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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Announced She'll Be Bartending Again and It's for the Best Reason
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks as other House Democrats listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol January 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. House Democrats held a news conference to introduce the "Paycheck Fairness Act." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Freshman Democratic Congresswoman of New York's 14th District, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, often gets flack from her critics for having been a bartender as recently as 2017. It's a label Ocasio-Cortez wears proudly, emphasizing that she is proud to be from a working class background, noting that it informs the way she represents her working class constituents in the Bronx and Queens.

Now, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez will be returning to those roots for a bit next week in support of the federal Raise the Wage Act, as well as calling for the end of below-minimum wage payment of service industry professionals in her district.

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