Another Chance for AOC to Step Up on Palestine
AOC let down the Palestine movement at the Democratic National Convention. But it’s not too late to make up for it.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez walks on stage to speak on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
“If you want to know what an unfolding genocide looks like, open your eyes.”
Those were the words of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in March, speaking about Israel’s assault on Gaza on the House floor.
“It looks,” she continued, “like the forced famine of 1.1 million innocents. It looks like thousands of children eating grass as their bodies consume themselves, while trucks of food are slowed and halted just miles away. It looks like good and decent people who do nothing. Or do too little too late.”
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