Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joined New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani (D) at a weekend rally in Queens, evoking the city’s immigrant roots and calling on supporters to reject claims that their movement is “crazy” or “outlandish.”

Ocasio-Cortez, a longtime ally of Mamdani, took the stage Sunday to rally voters ahead of next month’s general election, framing New York City’s diversity and resilience as a foundation for the progressive movement’s platform.

“This city was built by the Irish escaping famine, Italians fleeing fascism, Jews escaping the Holocaust, Black Americans fleeing slavery and Jim Crow,” she told the crowd. “Latinos seeking a better life, Native people standing for themselves, Asian Americans coming together in Queens, in Brooklyn, in the Bronx, in

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