Hello Deconstructed listeners, I'm Ryan Graham, DC Bureau Chief for the Intercept.

And I'm Senior Politics Editor, Brianna Joy-Grey.

This week we're bringing you a special dispatch from the Intercept's Washington offices.

Medi will be back with a regular episode of the show on Thursday, but today we have an

extended interview with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

We'll also be joined by former Congressman Brad Miller, who previously served on the House

Financial Services Committee, which we now know AOC will be joining.

We talk with her about her first few weeks on the Hill, her thoughts on 2020, and reflect

on her out of nowhere congressional campaign.

Enjoy.

So Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, it's so great to have you here.

We know that your time is in high demand, and you've already had such a busy week.

I saw you on Monday, having that discussion with Tainese Coats, Adiriside Church and

Commemoration of Dr. King, that night you jetted off, and you went on the late night

show with Colbert, where I hear you cursed out the entire country.

Oh, yeah, apparently.

On a scale of zero to some, how many s*** do you give?

I think it's zero.

And this morning I saw an Instagram stories that you had at a Democratic caucus meeting,

and you were explaining to your followers exactly what it meant, and the way that you

do and what is one of the only remaining civics classes I think that's in the country.

And movement-based campaigns are very powerful because they're issue-focused.

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