Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., told Rally participants not to let the Republicans “deceive” them by thinking that they “can be separated” by race or to stir “deep divisions along the race, identity and culture”, despite the recent efforts of President Donald Trump to rid of the identity policy of public and private spaces.
The progressive comments of “Squad” The legislator came during a rally “Oligarchy of Combat” Monday evening in Idaho alongside Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT. It was the last stop of the pair during a tour of appearances across the country.
“The only chance they have to get away with such an unpopular and injuring program is to unravel deep divisions along the breed, identity and culture to make us fight and distracted. This will no longer work,” AOC told Rally Goers. “Do not let them be wrong by thinking that we are enemies. Do not let them be wrong to be weak and to think that we can be separated in rural and urban, black and white and Latin.”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., blamed the Republicans for firing the identity policy during a rally “Fighting Oligarchy” on Monday evening. (Getty Images / Fox News)
The rally with AOC and Sanders was largely focused on the criticism of “billionaire oligarchs” as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and President Donald Trump, who, as president, led an anti-dei thrust that aims to rid the identity policy of public and private spaces.
In fact, by political analyst and regular MSNBC, Eddie Glaude, the identity policy was “at the heart” of the electoral loss of former vice-president Kamala Harris against Trump.
“The only thing that has been awake or representative (Kamala Harris’ campaign) was her body, her body, the fact that she was a woman of color. I therefore think that the concern, the so-called reaction, to take care of the diversity of the nation really proves the point,” said Glaude in a interview With NPR shortly after the Republican November electoral victories.
During this time, since its inauguration, Trump has implemented executive actions explicitly targeting the “identity policy”.
Michael Thompson holds a pair of Trump flags while participants align themselves to participate in the event “Fighting Oligarchy” at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, April 14, 2025. (Photo / Kyle Green)
“Before the harmful changes introduced by Obama and Biden administrations, The American army Offered equality of opportunities to each American capable and interested in serving their country. However, these two administrations exploited the military in favor of identity policy – harassing our national defense, undergoing the non -political nature of our soldiers, and eroding morale and recruitment, “wrote Trump in one of his first decrees after being sworn.” Due to this “Woke Assault”, the services have recorded their lowest recruitment since 1940 with 41,000 herd trachs in 2023.
Trump has also taken measures to get rid of universities, federal government and even in the private sector.
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According to Trump, it was Democratic president Joe Biden which has implemented “illegal and immoral discrimination programs”, which have often linked individual success to immutable factors such as race, sex and ethnicity.
“President Trump restores equity and responsibility in federal hiring and puts an end to Dei through the federal government,” reads an information sheet in March of the White House.