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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez admitted she was not “rational” for challenging powerful incumbent Joe Crowley, according to a trailer released Monday for a Netflix documentary about her win.

“If I was a rational person I would have dropped out of this race a long time ago,” the then-candidate says in the clip. “He’s gonna tell me I’m small. That I’m young. That I’m inexperienced.”

The Democratic socialist’s reps on Monday tweeted a link to a teaser for the doc, “Knock Down The House,” which is set for release on May 1 — which coincides with socialist holiday International Workers Day.

The film — for which Netflix paid whopping $10 million — follows four women vying for office during the 2018 election cycle. Only Ocasio-Cortez won and she’s featured prominently in the trailer.

The two-minute trailer also shows Ocasio-Cortez at home with her mom and being comforted by her boyfriend on the campaign trail. Teary-eyed, the Democratic darling admits that she doesn’t want to let people down.

Ocasio-Cortez was supposed to attend the premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, but instead appeared via video.

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