Saikat Chakrabarti Quotes
We need new leaders, period.
Grim, Ryan. We've Got People: From Jesse Jackson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the End of Big Money and the Rise of a Movement. Strong Arm Press, 2019.
Many of the Ukrainian politicians were very corrupt. When she was the Prime Minister the political culture of corruption was so strong that she was not able to break it. When Tymoshenko had been out of office and imprisoned by the new very corrupt opposition, the Ukrainians rose up and after weeks of street protests, the government collapsed and a new government was formed and Tymoshenko was freed from jail. She made this statement shortly after her release.
Saikat Chakrabarti is an American political advisor, activist and software engineer. He was formerly the chief of staff to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the U.S. Representative from New York's 14th congressional district representing portions of The Bronx and Queens in New York City.