Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was mocked online Tuesday afternoon after she attacked the Republican Party for voting against raising the minimum wage, which some in her party have also opposed.
Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet was in reference to recent statistics that show that the majority of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck under the Biden administration.
“60% of workers report living paycheck-to-paycheck,” the Republican Party said in a tweet.
AOC responded by claiming, “And yet y’all still voted against raising the minimum wage.”
A fact-check from Twitter’s Community Notes was attached to Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet that noted that the national minimum wage has not changed in over a decade and that the last time Congress voted on the matter was last year, in a Democrat-controlled Congress, and the measure failed.
“The minimum wage has not changed since 2009,” the fact-check, which was written by Twitter users, read at the time of publication, citing the Department of Labor.
“In 2021, Congress voted on a bill to raise the minimum wage,” the fact-check continued.
The fact-check noted that the measure passed in the House 231-199, with 192 Republicans opposing and eight Democrats opposing, along with one independent.
The fact-check then noted that the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate blocked the measure 58-42 with some Democrats joining Republicans to kill the bill.
And yet y’all still voted against raising the minimum wage https://t.co/tFkTHf2OAO
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 19, 2022
The 33-year-old socialist lawmaker was mocked online by critics, including some who suggested she needed to get a refund for her economics degree from Boston University.
“I REFUSE to believe that this woman has a degree in economics,” British political commentator Esther K tweeted.
I REFUSE to believe that this woman has a degree in economics. https://t.co/ipY98kJyX3
— Esther K (@estherk_k) December 19, 2022
PR guru Ellen Carmichael tweeted, “You’re an economic illiterate.”
“When/where have government price/wage controls ever worked, @AOC ?” actor Adam Baldwin tweeted.
“It’s really difficult for me to believe any politician truly believes raising the minimum wage (thus accelerating inflation, raising the barrier to entry & forcing employers out of business) is really helping people,” political commentator Pardes Seleh tweeted. “Therefore I will just assume this is how politicians buy votes!”
The Libertarian Party responded, “We support a maximum wage of $0 for IRS and Federal Reserve employees. And $8 for you, just so you can pay @elonmusk for your blue checkmark.”
“Raising the minimum wage will cause more inflation,” a finance account tweeted. “The only way to get ahead is *creating* more value (Ie. WiFi money and exiting this scam system). When you raise income for the same positions it just raises prices of all basic goods since there was no increase in productivity.”