Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“a lot of people cannot fathom what an abolitionist America looks like. Tell them it looks like a suburb. Affluent white communities already live in a world where they choose to fund youth, health, housing more than they fund police.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

AOC's 2020 comment describing what an abolitionist America could look like.

“We all share the goals of having as low a crime rate as possible [but] rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · said 2026-08-09 · reported 2026-08-19

AOC made this remark about crime rhetoric during her August 9 appearance on ABC's This Week with Jonathan Karl.

“Woke 1 was crazyyyyy.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · said 2026-08-09 · reported 2026-08-19

AOC made this joking remark about 2020-era police abolition demands during a recent ABC This Week appearance.