AOC should thank baby boomers for the world they left her

Published July 10, 2026 2:00pm ET | Updated July 10, 2026 3:00pm ET



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Asked to comment on the rise of socialist politics, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) explained that “millennials and Gen Z combined, now for the first time, are eclipsing the number of baby boomers. Young people overall feel a tremendous amount of betrayal about the world we’ve been left.”

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