HOLY HYPOCRITE! Amazon killer Ocasio-Cortez spent $12K on site
Brad Hunter
Published:
February 21, 2019
Updated:
February 21, 2019 5:13 PM EST
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played a key role in helping kill Amazon's New York aspirations. Her campaign spent $12,000 at the online retailer. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated the demise of Amazon’s plan to build a second headquarters in New York City.
But what’s a politician if not a raging hypocrite?
During the self-proclaimed democratic socialist’s congressional campaign last year, she spent a whopping $12,000 on Amazon, including $400 on chalk, the New York Daily News reports.
AOC — as she’s known among fans — also played a key role in the e-commerce giant pulling out of the planned Big Apple headquarters.
According to some proponents, that cost New York $4 billion in lost wages, 25,000 in lost jobs and another $12 billion in “lost economic activity”.
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Why don’t you take your 25,000 jobs and go somewhere else? AOC also took a slap at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cliff Owen / AP Photo / Files
“Today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers and their neighbours defeated Amazon’s corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world,” she tweeted as the deal sank.
AOC and other opponents were furious that the city and state used $ billion in tax incentives to get Amazon to open in Gotham.
They also took exception to Amazon’s perceived anti-union reputation.
But none of that mattered during the election.
According to the News, Federal Election Commission finance records show Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign used Amazon’s services at least 68 times between April and October.
Most of the charges listed were for “supplies.”
One conservative group has voiced their displeasure with the neophyte congresswoman in a Times Square billboard.
It reads: “Thanks For Nothing, AOC!”
Her office did not return calls to the Daily News.
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