoken by New York Puerto Ricans. An estimated 1,800,000 Nuyoricans are said to live in New York City, the largest Puerto Rican community outside Puerto Rico. Nuyoricans are not considered Puerto Ricans by some island Puerto Ricans due to cultural differences, which remains

1368-697: A show of appreciation for her efforts, the MIT Lincoln Laboratory named a small asteroid after her: 23238 Ocasio-Cortez . In high school, she took part in the National Hispanic Institute 's Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session. After graduating, she became the LDZ Secretary of State while attending Boston University . Ocasio-Cortez had a John F. Lopez Fellowship . Her father died of lung cancer in 2008 during her second year of college, and Ocasio-Cortez became involved in

1440-534: A socialist candidate, and in Democratic Socialists of America as an organization. Ocasio-Cortez began her campaign in April 2017 while waiting tables and tending bar at Flats Fix, a taqueria in New York City's Union Square . "For 80 percent of this campaign, I operated out of a paper grocery bag hidden behind that bar," she told Bon Appétit . She was the first person since 2004 to challenge Joe Crowley ,

1512-586: A theater with a capacity of 1,500 when far more people said they would attend. The event drew 4,000 people, with some seated on the floor. In The New Yorker , Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote that while Sanders remained "the de-facto leader of an increasingly popular left, [he is unable to] do things that do not come naturally to him, like supply hope." Wallace-Wells suggested that Ocasio-Cortez had made Sanders's task easier, as he could point to her success to show that ideas "once considered to be radical are now part of

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1584-436: A tweet she hailed the cover appearance on "NYC's classic monthly" as an important breakthrough for her campaign. Otherwise Ocasio-Cortez was barely mentioned in print until her primary win. Ocasio-Cortez was one of the subjects of the 2018 Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 11/9 ; it chronicled her primary campaign. In an attempt to embarrass Ocasio-Cortez just before she took office, Twitter user "AnonymousQ" shared

1656-485: A video dating to Ocasio-Cortez's college years: a Boston University student-produced dance video in which she briefly appeared. Many social media users came to her defense, inspiring memes and a Twitter account syncing the footage to songs like " Mambo No. 5 " and " Gangnam Style ". Ocasio-Cortez responded by posting a video of herself dancing to Edwin Starr 's " War " outside her congressional office. Elizabeth Warren wrote

1728-502: A younger brother named Gabriel. Her father was born in the Bronx to a Puerto Rican family and became an architect; her mother was born in Puerto Rico. The family lived in an apartment in the Bronx neighborhood of Parkchester until Ocasio-Cortez was five, when they moved to a house in suburban Yorktown Heights . She said her family raised enough money to buy a small home there so she could go to school, and that her mother worked as

1800-967: Is the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress , and also the youngest member of the 116th Congress . When the 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez entered with no seniority but with a large social media presence. Axios credited her with "as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats combined". Since June 2024 , she has 13.1   million X (formerly Twitter) followers, up from 1.4 million in November 2018 and surpassing Nancy Pelosi. She has 8.1 million Instagram followers as of June 2024 and 1.8 million followers on Facebook as of June 2024. Her colleagues appointed her to teach them social media lessons upon her arrival in Congress. In early July 2019 two lawsuits were filed against her for blocking Joey Salads and Dov Hikind on Twitter in light of

1872-553: Is an American politician and activist serving since 2019 as the U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district . She is a member of the Democratic Party . Ocasio-Cortez was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx . Her family later moved to Yorktown Heights , where she attended Yorktown High School . She then attended Boston University , where she double-majored in international relations and economics , graduating with honors. She then moved back to

1944-403: Is evidence that Fox is "obsessed by Ocasio-Cortez, portraying her as a radical socialist who threatens the American way of life". Brian Stelter of CNN Business found that between January and July 2019, she had nearly three times as many mentions on Fox News as on CNN and MSNBC, and seven times the coverage of James Clyburn , a Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. Stelter wrote that

2016-471: Is like a "mini protest" against misogynistic critiques. Ocasio-Cortez attended the 2021 Met Gala , which had the theme "In America: a Lexicon of Fashion". The Met Gala is an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art that is overseen by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour , who selects every invitee and designer pairing. Ocasio-Cortez wore an organza gown emblazoned with the phrase "Tax

