{"id":1145009527953248300,"conversation_id":"1145007976157257730","created_at":1561826519000,"date":"2019-06-29","time":"09:41:59","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Dred Scott was the landmark Supreme Court case that found the US Constitution didn’t give citizenship to black people.\n\nThe 1st US immigration law was the Chinese Exclusion Act. It was a race-based policy that was upheld until 1942.\n\nThe “National Origins Formula” lasted til ‘65.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":677,"retweets_count":2349,"likes_count":15414,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145009527953248256","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1145007976157257700,"conversation_id":"1145007976157257730","created_at":1561826149000,"date":"2019-06-29","time":"09:35:49","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"The history of Citizenship in the US is deeply woven with the history of racism. It has been used as the legal enforcer of racism for most of US history.\n\nCitizenship affords power, & that’s why citizenship of African Americans was long denied too - to both slaves & descendants.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6804,"retweets_count":8877,"likes_count":43379,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145007976157257730","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144722846062698500,"conversation_id":"1144722846062698496","created_at":1561758169000,"date":"2019-06-28","time":"14:42:49","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Gotta love the rich irony of people who fondly recount stories of how their family’s last names were changed on Ellis Island after their relatives snuck onto a boat escaping some horror now taking fervent anti-immigrant stances & branding innocent human beings as “illegal.”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18957,"retweets_count":37470,"likes_count":165223,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144722846062698496","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144681536551346200,"conversation_id":"1144681536551346184","created_at":1561748320000,"date":"2019-06-28","time":"11:58:40","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"One narrative in this country that we need to turn on its head is the lie that immigrants are “takers,” or represent a weight on society.\n\nIt’s wrong. Immigrants are *makers.* They create+offer opportunity. They aren’t a weight to carry; in fact, they are our nation’s shoulders.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13678,"retweets_count":21248,"likes_count":96483,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144681536551346184","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144617966140629000,"conversation_id":"1144614557320712193","created_at":1561733163000,"date":"2019-06-28","time":"07:46:03","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"It’s worked in recent history, btw - which is why they keep doing it. It got Dems to kill the public option years ago (imagine the last decade w a public option!)\n\nI *wish* the party was as bold as GOP accuses. We’d win more, imo.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":833,"retweets_count":2635,"likes_count":22827,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144617966140628993","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144328990854922200,"conversation_id":"1144325518201905152","created_at":1561664266000,"date":"2019-06-27","time":"12:37:46","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"We have time. We can stay in town. We can at LEAST add some amendments to this Senate bill. But to pass it completely unamended with no House input? That seems a bridge too far.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1475,"retweets_count":2112,"likes_count":17217,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144328990854922240","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144328271418597400,"conversation_id":"1144325518201905152","created_at":1561664095000,"date":"2019-06-27","time":"12:34:55","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"0 negotiation with the House. We offered crucial amendments to protect children and families - none are even being considered.\n\nA minority is different than a majority. And while the Senate has to deal with its lack of power there, a House majority should have a seat @ the table.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":928,"retweets_count":2222,"likes_count":16850,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144328271418597376","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144325518201905200,"conversation_id":"1144325518201905152","created_at":1561663438000,"date":"2019-06-27","time":"12:23:58","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Under no circumstances should the House vote for a McConnell-only bill w/ no negotiation with Democrats. Hell no.\n\nThat’s an abdication of power we should refuse to accept. They will keep hurting kids if we do.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8184,"retweets_count":9988,"likes_count":53221,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144325518201905152","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144312249412128800,"conversation_id":"1144310761092767744","created_at":1561660275000,"date":"2019-06-27","time":"11:31:15","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"This President will not lift a finger to save these kids.\n\nIt is well within his power, but he & Mitch McConnell would rather cast blame than do anything.\n\nThey need to get on board w/ a clean humanitarian bill. We can’t write no-strings blank checks to abusive facilities.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1960,"retweets_count":6665,"likes_count":42638,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144312249412128770","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144310761092767700,"conversation_id":"1144310761092767744","created_at":1561659920000,"date":"2019-06-27","time":"11:25:20","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"In meeting I asked “Why can the president take money from other agencies to build his little wall, but can’t move money to get kids toothpaste?”\n\nIt’s bc his “nat’l emergency” is ONLY to build his wall.\n\nBut he won’t declare an emergency to save these kids & get them help.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6154,"retweets_count":17876,"likes_count":87794,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144310761092767744","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1144309949557858300,"conversation_id":"1144308436701712386","created_at":1561659726000,"date":"2019-06-27","time":"11:22:06","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"His Senate bill is a militarization bill. McConnell killed the House Bill & dropped this one right before recess to force passage.\n\nWell, too bad. This is our job. Cancel vacation, fly the Senate in. Pass a clean humanitarian bill & stop trying to squeeze crises for more pain.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1076,"retweets_count":4238,"likes_count":22408,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1144309949557858304","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1143228772910600200,"conversation_id":"1143228772910600192","created_at":1561401954000,"date":"2019-06-24","time":"11:45:54","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Reminder: the member who directly + explicitly compared concentration camps on our border to the Holocaust was *Liz Cheney.*\n\nThe horrors of the Holocaust went beyond the use of concentration camps, yet camps were part of the process.\n\nThey have also been used before and after.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6406,"retweets_count":9210,"likes_count":51968,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1143228772910600192","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1142873623377694700,"conversation_id":"1142873623377694722","created_at":1561317280000,"date":"2019-06-23","time":"12:14:40","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"I have absolutely zero patience for completely certified, card-carrying and flag-waving racists. None. 🚫 \n\nThey can take their little tiki torches somewhere else.\n\nWe don’t give them an inch, a second, a sliver of sunlight nor the time of day. And neither should you.