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States led by Democrats do have higher minimum wages, paid leave, better health insurance subsidies, etc.

Under the current federal electoral system, Democrats have no power to go further. They barely got a compromised ACA passed in 2010, and the votes at the federal level have moved in Republicans' favor since then. As we just witnessed, they do not have the numbers to get paid parental leave passed.

The young and idealistic should be able to understand that AOC is not going to be able to accomplish anything on the federal level.