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'''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez'''<ref>{{cite web |last=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|title=The Courage to Change {{!}} Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|date=May 30, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s|access-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s|archive-date=January 27, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> also known by her initials, '''AOC''', is an American politician who serves as the US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district. The district includes the eastern part of ''The Bronx'' and portions of north-central ''Queens'' in [[New York City]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]].
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'''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez'''<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s</ref> also known by her initials, '''AOC''', is an American politician who sits as the US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district. The district includes the eastern part of ''The Bronx'' and portions of north-central ''Queens'' in [[New York City]]. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party]].
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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==Career==
 
==Career==
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'''AOC''' drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district on 26 June 2018, defeating the ten-term incumbent Congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair [[Joe Crowley]], in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.<ref>{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Murphy|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/|title=A progressive insurgent just pulled off the biggest Democratic primary upset in years|work=Mother Jones |access-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627041545/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/ |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Gregory|last=Krieg |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html|title=A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York|publisher=CNN|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=in the most shocking upset of a rollicking political season |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022605/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html|title=The biggest night so far for progressives and other takeaways from Tuesday night's primaries|first=Dan |last=Merica |first2=Eric |last2=Bradner|date=June 27, 2018 |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=It was the most shocking result of 2018's political season so far{{nbsp}}... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627163014/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker|title=Young Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Topples Old Boss Joe Crowley in Democratic Primary Shocker|last=Resnick|first=Gideon|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 27, 2018|quote=In one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history{{nbsp}}... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221432/https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Alex|last=Seitz-Wald|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851|title=High-ranking Democrat ousted in stunning primary loss to newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|publisher=NBC News |date=June 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627143539/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She beat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the 6 November 2018 General Election, and at age 29, became the youngest woman ever to serve in the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|title=Ocasio-Cortez to be youngest woman ever elected to Congress|accessdate=November 6, 2018|publisher=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107064936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|archive-date=November 7, 2018|dead-url=no |first=Eli |last=Watkins }}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez has been noted for her substantial [[social media]] presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.
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'''AOC''' drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district on 26 June 2018, defeating the ten-term incumbent Congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair [[Joe Crowley]], in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180627041545/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022605/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180627163014/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221432/https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker </ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180627143539/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851</ref> She beat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the 6 November 2018 General Election, and at age 29, became the youngest woman ever to serve in the [[United States Congress]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181107064936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html</ref> Ocasio-Cortez has been noted for her substantial [[social media]] presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.
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===Syria===
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In 2023, Ocasio-Cortez was among 56 Democrats to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.<ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136</ref>
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==ICE==
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Ocasio-Cortez has expressed support for banning the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement police agency called [[ICE]] calling it "a product of the [[Bush]]-era [[Patriot Act]] suite of legislation" and "an enforcement agency that takes on more of a paramilitary tone every single day".<ref>https://splinternews.com/talking-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-woman-challe-1823967744</ref>
  
 
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]], and she and [[Rashida Tlaib]] are the first two members of the group in the [[US Congress]]. She advocates a progressive platform that includes ''Medicare For All'', a federal jobs guarantee, a proposed ''Green New Deal'', abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10&nbsp;million. Before running for Congress, she served as an educational director for the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series for the ''National Hispanic Institute'' and worked as a waitress and bartender.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]], and she and [[Rashida Tlaib]] are the first two members of the group in the [[US Congress]]. She advocates a progressive platform that includes ''Medicare For All'', a federal jobs guarantee, a proposed ''Green New Deal'', abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10&nbsp;million. Before running for Congress, she was an educational director for the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series for the ''National Hispanic Institute'' and worked as a waitress and bartender.
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==Covid==
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[[File:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-MET.jpg|thumb|left|300px|In a September [[2021]] gala event, a maskless Ocasio-Cortez, who likes to present an image of being [[progressive]], wore a luxury designer dress embossed with "tax the rich", while the serving staff around her had to wear masks.<ref>https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-masking-of-the-servant-class</ref><ref>https://michaelsavage.com/aoc-slapped-with-ethics-complaint-for-accepting-free-met-gala-tickets/</ref><ref>https://newz.ai/aoc-ella-emhoff-dealing-with-politics-of-fashion-after-met-gala-wwd/</ref><ref>https://washingtonlatest.com/aoc-hit-with-ethics-complaint-over-met-gala-appearance-as-she-fires-back-at-critics-policing-her-body/</ref><ref>https://libertytree.com/liberty-tree/1156</ref> [[Glenn Greenwald]] writes: [https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-masking-of-the-servant-class The Masking of the Servant Class: Ugly COVID Images From the Met Gala Are Now Commonplace] ]]
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==Fraud allegation==
 
