At a 'Fight Oligarchy' event in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) for not holding a town hall in his district since winning his election.
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00:00And I want to let you all know, in every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the last
00:07couple days—we were in Nevada a couple days ago.
00:10We were in Greeley, Colorado, way out there in Colorado.
00:15We went to Denver.
00:17Every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
00:233,200 people in Las Vegas.
00:29Out in Greeley, we went to a Republican congressman's district, Gabe Evans, who, you know, he just
00:36got elected.
00:37He just got elected.
00:38Usually, your first three months on the job, you're on your best behavior.
00:42This guy hasn't held a town hall once.
00:45So we said, you know what?
00:46Let's go out there.
00:47We'll hold our own town hall.
00:50We thought—wildest dreams out there in Greeley—we thought maybe 2,000 people would show up.
00:5711,000 people came out to Greeley.
01:04Then we went to Denver.
01:05And now, in Denver, Colorado, again, our wildest dream—we were like, maybe we can get, like—what
01:13if we got, like, 20,000 people out in Denver?
01:17Last night, 34,000 people in Denver showed up.
01:27And as you can see here in Tucson, we originally—