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OCASIO-CORTEZ: "I’m here because I want to talk to you all about all of this craziness that you see in the media about Joe Biden. And I’m just ripping the band-aid off because I think that it’s really important that people get the straight truth. And I feel like there has been a lot of smokescreens that have been going on about this and that people have not been getting told the full story here. And I want to put all my cards out on the table because I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m telling you that as who I am. I don’t have any — I do not have a crystal ball, I don’t know what’s going on. But I believe that you all deserve to know what I see in this moment as I see it. And I’m gonna take you through my thinking. And if you disagree with it and if you think it’s terrible and if you think I’m wrong, that’s fine, but I at least want you to know what I see and we can all come to our own conclusions. All right? So let's get into it."