Ocasio-Cortez’s 2nd grade teacher tells her ‘you’ve got this’ ahead of DNC speech

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) second-grade teacher offered the New York congresswoman words of encouragement ahead of her speech at the virtual Democratic National Convention next week.

Ocasio-Cortez, reacting to reports that she would be given 60 seconds to speak at the event, tweeted Benjamin E. Mays’ poem “Just A Minute.”

“You’ve got this. Remember all those poems we recited together in 2nd grade? It was prep for this moment. You’ve got this,” Twitter user mjacobs324 responded.

You’ve got this.
Remember all those poems we recited together in 2nd grade?
It was prep for this moment.
You’ve got this.

— mjacobs (@mjacobs324) August 12, 2020

Ocasio-Cortez recognized the user’s surname and responded “Ms. Jacobs! Is that you?! Yes, I do remember the poems we recited in second grade! You prepared me perfectly for this moment. Thank you for teaching me, encouraging my growth, and believing in me as a child.”

Ms. Jacobs! Is that you?!

Yes, I do remember the poems we recited in second grade! You prepared me perfectly for this moment.

Thank you for teaching me, encouraging my growth, and believing in me as a child

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 12, 2020

The freshman congresswoman is set to address the convention Tuesday evening. The convention program Tuesday is also set to include Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), former President Bill Clinton and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates. In addition, the party platform the convention will vote on includes policy recommendations Ocasio-Cortez developed with former Secretary of State John Kerry as part of former Vice President Joe Biden’s and Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) working group.