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":16581,"retweets_count":38092,"likes_count":211567,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1142873623377694722","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1142484486086697000,"conversation_id":"1142483168882233344","created_at":1561224502000,"date":"2019-06-22","time":"10:28:22","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Reminder this admin is CHOOSING to round up refugees seeking asylum, fighting to not give children toothpaste or soap & making people sleep on dirt floors.\n\nThey say it’s bc of a lack of 💰. You know what saves money? Not putting masses of people in internment in the first place.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3723,"retweets_count":10037,"likes_count":43939,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1142484486086696965","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1142180018715549700,"conversation_id":"1142180018715549698","created_at":1561151911000,"date":"2019-06-21","time":"14:18:31","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"This President needs to be impeached.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":46776,"retweets_count":149022,"likes_count":715215,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1142180018715549698","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1141768854739279900,"conversation_id":"1141764984445296641","created_at":1561053882000,"date":"2019-06-20","time":"11:04:42","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"For folks saying we should gloss over this, I think it’s important to realize that we can’t risk depressed turnout in 2020.\n\nThe original remark is valid to ask about & have a discussion on or clarify - not dismiss.\n\nWe should be compassionate toward each other, but not silent.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1287,"retweets_count":2699,"likes_count":28024,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1141768854739279872","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1141494432975544300,"conversation_id":"1141492513649414144","created_at":1560988455000,"date":"2019-06-19","time":"16:54:15","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"We are calling these camps what they are because they fit squarely in an academic consensus and definition.\n\nHistory will be kind to those who stood up to this injustice.\n\nSo say what you will. Kids are dying and I’m not here to make people feel comfortable about that.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6014,"retweets_count":19611,"likes_count":106887,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1141494432975544320","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1141492513649414100,"conversation_id":"1141492513649414144","created_at":1560987997000,"date":"2019-06-19","time":"16:46:37","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"My heroes are the ones who stood up when it wasn’t easy.\n\nKids are dying in cages on our border. Families are being put in “freezers” & “dog pounds.”\n\nYears from now, people will look for the journalists, officials, & everyday people who stood up for what was right in real-time.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12098,"retweets_count":32220,"likes_count":163218,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1141492513649414144","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1141331325867237400,"conversation_id":"1141329599604957184","created_at":1560949567000,"date":"2019-06-19","time":"06:06:07","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Not one dime should go to DHS for building these camps as they detain children & families.\n\nCongressional appropriations season is now. That means it’s 💰 time - we‘re voting to fund federal government programs.\n\nWe should not fund the caging of kids & families. Pretty simple.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3592,"retweets_count":7138,"likes_count":43591,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1141331325867237376","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1140990518974976000,"conversation_id":"1140968240073662466","created_at":1560868312000,"date":"2019-06-18","time":"07:31:52","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"And for the shrieking Republicans who don’t know the difference: concentration camps are not the same as death camps.\n\nConcentration camps are considered by experts as “the mass detention of civilians without trial.”\n\nAnd that’s exactly what this administration is doing.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17414,"retweets_count":18742,"likes_count":78575,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1140990518974976000","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1140783721043415000,"conversation_id":"1140782374264954880","created_at":1560819008000,"date":"2019-06-17","time":"17:50:08","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"If a person is working 40h/week & is paid so little that they need gov help to make ends meet, it’s not the person that’s a weight on our system - it’s the company.\n\nPeople need to be paid a living wage. We stand up to co’s that rely on food stamps to make up for their low wages.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1670,"retweets_count":7745,"likes_count":45794,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1140783721043415041","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1139220883795533800,"conversation_id":"1139219351255560192","created_at":1560446399000,"date":"2019-06-13","time":"10:19:59","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"The good news: one of my amendments DID pass w/ bipartisan support: funding treatment for opioid-related infectious diseases.\n\nOur leg that did pass will help many Americans struck by the opioid crisis, and the one that didn’t lays the groundwork for future breakthroughs. 💪🏽","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":248,"retweets_count":1293,"likes_count":15923,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1139220883795533826","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1139183638040498200,"conversation_id":"1139181400534466560","created_at":1560437518000,"date":"2019-06-13","time":"07:51:58","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"This bill has bipartisan support, but it also has bipartisan opposition.\n\nMany Dem & GOP alike, are uncomfortable w/ letting federal researchers merely *study* the clinical promise of certain drugs - even in veteran PTSD.\n\nYour call can help them see a shift in public sentiment.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":191,"retweets_count":960,"likes_count":8896,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1139183638040498177","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1139182268864503800,"conversation_id":"1139181400534466560","created_at":1560437192000,"date":"2019-06-13","time":"07:46:32","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"During debate, the arguments against it didn’t make much sense. Some were outright false:\n\n- legal argument (to take it off Schedule I to study it) doesn’t make sense - we scientific evidence to help do that!\n- bunch of claims about marijuana - w/o study, claims are unsupported!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":138,"retweets_count":816,"likes_count":8758,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1139182268864503809","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1138408591889764400,"conversation_id":"1138406249576521728","created_at":1560252733000,"date":"2019-06-11","time":"04:32:13","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"It’s not a fun or politically popular position to take. But consistency is important.\n\nALL workers should get cost of living increases. That’s why minimum wage should be pegged to inflation, too.\n\nVoting against cost of living increases is 1 reason why dark $ loopholes stay open.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2650,"retweets_count":1569,"likes_count":15486,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1138408591889764352","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1138407194687414300,"conversation_id":"1138406249576521728","created_at":1560252400000,"date":"2019-06-11","time":"04:26:40","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"What this does is punish members who rely on a straight salary, and reward those who rely on money loopholes and other forms of self-dealing.