Published July 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM ET · Updated July 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM ET
AOC calls Senate a Jim Crow institution while defending abolition push
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed the Senate was founded on Jim Crow. She made these remarks while defending the Democratic Socialists of America's push to abolish the Senate.
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