Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: America Is a Fascist State

Rough Transcript:

OCASIO-CORTEZ: “Because we know once again that this moment is not about one four-year presidential campaign, this is a movement decades in the making. It’s a movement of anti-racist, black liberation activists, of immigration activists, of queer liberation activists, of the labor movements — (Cheering and Applause) — it is a movement of all people and causes come together. And we have to take it to the starting line, because that’s what we’re fighting for. This election is about the start of this work, because we’re nowhere near there right now. So we need to fight to start this work, the establishment of an advanced society. (Cheering and Applause) Because as much as we like to say, thank you [laughs] but —“

CROWD (chanting): “AOC! AOC! AOC!”

OCASIO-CORTEZ: “— thank you. Because as much as we like to say that the United States is the richest country in the history or rather in modern history —“

UNKNOWN MALE: “For who?”

OCASIO-CORTEZ: “For who?” The richest country, who cares about how much gold is being amass if we can’t realize an advance society with those resources. (Cheering and Applause) And we’re here to say that what we’re living in right now is not an advanced society; a society that allows people —“

UNKNOWN FEMALE: “Well, we call it fascism, that’s what it is.”

OCASIO-CORTEZ: “It is fascism — (Cheering and Applause) — what we have, what we’re evolving into as well.”