\n\nFor example, it incentivizes the horrible kinds of legislative looting we saw in the GOP tax scam bill.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1614,"retweets_count":1438,"likes_count":14355,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1138407194687414272","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1138097586706010100,"conversation_id":"1138096812710125569","created_at":1560178584000,"date":"2019-06-10","time":"07:56:24","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"I think a lot about the policies I support through the lens of family:\n\n- Ending the war on drugs helps keep families together\n- A living wage + strong worker protections frees parents to invest more time w/ their kids\n- Healthcare for all ensures parents + babies are healthier","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":850,"retweets_count":3789,"likes_count":32672,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1138097586706010112","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1138070760126369800,"conversation_id":"1138068149625131008","created_at":1560172188000,"date":"2019-06-10","time":"06:09:48","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"For folks who don’t get it: in NYC, Citibikes charge you per 15 mins undocked. This picture could look like someone undocked the bike + left for the workday.\n\nFlex is a term people use for subtly showing off something ($, a connect, etc). Ppl joke that AirPods are a flex 👩🏽‍🏫","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":592,"retweets_count":398,"likes_count":12277,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1138070760126369792","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1137105620715397100,"conversation_id":"1137100279894224896","created_at":1559942081000,"date":"2019-06-07","time":"14:14:41","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"(It should be free, too - like in the UK!)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5219,"retweets_count":13279,"likes_count":122436,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1137105620715397121","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1137100279894224900,"conversation_id":"1137100279894224896","created_at":1559940807000,"date":"2019-06-07","time":"13:53:27","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Psst! 🗣 Birth control should be over-the-counter, pass it on.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13741,"retweets_count":76221,"likes_count":331295,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1137100279894224896","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1136290192212602900,"conversation_id":"1136273861715120129","created_at":1559747667000,"date":"2019-06-05","time":"08:14:27","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Yes - released from solitary.\n\nNYT used the term solitary confinement, & that’s what I am commenting on.\n\n“Protective custody” IS a separate practice, but does not necessarily exclude solitary. If he is in fact not being held in solitary, great. Release everyone else from it too.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":853,"retweets_count":1046,"likes_count":14154,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1136290192212602880","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1136263833461370900,"conversation_id":"1136260729366089728","created_at":1559741383000,"date":"2019-06-05","time":"06:29:43","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"People are like “HEY there is NOTHING wrong with dad jeans.” 😂\n\nExactly, Jim. Wear them with pride. I see you and affirm you. Take to the streets on this special day.👖🚩","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":729,"retweets_count":1966,"likes_count":37708,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1136263833461370888","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1135333239558746100,"conversation_id":"1135326387827597312","created_at":1559519512000,"date":"2019-06-02","time":"16:51:52","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Have you seen online platforms make strong, healthy decisions to prevent bigotry and disinformation?\n\nTake a minute to celebrate that here w/ a comment or example, or write what steps you wish your favorite platform would do more of below ⬇️","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1053,"retweets_count":683,"likes_count":6656,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1135333239558746114","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1135327926788984800,"conversation_id":"1135326387827597312","created_at":1559518245000,"date":"2019-06-02","time":"16:30:45","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Even from a “market competition” perspective, it’s a bad long-term strategy.\n\nThe reason young people are leaving Facebook in droves is bc its unchecked toxicity makes it an awful place to be.\n\nThink abt this as Big Tech lobbies for monopoly power to prevent mkt competition.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":424,"retweets_count":1245,"likes_count":10703,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1135327926788984832","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1135316065238622200,"conversation_id":"1135310167313178625","created_at":1559515417000,"date":"2019-06-02","time":"15:43:37","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"✅ Medicare for All IS sound policy - one may disagree w/ it, but plenty of other countries have single payer + better outcomes than the US\n✅ M4A IS good politics - it polls VERY well in swing states\n✅ “Third-Way” (aka lobbyist-backed Dems) WILL lose the presidency to Trump","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2060,"retweets_count":5233,"likes_count":35572,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1135316065238622208","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1135204062205567000,"conversation_id":"1135190462535471104","created_at":1559488714000,"date":"2019-06-02","time":"08:18:34","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Sorry - should clarify!\n\nThey’re yours to pick up at Queens Pride and our Pride events all month.\n\n(Fun fact: we sometimes make limited edition campaign swag solely for in-person events, for people who organize. 🐣 but if there’s interest, we can put these buttons in the shop)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":372,"retweets_count":390,"likes_count":10014,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1135204062205566977","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1135190462535471100,"conversation_id":"1135190462535471104","created_at":1559485471000,"date":"2019-06-02","time":"07:24:31","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Hey everyone - I was super excited to march in Queens Pride today, but sadly I came down with a really bad cold this weekend and won’t be able to make it 😭\n\nOur organizers will be marching + tabling at the festival with resources for the community. Celebrate extra for me! 💕🌈","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1988,"retweets_count":2380,"likes_count":41692,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1135190462535471104","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1134459280579604500,"conversation_id":"1134458586841698304","created_at":1559311144000,"date":"2019-05-31","time":"06:59:04","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"& I mean improve ALL people’s lives, not only “swing voters’” lives.\n\nIf all you want to talk about is wages but not the wage gap; marijuana but not criminal justice reform; trade deals but not labor; feminism but not trans rights, it’s YOU diminishing your electorate, not them.