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AOC lauds Sanders in emotional endorsement speech at Queens rally
NY Post, Oct 19, 2019

The flagging presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got an adrenaline boost Saturday when lefty darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez formally endorsed the 78-year-old democratic socialist for commander in chief.

“It wasn’t until I heard of a man by the name of Bernie Sanders that I began to question and assert and recognize my inherent value as a human being,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an emotional rally speech at Long Island City’s Queensbridge Park, before a crowd the Sanders campaign estimated was more than 25,000.

“Bernie Sanders fought for us.”

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Filmmaker Michael Moore and Tiffany Cabán, the AOC-backed candidate who came within 60 votes of defeating Borough President Melissa Katz this summer for Queens district attorney, also took the stage to boost Sanders.


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