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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 13, 2018, 06:06:35 pm
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Ocasio-Cortez claims she can't afford DC apartment, but records show she has at least $15,000 in savings
By Lukas Mikelionis | Fox News
Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims that she's unable to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., until she begins collecting her congressional salary, but records show she has more than enough to plunk down on an apartment in the U.S. capital.
The 29-year-old congresswoman-elect rose to fame after she defeated 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's June primary and was elected to represent the state’s 14th Congressional District last week.
After months of fostering an image as a working-class Democrat, Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Times shortly after her Nov. 6 general election win that she won’t be able to afford an apartment in the Washington, D.C., area until her new $174,000-a-year salary kicks in next year. The median rent in D.C. is $2,700, according to real estate website Zillow.
“I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real,†Ocasio-Cortez told The New York Times.
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-claims-of-not-being-to-afford-dc-apartment-crumbles-under-scrutiny (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-claims-of-not-being-to-afford-dc-apartment-crumbles-under-scrutiny)
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This article both confuses and infuriates me!
(https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.2SYHkrMEq-gCFbKA0oWx8gHaFu&pid=Api)
Are they trying to say that $15,000 dollars is a lot of money!? There may be places in America where that is 'a lot' of money, but D.C. is not one of them. That is what Schumer and Pelosi spend on a dinner downtown.
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She can't be expected to spend her own money, you know!