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":750,"retweets_count":5118,"likes_count":31359,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1134459280579604480","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1134173432025886700,"conversation_id":"1134171797002293249","created_at":1559242992000,"date":"2019-05-30","time":"12:03:12","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"(I do want to say that while there was some real intense BS at times, the people I worked with there were incredible. I made close, trusted friendships that I still have to this day✨ being in the weeds with people day and day out can create incredible bonds)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":214,"retweets_count":491,"likes_count":8975,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1134173432025886720","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1134153315594448900,"conversation_id":"1134145430428798977","created_at":1559238196000,"date":"2019-05-30","time":"10:43:16","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Some people have brought up Congressional dorms - certainly a possibility.\n\nThis does happen informally; lots of members live in the same building/apt. Key to any solution (dorm, stipend, w/e) is compatibility w family/spouse- many work overtime, unrecognized, to support members.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":251,"retweets_count":542,"likes_count":6042,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1134153315594448896","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1134150939483488300,"conversation_id":"1134145430428798977","created_at":1559237630000,"date":"2019-05-30","time":"10:33:50","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"There are plenty of examples. Another big one is spousal loopholes. They’re tough discussions & politically unpopular.\n\nIt’s one under-discussed side to cracking the nut of money in politics.\n\nMulti-millionaires can also weaponize these convos to their advantage, for cuts.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":131,"retweets_count":732,"likes_count":7305,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1134150939483488258","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1134149305739239400,"conversation_id":"1134145430428798977","created_at":1559237240000,"date":"2019-05-30","time":"10:27:20","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"For ex, members of Congress have strict restrictions that most of the public don’t have.\n\n1 case: bc of our jobs we *have* to have 2 residences & pay for it out of pocket. BUT we‘re banned from writing it off as a work expense.\n\nBoo hoo, right? Well, that incentivizes loopholes.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":205,"retweets_count":518,"likes_count":5004,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1134149305739239424","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1134147925297258500,"conversation_id":"1134145430428798977","created_at":1559236911000,"date":"2019-05-30","time":"10:21:51","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Keeping it real, the 🐘 in the room w/ passing a lobbying ban on members requires a nearly-impossible discussion about Congressional pay.\n\nIt is understandably unpopular to discuss giving Congress any raises or perks - & bc of that, there’s incentive to keep $ loopholes open. /2","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":226,"retweets_count":657,"likes_count":6038,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1134147925297258498","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1133542870693105700,"conversation_id":"1133535069711343616","created_at":1559092655000,"date":"2019-05-28","time":"18:17:35","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Use real citrus juice for your sours, people!\n\nYou deserve so much better than what you’re settling for 😭","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1035,"retweets_count":2805,"likes_count":50066,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1133542870693105666","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1133540427565547500,"conversation_id":"1133535069711343616","created_at":1559092072000,"date":"2019-05-28","time":"18:07:52","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"At the event I will also unveil my newest platform policy: Abolish Sour Mix 2020 😉","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":738,"retweets_count":2589,"likes_count":47512,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1133540427565547520","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1133494952535765000,"conversation_id":"1133493345819484161","created_at":1559081230000,"date":"2019-05-28","time":"15:07:10","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"All of this is to say that words matter, and can have consequences for safety.\n\nFor those who believe in “free speech”: whose free speech do you believe in?\n\nBc some folks using free speech to defend racism are also supporting folks passing laws to allow running over protesters.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1592,"retweets_count":4339,"likes_count":28557,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1133494952535764992","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1133494055923589100,"conversation_id":"1133493345819484161","created_at":1559081016000,"date":"2019-05-28","time":"15:03:36","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"I don’t even get to see all of them. Just the ones that have been flagged as particularly troubling.\n\nIt happens whenever Fox gets particularly aggressive + hateful, too. Young interns have to constantly hear hateful messages (far beyond disagreement) from ppl we don’t even rep.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":737,"retweets_count":2849,"likes_count":21801,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1133494055923589123","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1133062596460974100,"conversation_id":"1133062594279936000","created_at":1558978148000,"date":"2019-05-27","time":"10:29:08","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"This is not a critique of congestion pricing per se, but it’s to say you can’t just tag any random climate policy + call it GND.\n\nNowhere in the text do we mention congestion pricing.\n\nIf you’re a journalist that’s going to report on/talk about the GND, READ THE RESOLUTION.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":677,"retweets_count":2470,"likes_count":19734,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1133062596460974080","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1132995670229606400,"conversation_id":"1132995670229606400","created_at":1558962192000,"date":"2019-05-27","time":"06:03:12","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Today, #MemorialDay, we honor the lives of all those who gave their lives, both abroad and at home, in service to our country.\n\nIt’s a hard day for many. Take time to be there for one another; to check in, share stories, reflect, or mark quietly with a moment of gratitude.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":949,"retweets_count":5196,"likes_count":34065,"hashtags":["#memorialday"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1132995670229606400","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1132849652351455200,"conversation_id":"1132848411407814656","created_at":1558927379000,"date":"2019-05-26","time":"20:22:59","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"🎶We need a Green New Deal/\nTo save our planet for sure/\nLots of sun and wind power,\nWill help us endure! 🎶\n\nJerry is 97 years old and dedicates his Instagram to spreading joy and acts of kindness. This is his second song of support, and he writes them himself! 😭","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":855,"retweets_count":3307,"likes_count":34848,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1132849652351455232","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1132337107953889300,"conversation_id":"1132333655961919488","created_at":1558805178000,"date":"2019-05-25","time":"10:26:18","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Notice the people willing to explain this away, yet when Ilhan’s words are taken out of context, they are the 1st to jump on her.\n\nLook at how these accusations are selectively enforced on the left, esp when it’s the *alt-right* actually committing antisemitic violence in the US.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1377,"retweets_count":5016,"likes_count":37127,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1132337107953889280","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131922734211043300,"conversation_id":"1131916272441208834","created_at":1558706384000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"06:59:44","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"It ALL started with everyday people.