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AOC hit with ethics complaint over $4,550 payments for dance ‘training’
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A watchdog has slapped an ethics complaint against “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, accusing her of misusing taxpayer funds on dance “training.”

Americans for Public Trust, a private watchdog group that targets corruption, alleged that Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), 35, tapped into her Member Representational Allowance to shell out $3,700 to “Juan D Gonzalez” and $850 to “Bombazo Dance Co Inc” for what was described as “training” in December.
 
The watchdog on Tuesday sent a complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and argued that the rep made the payments in “contravention of federal law and the standards of the House of Representatives.”

Ocasio-Cortez had dismissed concerns about the two December 2024 payments and seemingly implied they were campaign expenses instead, which the watchdog argued backs its case that the funds were misappropriated.

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Re: AOC hit with ethics complaint over $4,550 payments for dance ‘training’
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025 03:37 am »
Hey, making TikToks of dancing members of Congress is part of the job now!
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Re: AOC hit with ethics complaint over $4,550 payments for dance ‘training’
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025 03:38 am »
$850 to Bamboozle Dance Co Inc?  Oh, my bad, that's officially Bombazo Dance Co. :whistle:
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Re: AOC hit with ethics complaint over $4,550 payments for dance ‘training’
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025 10:32 am »
Does this mean that Hispanics can't dance either?
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