Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez says her very existence challenges Washington’s elite and calls communist warnings ‘very silly’

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez said her background as a working‑class Latina from the Bronx makes her very presence in the U.S. Congress inherently subversive, highlighting entrenched class bias and noting she refuses corporate political donations.

She later dismissed President Donald Trump’s warnings of a communist takeover as “very silly,” pointing out that the federal minimum wage has been frozen at $7.25 since 2009 and arguing that such rhetoric distracts from issues like health‑care reform.