\n\nYou would really be surprised how much work here gets started because a journalist picked up on a story, or advocates organized people to command notice of an issue.\n\nIt’s inspiring how much power everyday people have. We just need to use it.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":662,"retweets_count":4490,"likes_count":36195,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1131922734211043329","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131921962928943100,"conversation_id":"1131916272441208834","created_at":1558706200000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"06:56:40","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"We held the hearing. PrEP is going generic a year early.\n\nIt was thanks to:\n- Everyday people who advocated & didn’t quit until someone listened\n- A young staffer who listened & dug in\n- Committee staff that took her seriously\n- Generous leadership that cultivates the next gen /5","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":201,"retweets_count":3300,"likes_count":29145,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1131921962928943104","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131920548236288000,"conversation_id":"1131916272441208834","created_at":1558705863000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"06:51:03","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Chairman/woman leadership varies widely in style.\n\nFor ex, Seniority matters a LOT in Congress. But Chairman Cummings is generous w/ junior members. He invests a lot of time in training a high standard of excellence on the Committee of ALL members.\n\nSo he gave us a rare shot. /4","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":72,"retweets_count":887,"likes_count":10487,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1131920548236288000","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131918140437344300,"conversation_id":"1131916272441208834","created_at":1558705289000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"06:41:29","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"After vetting the case these organizers presented, she saw that it seemed they were. She passed it by me and our office engaged the Oversight Committee.\n\nCommittee staffers are CRITICAL. They have the expertise, tenure, relationships, etc to investigate issues + inquiries. /2","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":51,"retweets_count":993,"likes_count":10950,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1131918140437344256","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131916272441208800,"conversation_id":"1131916272441208834","created_at":1558704843000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"06:34:03","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Let’s talk abt how Gov works behind the scenes: Remember that Big Pharma hearing last week?\n\nHere’s how it happened.\n\nA 23 y/o staffer in my office met w/ local HIV advocates. They argued the CDC held the patent for PrEP & Gilead was price gouging.\n\nShe picked it up + dug in. /1","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1025,"retweets_count":9590,"likes_count":42749,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1131916272441208834","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131206490176610300,"conversation_id":"1131204943610880007","created_at":1558535618000,"date":"2019-05-22","time":"07:33:38","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"When I ran last year, everyone and their cousin endorsed my opponent.\n\nAfter he lost,did people imply that the Gov’s endorsement wasn’t powerful anymore? That virtually every single union in NYC no longer had influence?\n\nNo! It was about the candidates and the race. It always is.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":285,"retweets_count":977,"likes_count":13426,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1131206490176610309","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130860847566336000,"conversation_id":"1130858750758273024","created_at":1558453211000,"date":"2019-05-21","time":"08:40:11","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Remember, Clinton was also impeached - that failed in Sen too. Our institutions didn’t suffer then, but they have been damaged greatly today w unwillingness to impeach.\n\nWhether it’s Dem fear or GOP recklessness, doesn’t matter. Failure to impeach now is neglect of due process.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1740,"retweets_count":7019,"likes_count":41543,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1130860847566336001","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130155465596395500,"conversation_id":"1130155464317124608","created_at":1558285034000,"date":"2019-05-19","time":"09:57:14","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"It’s important to note that people shouldn’t be in a situation where they depend on a stranger’s enormous act of charity for this kind of liberation to begin with (aka college should be affordable), but it is an incredible act of community investment in this system as it is. 🎓","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1832,"retweets_count":5679,"likes_count":55484,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1130155465596395520","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129795212920987600,"conversation_id":"1129795212920987650","created_at":1558199143000,"date":"2019-05-18","time":"10:05:43","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"How to Bail Out Main Street, Not Wall Street:\n\n💳 Cap All Interest Rates at 15% (includes Credit Cards & all lending)\n💸 Federal Student Loan Cancellation (for the past)\n🎓 Tuition-Free Public Colleges (for the future)\n👩🏾‍⚕️Medicare for All (no egregious medical debt w/single payer)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4315,"retweets_count":16904,"likes_count":75868,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1129795212920987650","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129747865205706800,"conversation_id":"1129746541412048901","created_at":1558187855000,"date":"2019-05-18","time":"06:57:35","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"White Supremacists get charged w hate crimes. Muslims get charged w terrorism.\n\nThis is a HUGE difference. Hate crimes are underreported, deprioritized, + aren’t treated as seriously as domestic terror charges.\n\nYet in the US, Neo-Nazi violence far outnumbers Islamic extremism.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1358,"retweets_count":9331,"likes_count":46129,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1129747865205706753","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129452432034029600,"conversation_id":"1129449948288815105","created_at":1558117418000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"11:23:38","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"What angers me about the GOP’s attempts to turn the United States into a far-right Christian theocracy is how dishonest they are about it.\n\nAt least be forthright about your desire to subvert and dismantle our democracy into a creepy theological order led by a mad king.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13395,"retweets_count":21002,"likes_count":94499,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1129452432034029568","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129451377946693600,"conversation_id":"1129449948288815105","created_at":1558117167000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"11:19:27","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"The GOP doesn’t care about babies at all - especially brown, black, or poor ones. If they did, they’d:\n- cosponsor the Green New Deal or at LEAST have a real climate plan\n- guarantee healthcare so ALL can get prenatal care\n- not stand for the death+caging of babies on our border","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5157,"retweets_count":13254,"likes_count":72629,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1129451377946693632","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129449948288815100,"conversation_id":"1129449948288815105","created_at":1558116826000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"11:13:46","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"To the GOP extremists trying to invoke “the unborn” to jail people for abortion:\n\nWhere are you on climate change? OH right, you want to burn fossil fuels til there’s hell on Earth.