“Our democracy is built on debate, Congresswoman! I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee. The people of the 5th elected me to serve their interest. I am sure we agree on that!”— Ilhan Omar, twitter.com
“I am much more interested in defending my ideas than defending my identities.”— Ilhan Omar, startribune.com
“We’re here, we’re here to stay and represent the voice of the people who have been silenced for many decades and generations.”— Ilhan Omar, jewishinsider.com
“What is really important to me is that people recognize that there is a difference between criticizing a military action by a government that has exercised really oppressive policies and being offensive or attacking to particular people of faith.”— Ilhan Omar, jta.org
“We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”— Ilhan Omar, politico.com
“Our planet is going to hit disaster if we don’t turn this ship around and so it’s basically like, there’s a scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, nypost.com
“We have to have respect for children, respect for families, respect for human rights and respect for the right of human mobility. Because it is a right. It is a right. Because we are standing on native land, and Latino people are descendants of native people. And we cannot be told and criminalized s…”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, newsweek.com
“It is the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, assets.documentcloud.org
“How in the world can we pay for this? The answer is: in the same ways that we paid for the 2008 bank bailout and extended quantitative easing programs, the same ways we paid for World War II and many other wars.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, docs.google.com
“Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel”— Ilhan Omar, twitter.com
“I support a two-state solution—with an Israeli state side by side with a Palestinian state. That said, I will never apologize for standing up against oppression and injustice in Israel or anywhere else.”— Ilhan Omar, int.nyt.com
“It is a mark of shame that in the wealthiest country in the world people are dying because they can’t afford lifesaving medicine.”— Ilhan Omar, insightnews.com
“They can attack, spin my words and vilify me, but they will not succeed in silencing me!”— Ilhan Omar, twitter.com
“Our homelessness crisis is not a crisis of scarcity, but a crisis of moral clarity.”— Ilhan Omar, twitter.com
“So when I see Israel institute laws that recognize it as a Jewish state and does not recognize the other religions that are living in it and we still uphold it as a democracy in the Middle East, I almost chuckle...”— Ilhan Omar, timesofisrael.com
“Our goal is to leave no person behind as we venture into a secure and better future.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, instagram.com
“You don’t have to be perfect, but you do have to be 100% committed.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, nydailynews.com
“Give people the respect of your honest opinion, and always meet them where they’re at.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, twitter.com