New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the United States as a “brutal, barbarian society” for the “vast majority of working-class Americans.”
As Ocasio-Cortez was discussing certain policies she wishes Congress would adopt to combat the coronavirus, including canceling rent payment and reforming healthcare, she blasted the U.S. as a “barbarian society.”
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“Healthcare is a human right. You shouldn’t get better healthcare because you have a higher position in work. Everyone should be able to have dignified access to healthcare,” she began.
“This is supposed to be the richest society in the world,” she said. “And I think what this crisis is showing us is that this is only a rich society for a very small amount of people. And it is a brutal, barbarian society for the vast majority of working-class Americans.”
More than 1.1 million people have tested positive for the coronavirus globally. Of those, nearly 64,000 have died from it, and more than 245,000 have recovered. The U.S. has seen at least 278,000 confirmed cases, with over 7,000 deaths and nearly 10,000 reported recoveries.
According to the New York Department of Health, over 113,000 state residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ocasio-Cortez’s state, representing a large percentage of all cases in the U.S.