\n\nIf they were truthful about their motives, they’d be consistent in their principles. They’re not.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6566,"retweets_count":24986,"likes_count":124394,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1129449948288815105","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1128894602801553400,"conversation_id":"1128890390982123522","created_at":1557984421000,"date":"2019-05-15","time":"22:27:01","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Ultimately, this is about women’s power. \n\nWhen women are in control of their sexuality, it threatens a core element underpinning right-wing ideology: patriarchy.\n\nIt’s a brutal form of oppression to seize control of the 1 essential thing a person should command: their own body.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4025,"retweets_count":28769,"likes_count":127236,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1128894602801553409","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1128890390982123500,"conversation_id":"1128890390982123522","created_at":1557983417000,"date":"2019-05-15","time":"22:10:17","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Abortion bans aren’t just about controlling women’s bodies.\n\nThey’re about controlling women’s sexuality. Owning women.\n\nFrom limiting birth control to banning comprehensive sex ed, US religious fundamentalists are working hard to outlaw sex that falls outside their theology.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11755,"retweets_count":84370,"likes_count":316043,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1128890390982123522","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1128647627434811400,"conversation_id":"1128646103858065408","created_at":1557925538000,"date":"2019-05-15","time":"06:05:38","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"This law would force children - 12 year olds - to carry a pregnancy by their rapist.\n\nThis law would force people w/ mental disabilities to carry pregnancy by rape to term.\n\nThis law forces people to be pregnant against their own consent. It’s horrifying.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3018,"retweets_count":23225,"likes_count":87120,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1128647627434811393","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127986542415437800,"conversation_id":"1127984160830906371","created_at":1557767923000,"date":"2019-05-13","time":"10:18:43","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"It’s that bundle 💰 for elections, so you pick up their call,accept invites, become friends.\n\nIn practice it’s not transactional, it’s social.\n\nSo while ppl don’t see how lobbying influences votes, their whole enviro + staff has been exposed to mainly 1 point of view: lobbyists’.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":586,"retweets_count":2817,"likes_count":18914,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127986542415437824","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127984814102065200,"conversation_id":"1127984160830906371","created_at":1557767511000,"date":"2019-05-13","time":"10:11:51","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"When I was looking at lobbying from the outside, just as a normal voting citizen, it appeared to me as more transactional in nature than it actually is.\n\nIt’s not necessarily that a lobbyist calls you and says “vote/don’t vote for this bill or we won’t donate to you again...” /2","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":241,"retweets_count":1909,"likes_count":13885,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127984814102065153","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127293435717869600,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557602673000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"12:24:33","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"And in the meantime, as we continue fighting for Medicare for All, a living wage, & more:\n\nUnionize your workplace.\nDemand a raise.\nAnd don’t stop until you get one. 💪🏽","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3264,"retweets_count":7118,"likes_count":60389,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127293435717869568","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127275942265671700,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557598503000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"11:15:03","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Ultimately, living in a moral society, a good nation, means establishing some basic standards of dignity:\n- healthcare as a right\n- a living wage\n- public education that prepares for civil society + economy (which now shld incl college)\n- all people having power in the economy","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2588,"retweets_count":11296,"likes_count":75022,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127275942265671686","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127270688925134800,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557597250000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"10:54:10","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"When we say “tax the rich,” we mean nesting-doll yacht rich. For-profit prison rich. Betsy DeVos, student-loan-shark rich.\n\nTrick-the-country-into-war rich. Subsidizing-workforce-w-food-stamps rich.\n\nBecause THAT kind of rich is simply not good for society, & it’s like 10 people.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9388,"retweets_count":28870,"likes_count":122012,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127270688925134849","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127268922070319100,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557596829000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"10:47:09","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"US GDP is at an all-time high. As a nation, we are more prosperous than we ever have been.\n\nBut that’s simply not the lived truth. Even now, I’m paid similar to a doctor or corporate lawyer - many who‘d think they are “rich,” but it’s nowhere near what we actually mean in policy.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":873,"retweets_count":3331,"likes_count":31728,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127268922070319104","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127265047179354100,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557595905000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"10:31:45","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"The myth that bad credit or struggling w bills = irresponsibility is a heinous myth.\n\nPaying people less than what’s needed to live is what’s actually irresponsible.\n\nGDP + costs are rising, wages are not. That doesn’t mean YOU’RE bad. It means working people are set up to fail.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":968,"retweets_count":10473,"likes_count":56523,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127265047179354112","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127263277237583900,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557595483000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"10:24:43","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Now I’m going through a huge income transition compared to living off tips (which diff pay every week, very hard).\n\n& I have HEALTH INSURANCE, which now means I have fewer expenses.\n\nAccording to banks, I’d be more “responsible,” but my character hasn’t changed. Just my math. /3","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":826,"retweets_count":4753,"likes_count":45124,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127263277237583874","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127260469381742600,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557594814000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"10:13:34","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"When I was waitressing, I used to jerk awake in the middle of sleep worried that I may have forgotten if a bill cleared, or if I had enough 💰 to pay a Dr in cash.\n\nWas that bc I was “irresponsible?” No. It’s bc I wasn’t being paid a living wage as cost of living skyrocketed. /2","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1225,"retweets_count":5428,"likes_count":48650,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127260469381742594","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1127258010936598500,"conversation_id":"1127258010936598528","created_at":1557594227000,"date":"2019-05-11","time":"10:03:47","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Going from waitressing a year ago to now carries a LOT of life-adjustments.\n\nBut 3 paychecks in has shown me how 1 of the greatest scams in US is the idea that financial struggle is due to “poor character.”\n\nIt’s a huge myth designed to keep people from empowering themselves. /1","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7052,"retweets_count":39399,"likes_count":177510,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1127258010936598528","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126991273439764500,"conversation_id":"1126985462260936706","created_at":1557530632000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"16:23:52","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"If you don’t understand this man’s sign - or don’t approach it with a desire to - then you do not understand this political moment.\n\nThe same folks who said Trump was impossible in 2016 are the same ones lecturing on what’s “electable” in 2020. \n\nDon’t buy it. Vote your values.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1248,"retweets_count":4779,"likes_count":41415,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126991273439764480","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126990102532698100,"conversation_id":"1126985462260936706","created_at":1557530353000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"16:19:13","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"The forces getting in the way of solving our climate crisis are politicians themselves + lobbyists. It is the willingness to bend to corporate power - the same ones that use coal miners’ plights for a tax break, yet refuse to pay for those same miners’ healthcare for black lung.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":454,"retweets_count":3565,"likes_count":27270,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126990102532698114","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126988999367774200,"conversation_id":"1126985462260936706","created_at":1557530090000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"16:14:50","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"All of this is to say don’t let any politician, no matter the party, lecture you about what is “possible” or “electable.”\n\nDon’t ever let a politician imply that working people are “less-than” or “uneducated” - aka that they are the ones in the way of solving the climate crisis.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":267,"retweets_count":1784,"likes_count":20905,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126988999367774210","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126987330143830000,"conversation_id":"1126985462260936706","created_at":1557529692000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"16:08:12","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Then he said, “I like you. I can tell that you are genuine and fighting for us. You’re real and you get it.”\n\nI thanked him and his family from the bottom of my heart.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":374,"retweets_count":1276,"likes_count":23154,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126987330143830016","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126986869558972400,"conversation_id":"1126985462260936706","created_at":1557529582000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"16:06:22","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"I somehow got it out: “With all respect sir, how do you... manage to support both of us at the same time?”\n\nThis is what he said:\n“I’ve been saying for years that climate change is our most important crisis. You’re one of the only ones who‘s been willing to be decisive on it.”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":381,"retweets_count":1286,"likes_count":20250,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126986869558972417","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126985959516586000,"conversation_id":"1126985462260936706","created_at":1557529365000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"16:02:45","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"I was pretty astonished.\n\nWe shook hands, he introduced himself, and told me he wanted to show his support.\n\nI could barely get my question out - I wanted to honor his positivity, yet respectfully find a way to ask, “How?”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":371,"retweets_count":860,"likes_count":14762,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126985959516585984","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126860292695187500,"conversation_id":"1126860292695187456","created_at":1557499404000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"07:43:24","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Lastly, if anyone has recommendations for baby gear that folds up nicely or tips on how to prep a workplace for little ones, please give me your recs!\n\nIf you’re a new mom/parent + could bring your babies / kids to work, what would help that? What would you want to see? ⬇️","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2062,"retweets_count":1537,"likes_count":13157,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126860292695187456","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126855646429818900,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557498296000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"07:24:56","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"8. This is convo is bigger than parental leave - it’s a larger conversation about how modern work has grown so hostile to family life. It doesn’t have to be that way!\n\nWork + family can go together, but we have to break down the barriers that force people to choose between them.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":660,"retweets_count":2091,"likes_count":23596,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126855646429818880","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126855420226699300,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557498242000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"07:24:02","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"7. Additionally, paying a living min wage to our most junior staffers means they’re talented + capable (no 2nd job) to take over big-time situations, meaning senior staffers are confident enough in them to take parental leave and not feel like everything will fall apart.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":208,"retweets_count":1138,"likes_count":17144,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126855420226699265","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126853581427093500,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557497804000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"07:16:44","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"6. We make an effort to make our office family-friendly. We talk about what play mats + cribs we need along w/ our legislative agenda. My personal office can be used for pumping/feeding.\n\nStaff can bring their babies to work if they like & we are working to prepare to have them.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":203,"retweets_count":746,"likes_count":11926,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126853581427093504","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126850922108325900,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557497170000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"07:06:10","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"5. Equal pay at work is about SO much more than the salary you offer.\n\nIf you give dads less paid parental leave than moms, you’re contributing to the pay gap.\n\nIf you see pregnancy or family as a workplace obstacle, you’re contributing to the pay gap.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":210,"retweets_count":1722,"likes_count":17320,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126850922108325888","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126850242412990500,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557497008000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"07:03:28","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"4. I want to reiterate how important it is to give dads full parental leave. I strongly encourage them to take the full time.\n\nI’ve heard the “normal” paternity leave is 2 weeks. That is NOT okay! As my partner says: “What do employers expect those new moms to do? Walk it off?”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":288,"retweets_count":1382,"likes_count":17437,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126850242412990464","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126849480123400200,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557496826000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"07:00:26","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"3. Our 12 weeks parental leave is up to the parent on how they want to use that time. They don’t have to take all 12 weeks at once - for example, they can take 5 weeks off and work 2 days a week to transition in; bank 3 weeks for later in the year, etc.   /4","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":106,"retweets_count":748,"likes_count":11987,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126849480123400193","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126842077671718900,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557495061000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"06:31:01","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"2. Paid parental leave applies to ALL new parents, period. Moms, dads, parents; biological or adopted. If you’ve got a new child, you get  12 weeks to spend adjusting your family to this huge transition.\n\n/3","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":275,"retweets_count":1243,"likes_count":19031,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126842077671718914","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126841467190882300,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557494916000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"06:28:36","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"A few notes on our approach:\n\n1. Expecting a child has nothing to do with our hiring decisions, & we do everything we can to accommodate. That’s supposed to be law, but there are small ways (incl self-selection) where it can play a role. We work to be a pro-family workplace.\n\n/2","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":169,"retweets_count":1135,"likes_count":17140,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126841467190882305","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126840339644522500,"conversation_id":"1126840339644522496","created_at":1557494647000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"06:24:07","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"I’d like to share another “unusual” (but shouldn’t be) part of my office policy w/ you all: Parental Leave!\n\nThree members of our small team are expectant or new parents in the first 6 mos of my term.\n\nIn my office, *every* new parent receives 3 mos paid leave - including dads.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5649,"retweets_count":17419,"likes_count":124418,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126840339644522496","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126629027429613600,"conversation_id":"1126627555497447424","created_at":1557444266000,"date":"2019-05-09","time":"16:24:26","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Really, the biggest, boldest idea (other than war) the GOP has proposed is A Wall.\n\nAt this rate they’re gonna propose getting us to space w/ trebuchets.\n\nThey constantly hate, but have 0 real solutions for income inequality, healthcare, climate crisis, racial injustice, etc.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3193,"retweets_count":8679,"likes_count":55465,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126629027429613570","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126627555497447400,"conversation_id":"1126627555497447424","created_at":1557443915000,"date":"2019-05-09","time":"16:18:35","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"GOP is talking smack about the Post Office (of course, since they have no ideas).\n\nThe funny thing about that: it‘s the GOP’s own “business model” that hurt them! They forced USPS to prefund pensions decades out (which makes NO sense & no solvent biz does)instead of year to year.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2646,"retweets_count":8775,"likes_count":50749,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126627555497447424","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126330613517180900,"conversation_id":"1126330613517180928","created_at":1557373119000,"date":"2019-05-08","time":"20:38:39","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"New policy proposal dropping tomorrow with a special Senate co-lead 😎\n\nIt’s radical, which I always love, and we’re keeping more coins in your pocket, which I also love.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2836,"retweets_count":5183,"likes_count":54036,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126330613517180928","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126241182890233900,"conversation_id":"1126241182890233856","created_at":1557351797000,"date":"2019-05-08","time":"14:43:17","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"Before we won, climate issues were ranked very low in nat’l voter priorities.\n\nThanks to risk-taking activism, it’s now consistently ranked as a #1 or at least a top 3 issue for many voters.\n\nLeadership is often about choice: take the temperature, or change the thermostat.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2872,"retweets_count":11412,"likes_count":73176,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1126241182890233856","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1125984018623811600,"conversation_id":"1125980728976715776","created_at":1557290484000,"date":"2019-05-07","time":"21:41:24","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"For context, this kicks in within days of a typical at-home test working.\n\nIf you were sexually assaulted (stress delays cycle), took a morning-after pill (throws off cycle), or have an irregular cycle, you‘d have no idea.\n\nThere are a TON of ways this law ignores basic biology.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4912,"retweets_count":24837,"likes_count":157939,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1125984018623811584","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1125783452819783700,"conversation_id":"1125783452819783683","created_at":1557242665000,"date":"2019-05-07","time":"08:24:25","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"PSA for folks who haven’t had consistent healthcare/doctors:\n\nGet your Tetanus vaccine booster!  You’re supposed to get them every 10 yrs as an adult - I just got mine bc I didn’t have insurance for a bit.\n\nMy shot also included a whooping cough booster bc of recent outbreaks.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2051,"retweets_count":8318,"likes_count":52153,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1125783452819783683","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1124316432823664600,"conversation_id":"1124315479881977856","created_at":1556892901000,"date":"2019-05-03","time":"07:15:01","timezone":"PDT","user_id":138203134,"username":"aoc","name":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","place":"","tweet":"And by bit I mean like 10 words 🤣 trying out here","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":460,"retweets_count":566,"likes_count":17226,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1124316432823664641","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"138203134","username":"AOC"}],"retweet_date":""}
