Full Interview: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talk Politics and 2020 With The Intercept’s Ryan Grim

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez sat down with Grim to discuss the power of grassroots movements, health care, and more before Sanders’s Queens rally on Saturday.

Ryan Grim, Paul Abowd, Travis Mannon

October 22 2019, 9:41 a.m. ET

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