Speaking on Sunday in an interview with Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made it clear she has no regrets about scuttling the Amazon deal that would have brought a reported 25,000 jobs to New York City, and questioned where the 25,000 number even came from. Ocasio-Cortez also resorted to deflecting by once again repeating her mantra about the problems with the New York City subway, though time and again it has been pointed out to her (even by leftist NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio) that the tax break Amazon would have obtained by locating in New York City was not money that could have funded the subway.
Host Michael Isikoff commented, “You made a big splash early on by speaking out against Amazon’s deal to put their headquarters in Queens; there was a Siena College poll just this past week that showed 57% of voters in your district that thought Amazon’s withdrawal was bad for the city and 58% thought it would be good for Amazon to reconsider. Do you have any reconsidering thoughts on your end about your opposition to a deal that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city?”
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