Cortez moves into luxury apartment complex.

[SMOGZINN]

Beat me to it.

AOC terrifies these people, to the point they don't care how stupid and petulant they look. Remarkable.

To be fair that has nothing to do with AOC. The Republicans discovered that the more stupid and petulant they look the more their base loves them. It has been a race to the bottom since Bush to see just how stupid and petty they can be before people reject them. So far they are in free fall and have not found the bottom yet.

 

[UberNeuman]

I'd heard she might also own a microwave, a refrigerator and a cell phone!

 

[Homerboy]

Good for her. Sounds like she pulled herself up by the bootstraps and has made something of herself. I thought that's what the Republicans wanted? I'm so confused. They keep (trying) to change the rules on me.

 

[cytg111]

He is virtue signaling knowing it ain't happening, when the rich really want something they lobby politicians for it, when was the last time you seen the rich sent lobbyists to congress, so they can pay more taxes?

You know, you are 100pct right. And ill still take it.
I take notice that Branson has NOT put all his excess $$$$$$$$$$$ bills into a new cable news network with the sole purpose of brainwashing the population into feeling sorry for his rich ass.
I take notice of that .

 

[brycejones]

I'd heard she might also own a microwave, a refrigerator and a cell phone!

The cell phone is probably an Obama phone!

 

[cytg111]

Beat me to it.

AOC terrifies these people, to the point they don't care how stupid and petulant they look. Remarkable.

You know that saying, I dont have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you.
As long as they dont look Trump-leve-stupid they figure they are good to go.

 

[pauldun170]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/poor-people-not-allowed-in-aocs-luxury-apartment-complex

Another politician who talks a great game, but who doesn't live what she preaches. Yes, she doesn't have to live in poverty, and I wouldn't expect her too. But, when you move into a luxury apartment complex that omits the poor, and then you complain that people can't find affordable housing I think you're full of sh*t and lies.

Is she supposed to have one constructed or is she supposed to commute 30 miles after waiting on awaiting list for one of those affordable apartments? Was she supposed to do a review of all real estate in the region and demand they change their unit mix prior to blessing them with her rent check?


Where exactly is she supposed to live in Washington DC that satisfies your requirements?


What sort of idiotic nonsense is this?

 

[Vic]

Maybe I'm wrong but this reminds me of those preachers who tell you to feed the poor, and to give the church money. And then he rolls up in a car worth over $100k. Again, she doesn't have to live in poverty. IMO, I just think she should be more reserved in her spending habits. What's next? A $2k gucci bag?

It's a $2k/mo apartment, not a $100k car or a $2k gucci bag. That's hardly flaunting your wealth, especially not in DC.

And where you are wrong is because you fell for the right wing false narrative that liberals don't want people to become successful and wealthy.

 

[Vic]

I'd heard she might also own a microwave, a refrigerator and a cell phone!

Teh outrage!

 

[Greenman]

When you land a good job, you stay in a nice place.

 

[Oyeve]

Well, this post backfired!

 

[Fanatical Meat]

$1800 for an apartment in a major city sounds like an absolute bargain or it’s excessively small.
The real question is which Senators would be okay giving 33% of their earning toward taxes.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

The whole article is weird. Poor people aren’t allowed because THEY CANT AFFORD IT, not because there is a sign on the door & guards preventing poor people from entering.

So now we have to monitor where AOC eats, where she shops and what she wears, plus where she lives.....got it makes sense.

 

[vi edit]

Next up, AOC poops! OMG human being has human bodily functions.

 

[Indus]

Next up, AOC poops! OMG human being has human bodily functions.

No no.. next up AOC is vegan and gonna force everyone to give up their meat.

Watch at 5:00 min in

 

[interchange]

I have no problem with people enjoying the fruits of their honest successes. I don't think she's arguing politically that luxury housing should not exist and that people are wrong for enjoying their honestly earned living. I think her platform is that luxury developers should not be given special privileges earned through lobbying and other forms of political clout, and that the government has some responsibility in ensuring people in general have access to affordable housing. I don't see how her choice to live within her means undermines that unless, for example, she used some special privilege as a lawmaker to obtain the housing other than her salary.

