House Democratic women pose for a portrait in front of the U.S. Capitol January 04, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) greets fellow lawmakers ahead of the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 5, 2019.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) high-fives other congresswomen after President Donald J. Trump acknowledged newly elected female members of congress during the State of the Union address before members of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, sheds a tear during a press conference calling on Congress to cut funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to defund border detention facilities, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., attend a rally on the East Front of the Capitol to call on Congress to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) .
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Democratic of the 14th congressional district of the House Of Representatives addresses the crowd with a passionate speech to kick off the 3rd Annual Woman's March in the borough of Manhattan in New York.
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (C) speaks as other House Democrats listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol January 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. House Democrats held a news conference to introduce the "Paycheck Fairness Act."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) listens as Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) arrives to a House Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee hearing on confronting white supremacy at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) works behind the bar at the Queensboro Restaurant, May 31, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. Ocasio-Cortez participated in an event to raise awareness for the One Fair Wage campaign, which calls to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers to a full minimum wage at the federal level.
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US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, speaks during a press conference to introduce college affordability legislation outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hugs Yazmin Juarez, whose 19-month-old daughter Mariee died after detention by ICE, following a House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing discussing migrant detention centers' treatment of children on Capitol Hill.
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "The Trump Administration's Child Separation Policy: Substantiated Allegations of Mistreatment."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks as Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on the four progressive Democratic congresswomen, saying that if they're not happy in the U.S. "they can leave."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pauses while speaking during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen, saying if they're not happy in the United States "they can leave."
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U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on stage at Bernie Sanders Rally "Bernie's Back" in Queensbridge Park. She endoreses him for President of USA.
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stops to pay her respects over the flag-draped casket of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) in National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol during a memorial service October 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) the ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (3rd-R), D-NY, at the start of the 116th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2019.
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a Town Hall meeting November 6, 2019 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks before Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders addressed supporters during a campaign rally in the Diag at the University Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on March 8, 2020.