Dem who helped AOC’s rise says she’s now like the invisible woman in crime-ridden district
December 4, 2024 | Chris Donaldson
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is practically an invisible woman in a crime-ridden area of her district, said the man who helped the former bartender rise to power.
According to former Democrat committee member for the 39th Assembly District and author Ramon Ramirez Baez, AOC has “betrayed” constituents in the Queens neighborhood that has deteriorated so much during her leadership, that some have likened it to a third-world country, awash with street crime and prostitution.
The area along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens has made headlines and has been described as a “red light district” similar to Bangkok, a city with a global reputation for its prostitutes and brothels.
Ramirez Baez recalled to Fox News Digital how he helped the then-unknown firebrand in her underdog bid against powerful incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley who she shocked in the 2018 Democrat primary, catapulting her to national stardom.
He said that at the time, he introduced the political novice who pledged to work hard for the people in the Corona, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights areas and to be an “on-the-ground presence for them, unlike career politician Crowley, who at that point was a 10-term incumbent and eyeing to be the next House speaker,” according to Fox News.
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