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"Bernie Sanders proved you can run a grassroots campaign and win in an America where we almost thought that was impossible," Ocasio-Cortez said of Sanders amid uproarious applause. "And with that, I would like to introduce the man, the ally, I call him tio Bernie, maybe to my goddaughter he's abuelo, but he's my tio Bernie Sanders." (Tio is a Spanish word for 'uncle').

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"Bernie Sanders did not do these things because they were popular," she said. "In 2016, he fundamentally changed politics in America...He fought for these aims and these ends when they came at the highest political cost in America. No one wanted to question this system."

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"It's not just what we're fighting for, but how we're going to do it. One of our top priorities is not just defeating Donald Trump but defeating the system of which he is a symptom," she continued.

"The halls of Congress are no joke. It is no joke to stand up to corporate power and established interests. It's not just about standing up and saying these things but behind closed doors your arm is twisted and every trick in the book, psychological and otherwise, is used to get us to abandon the working class."

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https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-endorse-bernie-sanders-queens-tio-ally-2020-democratic-campaign-1466482