 

[pmv]

I like how before when she said she had to wait on her congressional salary to rent a place conservatives attacked her for being poor. Now that she’s renting a place, conservatives attack her for being rich.

As someone else mentioned is the argument that she should have engaged in poverty cosplay, thus occupying an affordable apartment that a poor person could have otherwise rented?

This woman is driving conservatives insane and they are flailing with own goals like this.

Yeah, it's the usual damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't trap.

She has a bit of money. That determines how she lives. Is she supposed to play at being a peasant, like Marie Antoinette? We all know what her political opponents would say if she did that.

If a leftist politician is successful and has a bit of dosh (and US political salaries ensure the latter follows from the former) then they are 'champagne socialists'. But if they aren't that successful and are broke, then they are 'losers' and just motivated by 'envy'. There's no way to win in this rhetorical system.

What matters is what policies she pushes for and how successful she is at achieving them. If her having a bit of money affects her poltiics then by all means get back to me. I'm all for disparaging rich liberals where their wealth very clearly affects their politics (which does happen all the time). But otherwise it's just fluff and gossip.


In the end, if the system as it is can make everyone well-off, then it has nothing to worry about. If it can't, it's going to be challenged. That's the bottom-line, this sort of lifestyle-policing doesn't mean much.

 

[Ventanni]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/poor-people-not-allowed-in-aocs-luxury-apartment-complex

Another politician who talks a great game, but who doesn't live what she preaches. Yes, she doesn't have to live in poverty, and I wouldn't expect her too. But, when you move into a luxury apartment complex that omits the poor, and then you complain that people can't find affordable housing I think you're full of sh*t and lies.

Uhh, no. That's a false pride, and it does no one any favors. If she's legitimately earned the ability to live in an luxury apartment, then you shouldn't take that from her.

 

[Pohemi]

Maybe I'm wrong but this reminds me of those preachers who tell you to feed the poor, and to give the church money. And then he rolls up in a car worth over $100k. Again, she doesn't have to live in poverty. IMO, I just think she should be more reserved in her spending habits. What's next? A $2k gucci bag?

I don't see how it's any of your (or anyone else's) business how she spends her money or what she pays for renting a place in D.C., which is not cheap.

I have no problem with people enjoying the fruits of their honest successes. I don't think she's arguing politically that luxury housing should not exist and that people are wrong for enjoying their honestly earned living. I think her platform is that luxury developers should not be given special privileges earned through lobbying and other forms of political clout, and that the government has some responsibility in ensuring people in general have access to affordable housing. I don't see how her choice to live within her means undermines that unless, for example, she used some special privilege as a lawmaker to obtain the housing other than her salary.

Oh, you mean like the $50 a night condo that Scottie Pruitt had in D.C. from his lobbying buddies?

 

[Jaskalas]

Another politician who talks a great game, but who doesn't live what she preaches.

Holy !@#$, call the police. A Congresswoman has a roof over her head!

Next thing you know, "don't tread on me" conservatives will be telling her what to do with her money.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I think this is a nothing burger. Her dweeb boyfriend getting paid out of campaign funds and setup with a fed gov job is a bigger deal.

 

[snoopy7548]

I feel bad about starvation and hunger, therefore I should not eat.

 

[Indus]

I think this is a nothing burger. Her dweeb boyfriend getting paid out of campaign funds and setup with a fed gov job is a bigger deal.

Link to confirmation of that?

Last thing I saw was he had access to her calender events and there was a big deal about that.

 

[soundforbjt]

I think this is a nothing burger. Her dweeb boyfriend getting paid out of campaign funds and setup with a fed gov job is a bigger deal.

Sooo much concern, but only enough to go around for democrats. Ivanka and Jared, no concerns given.

 

[Jhhnn]

I think this is a nothing burger. Her dweeb boyfriend getting paid out of campaign funds and setup with a fed gov job is a bigger deal.

Spreading the FUD to burn it down, huh?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...yfriend/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.46c060337a31