“Another thing to really do over the next two years is to basically show the American people what will be possible if the Democrats win the House, the Senate and the presidency in 2020, and that means putting our best foot forward. It means putting the most ambitious, the boldest, the biggest things we can, and then just build a movement around that.”
https://thebengalstory.com/english/meet-saikat-chakrabarti-the-bengali-american-chief-of-staff-of-the-feisty-new-york-congresswoman-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/


"The interesting thing about the Green New Deal... is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all... Because we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing." — Saikat Chakrabarti, the outgoing chief of staff for freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14665/green-new-deal-poverty