Overview
- Fresh from the Munich Security Conference, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke at TU Berlin’s Audimax before roughly 1,100–1,200 attendees.
- She criticized Western democracies over Gaza, arguing that weapons supplied by democracies are worsening the situation and eroding young people’s faith in democracy.
- She centered working-class concerns, linking her priorities to her family’s financial struggles and saying her focus is putting more money in workers’ pockets.
- Pressed on a possible presidential bid, she declined a clear denial as media speculation about her future continues.
- The event opened with Berlin politician Franziska Giffey pinning a Berlinale-style bear to her dress, and Ocasio-Cortez said she plans to meet The Left and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung during her visit.