Granddaughter of Vietnam Vet Shares Grandfather's Powerful Story After AOC Says It's 'Impossible' to Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps

Tré Goins-Phillips : Feb 7, 2020
Faithwire.com

"My grandfather's dad abandoned him and his sister in New York after WWII. His mother had a nervous breakdown and was sent to a sanitarium, so he (7) was sent alone by train from NYC to Wyoming to work on a farm..." -Lyndsey Fifield-Twitter

[Faithwire.com] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was right when she said the metaphor "pull yourself up by your bootstraps"—popular in conservative circles—is a physical impossibility. That doesn't mean it's impossible for people to elevate themselves out of poverty, though. (Image: AP Photo-Susan Walsh /via Fox News)

Lyndsey Fifield, social media director for The Heritage Foundation, used Ocasio-Cortez's speech, which she gave in defense of her Recognizing Poverty Act, to point out that people have, in fact, escaped poverty with hard work and determination.

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