==Fraud allegation==
 
In August 2019.<ref>https://galaxynewsexpress.com/blog/busted-ocasio-cortez-gets-nailed-for-financial-fraud-ethics-violation/</ref>
 
In August 2019.<ref>https://galaxynewsexpress.com/blog/busted-ocasio-cortez-gets-nailed-for-financial-fraud-ethics-violation/</ref>
 
==Capitol riot==
 
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She told [[CNN]] that she thought she would be raped and murdered in the [[2021 Washington D.C. Riots]].
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She told [[CNN]] that she thought she would be raped and murdered in the [[2021 Washington D.C. Riots]].<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/08/09/aoc-feared-she-would-be-raped-during-capitol-siege/</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 22:00, 25 June 2024

"Socialist"
Person.png Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.jpg
Born13 October 1989
Alma materBoston University
PartyUS/Democratic Party
American politician, member of the Democratic Socialists of America - but not afraid to create an impression of being like Marie Antoinette.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[1] also known by her initials, AOC, is an American politician who sits as the US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district. The district includes the eastern part of The Bronx and portions of north-central Queens in New York City. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Background

Ocasio-Cortez majored in International Relations and Economics at Boston University, graduating cum laude in 2011.

Career

AOC drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district on 26 June 2018, defeating the ten-term incumbent Congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.[2][3][4][5][6] She beat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the 6 November 2018 General Election, and at age 29, became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.[7] Ocasio-Cortez has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.

Syria

In 2023, Ocasio-Cortez was among 56 Democrats to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[8]

ICE

Ocasio-Cortez has expressed support for banning the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement police agency called ICE calling it "a product of the Bush-era Patriot Act suite of legislation" and "an enforcement agency that takes on more of a paramilitary tone every single day".[9]

Connections

“An unspoken secret in Congress is that much of the reflexive, blind, unconditional vote support for nearly any Israeli gov action isn’t from actual agreement. It’s from fear. Reps are terrified of this. Of AIPAC. So they don’t vote their conscience. They vote their fear”
AOC (2024)  [10]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and she and Rashida Tlaib are the first two members of the group in the US Congress. She advocates a progressive platform that includes Medicare For All, a federal jobs guarantee, a proposed Green New Deal, abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10 million. Before running for Congress, she was an educational director for the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series for the National Hispanic Institute and worked as a waitress and bartender.

Covid

In a September 2021 gala event, a maskless Ocasio-Cortez, who likes to present an image of being progressive, wore a luxury designer dress embossed with "tax the rich", while the serving staff around her had to wear masks.[11][12][13][14][15] Glenn Greenwald writes: The Masking of the Servant Class: Ugly COVID Images From the Met Gala Are Now Commonplace

"Air handcuffs"

During a July 2022 protest outside the Supreme Court, members of The Squad, including AOC and Ilhan Omar, were widely seen being arrested and frog-marched off in handcuffs — or were they? Turns out the two were merely holding their hands behind their backs, and were not in cuffs at all. In consequence both Congresswomen were widely ridiculed online for this invisible handcuff stunt.

Fraud allegation

In August 2019.[16]

Capitol riot

She told CNN that she thought she would be raped and murdered in the 2021 Washington D.C. Riots.[17]

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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190127000853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs&t=19s
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180627041545/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022605/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.htm
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180627163014/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221432/https://www.thedailybeast.com/young-progressive-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-topples-old-boss-joe-crowley-in-democratic-primary-shocker
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180627143539/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20181107064936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html
  8. ↑ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136
  9. ↑ https://splinternews.com/talking-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-the-woman-challe-1823967744
  10. ↑ AOC https://x.com/AOC/status/1803528341359829265
  11. ↑ https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-masking-of-the-servant-class
  12. ↑ https://michaelsavage.com/aoc-slapped-with-ethics-complaint-for-accepting-free-met-gala-tickets/
  13. ↑ https://newz.ai/aoc-ella-emhoff-dealing-with-politics-of-fashion-after-met-gala-wwd/
  14. ↑ https://washingtonlatest.com/aoc-hit-with-ethics-complaint-over-met-gala-appearance-as-she-fires-back-at-critics-policing-her-body/
  15. ↑ https://libertytree.com/liberty-tree/1156
  16. ↑ https://galaxynewsexpress.com/blog/busted-ocasio-cortez-gets-nailed-for-financial-fraud-ethics-violation/
  17. ↑ https://nypost.com/2021/08/09/aoc-feared-she-would-be-raped-during-capitol-siege/
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