Friends -
The first time I heard about Bernie Sanders was when I was a waitress at a diner in downtown Manhattan.
I had been working 12 hour days. I didn't have health insurance. I was being paid less than a living wage. And I didn't think that I deserved any of those things.
I thought that was just how life was.
The reason I thought running for office was even possible for me was because of Bernie's example. He proved that you could run for office not by taking big money, but by building a grassroots campaign.
And it is because Bernie does not rely on big donors or super PACs that I need to ask for your help today.
This Friday is the final FEC fundraising deadline before the Iowa caucus. Since this is a grassroots-funded campaign, Bernie is counting on all of us.
When Bernie talks about a political revolution – when he talks about Not me. Us. – those aren't slogans.
It is about what we must accomplish together. It is about creating a government that advances the needs of working people rather than accommodating the wealthy and big corporations.
No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you're born into, we need a society that guarantees economic human rights.
But in order to make that happen, we need a revolution of working class people – one that is multi-racial, multi-gendered, and multi-generational.
When you talk to Bernie, he doesn't talk about creating a movement so that he can get elected. He talks about his campaign as part of a mass movement in America.
That's the kind of leadership we need right now. And that is why I am asking you directly:
I am so thankful to be in this movement with you.
In solidarity,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Paid for by Bernie 2020
PO BOX 391, Burlington, VT 05402
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