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AOC says she's worth less than $500,000 after kickback claims — and seems to get kudos from Trump fans in response (www.businessinsider.com)

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied claims that she is secretly wealthy, stating she is worth less than $500,000 and doesn’t trade stocks or take corporate money.

Her financial disclosures show modest savings and student debt.

Some conservatives on X, despite opposing her politics, praised her perceived integrity.

Accusations of political corruption have surged online, partly fueled by Elon Musk.

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[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 151 points 2 weeks ago

I think regardless of whether you are Republican or a Democrat, AOC is probably the closest to what a representative should be. Now whether you agree with her or not is a different discussion entirely, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. She's just the only one that actually seems to give a shit about who she represents. Whereas both for Republicans and Democrats the vast majority of our "representation" are crotchety and corrupt old people that don't give a shit anymore.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 weeks ago

She’s just the only one that actually seems to give a shit about who she represents. Whereas both for Republicans and Democrats the vast majority of our “representation”

While I agree with almost everything you said, there's really no good reason to make a statement like that and leave Bernie in with the "vast majority" group. 🙂

The man has walked the walk for a very long time. (Yes he's too old to run for office now, but he deserves his due!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders#Political_activism

[-] zmrl@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 weeks ago

I saw a recent interview Bernie did with AOC and I learned that she got into politics specifically because she was inspired by Bernie during his presidential run in 2016. Thats something I didn't realize and it explains a lot why we feel a lot of the same energy from them.

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[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

My bad. Wasn't trying to throw Bernie aside. He's fantastic as well.

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[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 108 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think if we don't start WW3 and nuke the planet she's gonna be the first woman president in the US

[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 78 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The DNC would murder her if she broke through their primary defenses and got close enough.

They're fine with losing, the pendulum is part of the grift, what they aren't fine with is losing their half of that bipartisan oligarch gravy train. Our capitalists don't bribe both parties to have those parties stand against economic metastasis at all human cost.

We can have affirmation ribbons and be sucked dry by the oligarchs, or we can have scapegoating and be sucked dry by the oligarchs, that is the extent of our "freedom." Reagan and Kemp saw to that by getting their former opposition on the take.

[-] FKA_Demosthenes@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Now would be a great time to just put the democratic party out of its misery. Looking around the party, we can be comforted that at least it will go peacefully, in its sleep. Let's at least see if we can get a fresh new party out of all this shit.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

That would be the golden lining from this whole damn mess - political reforms that make the spirit of the Constitution have genuine power, and a rebalancing of the scales. People like Musk should be extinguished, never to return from that dark cesspit known as capitalism.

[-] bayesianbandit@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago

Serious talk. When are people going to start calling them DINOs. Democrats In Name Only from the Jurassic period.

You think Trump took over the RNC because the old guard liked him?? No he built on the backs of the tea party.

Bernie and the squad were the lefts tea party. What they need now is a charismatic leader to build on it and kick the DINOs out by force.

The DNC is not that powerful. We outnumber them. Stop forgetting we outnumber them.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 weeks ago

Don't kid yourself. She'll be the next Bernie.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 83 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the internet manifest:

1- blame her for having millions due to kickbacks

2- when she proves that her net worth is less than 500K make fun of her for having too little money

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 50 points 2 weeks ago

There's many things that expose the Right Wing Grift.

When AOC was first elected they mocked her for being a Bartender who "rose above her station"

What more proof do you need that the American Dream is bullshit

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

They call at that because you'd have to be asleep to believe it.

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[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean if you take the internet as a monolith, you'll find contradictions every where. Some people will hate A because of B, some people will hate A because of C, but either way A is getting hate for both B and C.

So either there are millions of people online with different opinions but the crowd looks the same, or there is one very, very busy troll who is running all the accounts.

~help I'm so tired they won't give me a break to pee~

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[-] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 70 points 2 weeks ago

I hope that AOC has a security detail, a go bag and plan, and an ideal state to reside in. It is my expectation for Yarvin's Cabel to try to capture or assasinate her at some point, since she is one of the few major lightning rods to be the president of a Free America. We will need great people to organize the defense of our people against the fascist agenda.

Bernie, AOC, others, stay safe and strong. 🖖

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[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago

Man, if you don’t agree with her views, fine whatever. But for people to hate her so much to claim she’s corrupt when she’s clearly not is just silly.

We live in a stupid timeline. More politicians should be like her. We’d all be better off, regardless of which party they were from.

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[-] Xanza@lemm.ee 65 points 2 weeks ago

Median property value in DC is $705,000.

She's likely living paycheck to paycheck as a sitting member of Congress. I like it.

[-] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago

Finally, some actual representation.

[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Shes so goddamn normal it's jarring

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago

That's because she's actually trying to help people, and you don't get rich helping people.

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[-] Cossty@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago

Wait.... Muskrat is accusing her of being rich?

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

It’s pretty absurd that y’all qaeda bitch about all the money that (insert lib politician) makes while throwing money or votes at billionaires who then turn around and accuse lib politicians like AOC or Sanders of being rich.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago

AOC 2028

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[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 2 weeks ago

I love AOC. I'd vote for her in a heartbeat in primary and general elections. Now, whether she makes it to the general depends on the DNC, and I have no faith that the political consultant/establishment class will let anything remotely progressive through. No money to be made.

I guess the only way forward would be to vote for her in the primaries to such a degree that the Dems have not choice but to confirm her through.

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[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

Can we all please notice how under capitalism, you can refer to people being 'worth' a dollar amount? Money is something you have, it says nothing about who you are. I'm fine with having an amount of wealth, but your worth is not measured in dollars, that's fucked

[-] NoEsReal@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

I get what you’re saying. But the term is generally used to clarify that the amount quoted reflects the person’s assets and their value, and not just their liquid cash. Which a lot of people in this thread seem to not understand. I agree we should probably use a different term for that, but for now it works as easy short hand for “this is is how much this person owns in assets and liquid cash combined.”

I might be wrong on this, but I think the term also includes income into the account, like how much someone brings in per year. And it might also subtract debt, though I’m not sure of either of those.

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[-] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago

Accusations of political corruption have surged online, partly fueled by Elon Musk.

Lol, says the guy who's currently at the top of corrupting world-politics...

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

AKA, every accusation is a confession

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

There is one group of people who both share the ire of most people and deserve it: The ultra rich.

I've had rednecks tell me they disagreed with Bernie on a lot but they liked how he hated billionaires. Ben Shapiro's gaggle of yes-men gave him grief for criticizing Luigi.

If votes count for anything anymore a smart, effective political party would be able to capitalize on this universal hatred.

Sadly, we have the Democrats.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

They're so concerned about profittering they support a guy that was giving millions directly from China, took millions in goverment funds by making secret service stay in his hotels and charging them 1000x the rate of any other guest. This guy's will pay their life down for the biggest kleptocrat in US history, but yeah AOC needs to be monitored.

[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I’m betting this is less of a “look at her integrity” and more of a “why would a woman have money” thing

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