“I need to take up space,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proclaims in Knock Down the House, a rousing documentary that had its world premiere at Sundance this week. She’s preparing for a debate against 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley, and as she runs through her list of affirmations, she waves her arms in front of her, as if carving out a place in the world for her to occupy. But the line, as it’s intended to, resonates beyond that moment—and even beyond Ocasio-Cortez’s already-legendary run, which made her the youngest woman serving in Congress and, even before she took office, one of the most visible political figures in America.
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