Thank You Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Bryan Mayfield
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read

Yesterday I discovered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Admittedly, I haven’t followed politics at more than a surface level in a very long time. My discovery of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez may change that.

I stumbled across her name while reading a Wall Street Journal article that discussed Delaware community activist Kerri Evelyn Harris’ campaign to oust current senator Tom Carper. A Google search and a few YouTube videos later my interest was peaked. While researching Ocasio-Cortez, I read an article that claimed Google searches for ‘Socialism’ had increased exponentially after the…

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