2088-680: The New York Daily News ; he asked voters not to vote for Crowley if his name remained on the general election ballot. Ocasio-Cortez won the election with 78% of the vote (110,318) to Pappas's 14% (17,762). Crowley, on the WFP and WEP lines, received 9,348 votes (6.6%). Her election was part of a broader Democratic victory in the 2018 midterm elections, as the party gained control of the House by picking up 41 seats. Saikat Chakrabarti , who had been her campaign co-chair, became chief of staff for her congressional office. His departure in 2019 drew considerable speculation as to whether Ocasio-Cortez

2160-569: The Associated Press wrote that Trump's supporters were thus having "some success" in having "Ocasio-Cortez be top of mind when people think of" the Democratic Party. According to a Media Matters for America study, Ocasio-Cortez has been intensely discussed on sister television channels Fox News and Fox Business, being mentioned every day from February 25 to April 7, 2019, for a total of 3,181 mentions in 42 days (an average of around 75 per day). The Guardian 's David Smith wrote that this

2232-481: The Democratic Caucus Chair , in the primary. She faced a financial disadvantage, saying, "You can't really beat big money with more money. You have to beat them with a totally different game." Ocasio-Cortez's campaign undertook grassroots mobilization and did not take donations from corporations. Her campaign posters' designs were said to have taken inspiration from "revolutionary posters and visuals from

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2304-522: The Flint water crisis and the Dakota Access Pipeline . In an interview she recalled her December 2016 visit to Standing Rock as a tipping point, saying that before that, she had believed that the only way to run for office effectively was to have access to wealth, social influence, and power. But her visit to North Dakota , where she saw others "putting their whole lives and everything that they had on

2376-614: The New York metropolitan area during the Gran Migración (Great Migration). Puerto Ricans began to arrive in New York City in the nineteenth century but especially following the passage of the Jones-Shafroth Act on March 2, 1917, which granted U.S. citizenship to virtually all Puerto Ricans. The Gran Migración accelerated migration from Puerto Rico to New York during the 1940s and 1950s, but such large-scale emigration began to slow by

2448-496: The November general election , defeating Republican Anthony Pappas. She was reelected in the 2020 , 2022 , and 2024 elections. Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman and the first female member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to be elected to Congress. She advocates a progressive platform that includes support for worker cooperatives , Medicare for All , tuition -free public college,

2520-637: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that it was a violation of the First Amendment for President Trump to block people on Twitter. On November 4, 2019, it was announced that they settled the lawsuit with Ocasio-Cortez issuing a statement apologizing for the Twitter block. In a 2019 interview, Ocasio-Cortez said she had stopped using her private Facebook account and was minimizing her usage of all social media accounts and platforms, calling them

2592-489: The presidential election . A political analyst speaking to NBC New York said this was because both candidates "were leading with the message of working-class pocketbook issues". Ocasio-Cortez asked those who split their tickets why they did so; some said that they both cared about the working class and were "less establishment", while others cited the Israel-Hamas war and the economy. Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez

2664-423: The Bronx, becoming an activist and working as a waitress and bartender. On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district. She defeated Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley , a 10-term incumbent, in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries . She easily won

2736-508: The COVID-19 pandemic . The stream raised $ 200,000 and Ocasio-Cortez wrote, "This is going to make such a difference for those who need it most right now." Ocasio-Cortez ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. She defeated Republican Tina Forte and Conservative Party nominee Desi Cuellar in the general election. In May, the DSA debated whether to endorse Ocasio-Cortez. Some members argued that she

2808-628: The Island, and within the states (especially New York). Under these campaigns countless Puerto Rican women were sterilized after being pressured from health care providers or even without their consent. Due to the effectiveness of this campaign its estimated that by 1956, 1 in 3 Puerto Rican women were sterilized. Prominent figures of the Nuyorican movement include poets and novelists Piri Thomas , Julia de Burgos and Giannina Braschi , while Miguel Algarín , Miguel Piñero , and Pedro Pietri co-founded

2880-539: The Puerto Rican population of New York was over 1,050,000. As of the 2010 census, Puerto Ricans represented 8.9 percent of New York City alone (32% of the city's Hispanic community), and 5.5% of New York State as a whole. Of over a million Puerto Ricans in the state, about 70% are present in New York City, with the remaining portion spreading increasingly within the city's suburbs and other major cities throughout New York State. Although Florida has received some dispersal of

