Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez defends Jewish heritage claim: 'Culture isn’t DNA'
"Just because one concrete identity may not be how we think of ourselves today, nor how we were raised, it doesn’t mean we cannot or should not honor the ancestors + stories that got us here."
Progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embraces New York gubenatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon at her victory party in the Bronx after upsetting incumbent Democratic Representative Joseph Crowly on June 26, 2018(photo credit: SCOTT HEINS/GETTY IMAGES/AFP)ByJOSH AXELROD, LAHAV HARKOVUpdated:
