Alexandra Rojas

Alexandra Rojas (born February 25, 1995) is an American activist and political commentator who is the executive director of Justice Democrats. She has provided political commentary on CNN.

Quotes

• Our goal is to build a really united cohort of progressive lawmakers in Congress who can shift the national conversation and neutralize the false populism of the far right and push visionary legislation
  • "Democratic Insurgents: An Interview with Justice Democrats Director Alexandra Rojas", The Globe Post (October 11, 2018)

• From an economic justice angle, we’ve been spending a ton of our money on these endless wars. Our approach to that is to run candidates that are pro-peace and are also ready to create a peace economy hopefully when we get out of those wars and lead better by example for ourselves.
  • "Democratic Insurgents: An Interview with Justice Democrats Director Alexandra Rojas", The Globe Post (October 11, 2018)

• We must set the precedent for justice and accountability before fascists do.
  • [1], Twitter (January 6, 2021)

• "They are waging a battle for the soul of America, and for the soul of the Democratic Party"
  • [2] on democratic party

• "Through this job, I’ve realized nobody actually knows what they’re doing. So that gives me a lot of comfort"
  • [3] on her job

• "We want to add to the majority and make sure that everyone in a blue district is an actual champion"
  • [4] describing the recruitment process for JD as part art, part science.

• "When we have a full democracy where closer to a hundred percent of the population votes, then I will believe that we truly do not have a majority of people backing our ideas"
  • [5] on democracy

• "We need to build a mission-driven caucus in Congress who will hold whoever is in charge accountable to the best the Democratic Party can be"
  • [6] on democratic party

• "Our generation can't afford for anything less than putting forward an actual plan to fix America and not just responding to the Republicans"
  • [7] on defeating Trump