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Carmen Yulin Cruz

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I wanted to be mayor, but my party didn’t want me. I was perhaps too liberal.

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So far in my career, I’ve achieved what I’ve achieved because I’ve believed that I could do it. And I’ve never believed that anyone’s better than me, because I think when you start doing that, you’ve already lost the fight.

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When I was in school, I was too short to erase the blackboard. It was my job to put away the chairs.

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April 25, 2024

When I was in school, I was too short to erase the blackboard. It was my job to put away the chairs.

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April 25, 2024

So far in my career, I’ve achieved what I’ve achieved because I’ve believed that I could do it. And I’ve never believed that anyone’s better than me, because I think when you start doing that, you’ve already lost the fight.

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