Common Dreams, June 27, 2020: ‘Not On Our Watch’: AOC, In Powerful Floor Speech, Declares
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday evening delivered an impassioned speech defending a longstanding civil rights law which combats the racist practice of redlining that is under attack by the White House.
“Over the last several weeks, our nation has been gripped by the uprising against anti-Black racism and systemic racial injustice across the United States,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “But there is a difference between saying that we believe in the inherent dignity, equality and value of our Black brothers and sisters and actually committing to it. And the Community Reinvestment Act is one such commitment.”
