A powerful U.S. representative who was an anonymous bartender not even two years ago is not a fan of America’s bootstrap mentality. For Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, the idiom about being self-made is a cruel joke, one that perpetuates economic injustice.
There are no mirrors in Congress, apparently.
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