Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told the National Baptist Convention this week that she is “amazed watching how God works” in advancing progressive politics, citing organizing efforts in deep-red states.
\n\nSpeaking to the convention in Orlando, Florida, the New York Democrat framed a string of recent electoral developments in religious terms, describing them as the fruit of faith-based organizing during her 2024 rally tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). She recounted stops in states pundits called hopeless.
\n\n“Why would you go to Idaho? Why would you go to Montana? Why would you go to Utah?” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I felt very called.”
\n\nThe congresswoman claimed a “miracle” followed. She said that after organizing in Utah, a court intervened.
\n\n“We said we must have the faith of a mustard seed. We must organize anyway,” she said. “One year later, out of nowhere, a judge strikes down Utah’s map and they are ordered to redraw. And it is only because of the organizing that we did in faith when there was no evidence.”
\n\nThe Utah ruling stemmed from a 2018 anti-gerrymandering ballot measure, not the rally. Judge Dianna Gibson struck down the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map in August 2025 and later adopted a Democrat-leaning…
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