2952-696: The Rich". As an elected official in New York City, she was considered a guest of the museum, and as such did not have to buy a ticket, which costs persons other than elected officials at least $ 35,000. The dress's designer, Aurora James , also invited her boyfriend Benjamin Bronfman , the son of a billionaire. Critics, both conservative and liberal, rebuked Ocasio-Cortez for attending an event where guests were not required to wear masks (employees and event staff were required to do so), and one known for its opulent display of wealth and social status. She responded that they were using

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3024-472: The United States (other than New York). This changed from the original meaning with the increase in travel back and forth to different parts of the United States and the globe. The definition includes those born in New York who have moved to Puerto Rico as well. The term is used by some members of this community to identify their history and cultural affiliation to a common ancestry while being separated from

3096-550: The attention Ocasio-Cortez is receiving has caused "the perception, particularly on the right, that her positions and policies are representative of the Democratic Party as a whole". In a CBS News and YouGov poll of almost 2,100 American adults conducted from July 17 to 19, it was found that Republican respondents were more aware of Ocasio-Cortez than Democratic respondents. She had very unfavorable ratings among Republican respondents and favorable ratings among Democratic respondents. In March 2019, Time Magazine said Ocasio-Cortez

3168-416: The entry on Ocasio-Cortez for 2019's Time 100 . The documentary Knock Down the House , directed by Rachel Lears , which focuses on four female Democrats in the 2018 United States elections who were not career politicians—Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela , Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearengin —premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival . Ocasio-Cortez was the only one of the women featured in

3240-419: The fake material included attributing things Trump said to Ocasio-Cortez, such as "I have a very good brain and I've said lots of things." On July 18, 2019, Charlie Rispoli, a police officer from Gretna , posted on Facebook an apparent threat to shoot Ocasio-Cortez, calling her a "vile idiot" who "needs a round, and I don't mean the kind she used to serve" as a bartender. Rispoli posted the comment in response to

3312-566: The film to win. It was released by Netflix on May 1, 2019. Ocasio-Cortez also appeared in Lears's 2022 film To the End , which focuses on the effects of climate change . The film debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was presented at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2022. Michelle Caruso-Cabrera challenged Ocasio-Cortez in the 2020 Democratic primary. After Ocasio-Cortez won

3384-482: The floor of Congress in January 2019, C-SPAN tweeted the video. Within 12 hours, the video of her four-minute speech set the record as C-SPAN's most-watched Twitter video of a member of the House of Representatives. In February 2019, speaking at a Congressional hearing with a panel of representatives from campaign finance watchdog groups, Ocasio-Cortez questioned the panel about ethics regulations as they apply to both

3456-657: The general election. Bernie Sanders and Noam Chomsky congratulated her. Several commentators noted the similarities between Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Crowley and Dave Brat 's Tea Party movement -supported 2014 victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for Virginia's 7th congressional district . Like Crowley, Cantor was a high-ranking member in his party's caucus. After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed several progressive primary challengers to Democratic incumbents nationwide, capitalizing on her fame and spending her political capital in

3528-631: The island, both physically and through language and cultural shifts. This distance created a dual identity that, while still somewhat identifying with the island, recognizes the influences both geography and cultural assimilation have had. Puerto Ricans in other cities have coined similar terms, including "Philly Rican" for Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia , and "Chi-Town Rican" for Puerto Ricans in Chicago . Many Nuyoricans are second- and third-generation Puerto Rican Americans whose parents or grandparents arrived in

3600-478: The late 1960s. Due to this large scale immigration there is a huge Puerto Rican influence that can be felt throughout New York. For instance along with African Americans, Puerto Ricans have had a major influence on popular genres of music such as Hip-Hop, which is a genre of music originating out of the inner city neighborhoods of New York. Another significant contribution is the infamous Puerto Rican Day Parade which has its origins in 1958 Spanish Harlem. In 2000,

3672-434: The line for the protection of their community", inspired her to begin to work for her own community. One day after she visited North Dakota, she got a phone call from Brand New Congress , which was recruiting progressive candidates (her brother had nominated her soon after Election Day 2016). She has credited Jabari Brisport 's unsuccessful City Council campaign with restoring her belief in electoral politics, in running as

