Published on Nov 30, 2018 
 
 Democratic socialist and Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compares her election victory to landmark moments in American history like establishing civil rights and the moon landing. Ocasio-Cortez was speaking at a “Sunrise Movement” press conference in Washington, D.C. on 11/30/18. Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment below to share your thoughts on the video. 
 
 
 
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 Democratic Socialist darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday said fellow progressives’ and her election victory – in an overwhelmingly Democratic district – was akin to the 1969 moon landing and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 
 
 “We've done what we thought was impossible,” she told a crowd during an event hosted by an environmental group, the Sunshine Movement, that aims to combat climate change. 
 
 “We went to the moon. We electrified the nation. We established civil rights. We enfranchised the country. We dig deep, and we did it. We did it when no one else thought that we could. That's what we did when so many of us won an election this year,” Ocasio-Cortez added. 
 
 The New York Democrat is making the fight against climate change her signature issue, joining a climate change protest outside House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi’s offices on her first day on Capitol Hill. 
 
 She’s also been pushing for the so-called “Green New Deal” that aims to transform the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels and embrace renewable energy. 
 
 OCASIO-CORTEZ JOINS CLIMATE CHANGE PROTESTERS OUTSIDE PELOSI’S OFFICE DURING FIRST DAY ON CAPITOL HILL 
 
 A number of House Democrats said they support her pledge to reinstate a special committee on climate change after Democrats officially take control of the House in January. 
 
 But Ocasio-Cortez’s claim that their election victory is on par with the historical moments in American history appears to be exaggerated. 
 
 She became a household name after defeating a 10-term Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in the party’s primary, sending shockwaves across the Democratic Party’s establishment. 
 
 Yet she easily cruised to victory because her district doesn’t have Republican presence and no viable opponent was put forward to oppose her candidacy. 
 
 Even in her primary election against Crowley, less than 16,000 people voted for the Democratic Socialist, out of total 27,744 ballots, despite the district having hundreds of thousands of registered Democrats. 
 
 Justice Democrats, a left-wing group that spearheaded Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives’ candidacies, despite the claims of their takeover of Congress, managed to elect in total four non-incumbent Democrats in already safe blue seats. 
 
 None of the candidates endorsed by the group flipped a seat from Republicans. 
 
 OCASIO-CORTEZ COMPARES MEMBERS OF MIGRANT CARAVAN TO JEWS FLEEING NAZI GERMANY 
 
 Ocasio-Cortez was recently criticized after comparing migrant caravan members who clashed with U.S. border agents to Jewish families fleeing Nazi Germany and other targets of genocide.. 
 
 South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham slammed the Congresswoman-elect, advising to study on the issue before making such comparisons. 
 
 “I recommend she take a tour of the Holocaust Museum in DC. Might help her better understand the differences between the Holocaust and the caravan in Tijuana,” Graham tweeted. 

 Ocasio-Cortez compares her election to moon landing. Huh? Big difference. Moon landing was LUNAR, not LOONEY; Moon landing done by ppl who knew what they were doing...those who elected someone who thought there were 3 branches of Congress did NOT.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6448569/Ocasio-Cortez-compares-election-victory-moon-landing-U-S-electrification.html …
– Soon-to-be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a speech Friday in which she told her audience that "we've done what we thought was impossible," citing her election and that of many other Democrats, reports Fox News. "We went to the moon," she said. "We established civil rights. We enfranchised the country. … We did it when no one else thought that we could." Rolling his eyes at her on Twitter was former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. "Ocasio-Cortez compares her election to moon landing," he tweeted Sunday. "Huh? Big difference. Moon landing was LUNAR, not LOONEY; Moon landing done by ppl who knew what they were doing … those who elected someone who thought there were 3 branches of Congress did NOT." In response to Huckabee, Ocasio-Cortez doubled down on her assertion that a renewable energy deal she's working on "will take a level of ambition + innovation on the scale of the moon landing," then hit Huckabee's daughter, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. "Leave the false statements to Sarah Huckabee. She's much better at it," Ocasio-Cortez snarked. She also jabbed at Huckabee himself—"you haven't been a Governor of any state for 10+ years now," she wrote, referring to his Twitter handle that still bears the title—as well as at other GOPers and an "Entire Conservative Cable News Channel + YouTube universe" she says have attacked her. "I'm not even sworn in yet. Don't y'all have jobs to do?" she asked. (Ocasio-Cortez's attire recently caused a hubbub.)