Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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1 min readDec 2, 2020

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It’s time that old-guard Democrats made way for new blood, says President Barack Obama. Obama told Good Luck America that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should have gotten more speaking time at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. AOC was one of three Latinas who received primetime speaking slots, and her 60-second speech was to symbolically nominate Sen. Bernie Sanders—a preapproved procedural move that nevertheless received some backlash.

“She speaks to a broad section of young people who are interested in what she has to say, even if they don’t agree with everything she says,” Obama said on Good Luck America. That doesn’t mean he’s all in for…

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/