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3744-641: The mainstream". Until she defeated incumbent Joe Crowley in the 2018 Democratic primary, Ocasio-Cortez received little coverage on most traditional news media outlets. Jimmy Dore interviewed her when she first announced her candidacy in June 2017. After her primary win, Brian Stelter wrote that progressive-media outlets, such as The Young Turks and The Intercept , "saw the Ocasio-Cortez upset coming" in advance. Margaret Sullivan wrote in The Washington Post that traditional metrics of measuring

3816-461: The most prevalent ethnic groups in New York City, Americans weren’t always so welcoming to their Nuyrorican neighbors. Aside from the racism that Puerto Rican migrants experienced upon moving into the Tri-state area , the U.S government ran a series of eugenicist campaigns throughout the first half of the 20th century known today as La Operación aimed at decreasing the Puerto Rican population on both

3888-504: The newer poets include Willie Perdomo , Flaco Navaja, Nancy Mercado , Emanuel Xavier , Edwin Torres , J.L. Torres, Caridad de la Luz aka La Bruja, Lemon Andersen , and Bonafide Rojas.[[ ]] Historically, the term has been used as a derogatory term by native Puerto Ricans when describing a person that has Puerto Rican ancestry but is born outside of Puerto Rico. It also can sometimes include those born in Puerto Rico who now live elsewhere in

3960-632: The nomination, Caruso-Cabrera reorganized and ran in the general election as the Serve America Movement nominee. Ocasio-Cortez's Republican challengers in the general election included nominee John Cummings, a former police officer, and Antoine Tucker, a write-in candidate. The American Prospect wrote in October 2020 that Ocasio-Cortez was "spending the 2020 campaign running workshops" for constituents on workplace organizing, fighting eviction, and organizing childcare. They noted that Ocasio-Cortez

4032-657: The orientation for new members hosted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government , Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter in December 2018 about the influence of corporate interests by sponsors such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies : "Lobbyists are here. Goldman Sachs is here. Where's labor? Activists? Frontline community leaders?" When Ocasio-Cortez made her first speech on

4104-430: The past". The candidates' only face-to-face encounter during the campaign occurred on a local political talk show, Inside City Hall , on June 15. The format was a joint interview conducted by Errol Louis , which NY1 characterized as a debate. A debate in the Bronx was scheduled for June 18, but Crowley did not participate. He sent former New York City Council member Annabel Palma in his place. Ocasio-Cortez

4176-513: The population, there has been a resurgence in Puerto Rican migration to New York and New Jersey primarily due to economic and cultural considerations, topped by another surge of arrivals after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017. Consequently, the New York City metropolitan area has witnessed a significant increase in its Nuyorican population, individuals in the region of Puerto Rican descent, increasing from 1,177,430 in 2010 to

4248-535: The population, there has been a resurgence in Puerto Rican migration to New York and New Jersey , primarily for economic and cultural considerations, topped by another surge of arrivals after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017 – consequently, the New York City Metropolitan Area has witnessed a significant increase in its Nuyorican population, individuals in the region of Puerto Rican descent, increasing from 1,177,430 in 2010 to

4320-614: The president and members of Congress. She asserted that no regulations prevent lawmakers "from being bought off by wealthy corporations". With more than 37.5 million views, the clip became the most-watched political video posted on Twitter. When President Donald Trump 's former lawyer Michael Cohen appeared before the Oversight Committee in February 2019, Ocasio-Cortez asked him whether Trump had inflated property values for bank or insurance purposes and where to get more information on

4392-891: The subject. Cohen's reply implied that Trump may have committed tax and bank fraud in his personal and business tax returns, financial statements and real-estate filings. The president of the American Constitution Society named Ocasio-Cortez as the committee member best at obtaining specific information from Cohen about Trump's "shady practices, along with a road map for how to find out more". New York Times columnist David Brooks praised her skill in questioning Cohen. The exchange between Ocasio-Cortez and Cohen prompted an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James , who referred to it in August 2020 when filing legal action to compel Trump's companies to comply with subpoenas about financial information, and to compel his son Eric Trump to testify. Further developments as

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4464-451: The term to describe assimilated Americans of Puerto Rican descent living in any US state, or very assimilated people of Puerto Rican ancestry who may be more culturally aligned with African Americans, though still identifying as Puerto Rican. Ethnic enclaves centered on Puerto Ricans include Spanish Harlem , Manhattan ; Williamsburg , Brooklyn ; Bushwick , Brooklyn; and the South Bronx . Although Florida has received some dispersal of

4536-580: The way, including neoricano , neorican (also written as Neo-Rican and Neorican ), and newyorican (also written as New Yorrican ). Nuyorican itself dates at least from 1975, the date of the first public sessions of the Nuyorican Poets Café . Some of the best known "Nuyoricans" who have written and performed their experiences of being a Puerto Rican in New York are: Miguel Piñero , Miguel Algarín , Piri Thomas , Sandra María Esteves , Willie Colón , Pedro Pietri , and Giannina Braschi . Some of

4608-401: The win completely defied their predictions and expectations. She was outspent by a margin of 18 to   1 ($ 1.5   million to $ 83,000) but won the endorsement of some influential groups on the party's left. Crowley conceded defeat on election night, but did not telephone Ocasio-Cortez that night to congratulate her, fueling short-lived speculation that he intended to run against her in

4680-563: Was called "the undisputed star of the convention". Crowley remained on the ballot as the nominee of the Working Families Party (WFP) and the Women's Equality Party (WEP). Neither he nor the WFP party actively campaigned, both having endorsed Ocasio-Cortez after the Democratic primary. Ocasio-Cortez called the WEP, which Governor Cuomo created ahead of the 2014 New York gubernatorial election ,

4752-438: Was considered "one of the faces of the Democratic party" and one of the most talked-about politicians in the United States. Between July   8 and 14, 2019, she drew more social media attention than the Democratic presidential candidates. Tracking company NewsWhip found that interactions with news articles on Ocasio-Cortez numbered 4.8 million, while no Democratic presidential candidate got more than 1.2 million. David Bauder of

4824-640: Was endorsed by progressive and civil rights organizations such as MoveOn and Democracy for America . Then-Governor Cuomo endorsed Crowley, as did both of New York's U.S. senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand , multiple U.S. representatives, various local elected officials and trade unions, and groups such as the Sierra Club , Planned Parenthood , the Working Families Party , NARAL Pro-Choice America , and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America , among others. California representative Ro Khanna ,

4896-650: Was more committed to the Democratic Party and that her positions on Palestine had become weaker. On June 23, the DSA National Political Committee (NPC) voted to endorse her so long as she fulfilled its list of demands, most concerning Palestine. The New York City chapter, which endorsed her, rejected the deal. On July 10, the NPC withdrew its endorsement of Ocasio-Cortez. It mainly cited a panel she held with Jewish leaders that supposedly conflated antisemitism with anti-Zionism . Other concerns included her support for

4968-793: Was often not featured in the streamed workshops, saying the "strategy decentralizes the candidate from her own campaign." On October 20, 2020, Ocasio-Cortez hosted a Twitch stream of the social deduction game Among Us , with fellow congresswoman Ilhan Omar , and many established streamers such as Pokimane , Hasan Piker , DrLupo , and mxmtoon . The stream peaked with over 400,000 viewers and, according to The Guardian 's Joshua Rivera, succeeded in humanizing her. Ocasio-Cortez again streamed Among Us on Twitch on November 27, 2020, with Hasan Piker, xQc , ContraPoints and Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh to raise money for food pantries , eviction defense legal aid, and community support organizations to assist those suffering economic hardship during

5040-552: Was the "second-most talked about politician" in the United States, after Trump, and called her "the Wonder Woman of the left". In March 2019, PolitiFact reported that Ocasio-Cortez is "one of the most targeted politicians for hoax claims, despite the fact that she just entered Congress as a freshman". Fake quotes attributed to her, fake photos of her, and false rumors about her have spread on social media . Some of these have originated from 4chan and r/The_Donald . By July 2019,

5112-493: Was the only Spanish speaker in the office and the sole person responsible for assisting Spanish-speaking constituents. Ocasio-Cortez graduated cum laude from Boston University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in international relations and economics. After college, Ocasio-Cortez moved back to the Bronx and took a job as a bartender and waitress to help her mother—a house cleaner and school bus driver—fight foreclosure of their home. She later launched Brook Avenue Press,

5184-661: Was trying to implement a more moderate strategy. The first media network to give Ocasio-Cortez a platform and extensively cover her campaign and policies was The Young Turks , a left-wing online news program. After her primary win, she quickly garnered nationwide media attention, including numerous articles and TV talk-show appearances. She also drew a great amount of media attention when she and Sanders campaigned for James Thompson in Kansas in July 2018. A rally in Wichita had to be moved from

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