Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

And... We have to have a working class centered politics if we are going to succeed and also if we are going to stave off the scourges of authoritarianism, which also... One more time, real quick.

We have to have a working class centered politics...

I think one of the the connections and relationships that is under discussed, particularly in the security space, is the fact that I believe we're seeing an economy across economy around the world, including in the United States, that extreme levels of income inequality lead to social instability and drives in a sense in authoritarianism, right wing populism and very dangerous domestic internal politics.

And that is a direct outcome of not just income inequality, but the failure of democracies over decades to deliver.

Would and should the U.S.

actually commit U.S.

troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move?

You know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is a...

This is, of course, a very longstanding policy of the United States.

It is not a remark on who Maduro was as a leader.

He canceled elections.

He was an anti-democratic leader.

That doesn't mean that we can kidnap a head of state and engage in acts of war just because the nation is below the equator.

Marco Rubio's speech was a pure appeal to Western culture.

My favorite part was when he said that American cowboys came from Spain.

I thought they came from Winnetou.

I believe the Mexicans and descendants of African enslaved peoples would like to have a word on that.

But I think it's also important to note how thin that foundation is.

Culture is changing.

Culture always changed.