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January 9, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Singlehandedly Shifting the Overton Window

This weekend, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on 60 Minutes and did more to shift the Overton Window left during her interview than nearly every single Democrat has done throughout the entirety of millennials’ existence on this planet.

The Overton Window is a term describing what is perceived to be politically possible. For example, before the 1980s, high marginal tax rates were the norm, and Ronald Reagan helped shift the mainstream discourse to the right. Now we are left with journalists like Anderson Cooper who believe that the marginal tax rates the United States enjoyed for most of the 20th century are “radical.”

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https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-singlehandedly-shiftin.html?fbclid=IwAR3eRh8nliXTXJCEnTOJfdmnbv2wdILHgzP-FC0qJvAGzcxwHBO0GJXXdL4

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