“In the beginning, the fundamental question is, ‘Why you? Why do you think you can do this?'” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez notes in Knock Down the House. There are, as the documentary has already pointed out, a million reasons why she’s not the obvious choice for New York’s 14th Congressional District.
In the end, though, the answer she gives is the only one that matters: “Because no one else would.”
It’s a line that inspires cheers and fist-pumps, the perfect motto for an up-and-comer positioned as the David to incumbent Joe Crowley’s Goliath. What makes Knock Down the House so compelling, though, is that it digs beyond the pretty soundbites and packaged-for-TV narratives to show us not just who and what is happening in American politics right now, but how and why. Read more…
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