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Ocasio-Cortez Claimed She Couldn’t Afford D.C. Apartment. Then She Released Her Financial Records.

Hank Berrien

Last week, Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, newly elected to Congress, complained that she could not afford an apartment in Washington, D.C. until she began collecting her congressional salary. Ocasio-Cortez had informed The New York Times, “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.”

Either Ocasio-Cortez spends money like wildfire or her claim isn’t true.

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