In January, at a Martin Luther King, Jr., Faith Leadership Breakfast, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke in detail about how the Standing Rock protests catalyzed her spiritual and political calling. “It was truly one of the most spiritually transformative experiences of my life,” she said.
Ocasio-Cortez, who is Catholic, began her remarks by saying that she has to contemplate how to talk about her spiritual life as a public figure. “It’s not something that I want to cheapen, or it’s not something that I want to use as currency.” Of her spiritual journey, she said, “I haven’t talked about it yet much on the outside. I’m very conscious of that. But today we’re in family.”
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