In politics nowadays, there&#8217;s this general feeling that anybody from the party you don&#8217;t support is wrong, wrong, wrong.
But that&#8217;s silly, right? Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut. And nobody is wrong 100% of the time.
Take Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic socialist from New York. She&#8217;s wrong about a lot &#8212; but not everything.
The young and hip AOC weighed in over the weekend on the Ticketmaster brouhaha. To refresh your memory, the concert ticket monopoly burst into the news last week during the sale of Taylor Swift tix, leaving thousands of fans frustrated and prompting scalpers to jack their prices into the tens of thousands.
Buying tickets for sports and music events has long been a joke. Even for the largest venues, tickets sell out online in minutes. Then they reappear on sites like SeatGeek and StubHub, but now that $35 ticket costs $300. And then there are the fees &#8212; the service fee, facility charge, order processing fee, and the ever-popular convenience fee.
AOC&#8217;s got it just right &#8212; and she correctly calls the company a &#8220;monopoly.&#8221;
&#8220;I was watching what was going on with the pre-release of Taylor Swift’s tickets,&#8221; she told <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aoc-ticketmaster-live-nation-monopoly-interview-1234634599/">Rolling Stone</a>. &#8220;It came up on a more personal level; I actually have quite a few staff who were trying to get tickets that day. Between seeing their experience and seeing all the people online talking about it, I think it really showed how widespread the problem is and reflects the degree of market consolidation in this industry.&#8221;
She&#8217;s spot on. Ticketmaster and Live Nation merged in 2010, and it&#8217;s been a mess ever since. Ticketmaster controls the tickets and Live Nation often owns the venue, which means they&#8217;re 100% in control. Don&#8217;t like it, tough, don&#8217;t go to the show.
&#8220;One of the things we’ve been increasingly seeing,&#8221; AOC said, &#8220;is that these price increases because of inflation and abuse of market power are due to market consolidation. It’s gotten so bad that we’re really seeing it affect our everyday lives, from how much we’re paying at grocery stores, to not being able to see our favorite artists without paying an arm and a leg.&#8221;
The Swift mess prompted the Department of Justice to announce it is opening a probe into the monopoly.
But Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts wrote a letter to the attorney general saying that&#8217;s not enough, noting &#8220;an investigation alone does nothing for the stakeholders already harmed by Live Nation’s market dominance and seemingly ongoing anticompetitive behavior.&#8221;
They said the company, which controls about 60% of the market &#8212; including many of the biggest venues &#8212; &#8220;has continued to abuse its dominant market position,&#8221; adding, &#8220;we urge the Department to consider unwinding the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger and breaking up the company.&#8221;
AOC once again nailed the exact problem. &#8220;It’s getting to a point where if you want to see one of these large acts, there’s so little protection for everyday people that if you go into a secondary market, we are no longer in this realm of someone even charging double of what a ticket was. Tickets are going as high [as tens of thousands of dollars] after what was supposed to be a presale operation designed for people who are actually going to be using the tickets that they purchase.&#8221;
And she was right again here.
&#8220;Other industries have oligopolies; Live Nation is a true monopoly. And it’s affecting our culture if regular people can’t even see a live show for a major act in person anymore, and this just becomes a domain for the wealthy. I think that that’s also something to consider, because If you can’t even see your favorite artists without paying [the equivalent of] a down payment on a house or a car, it’s so antithetical to what music really is,&#8221; she said.
One hundred percent right, congresswoman!
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/nyregion/sean-patrick-maloney.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with The New York Times on Thursday following his loss in this week&#8217;s midterm elections.
Maloney laughingly blamed the media for Democrats losing U.S. House seats throughout deep blue New York before acknowledging that Governor Kathy Hochul hurt down ballot Democrats.
When asked about Ocasio-Cortez blaming Democrat leadership for the party losing seats in New York, Maloney responded, &#8220;The last time I ran into A.O.C., we were beating her endorsed candidate two to one in a primary, and I didn’t see her one minute of these midterms helping our House majority.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I’m not sure what kind of advice she has, but I’m sure she’ll be generous with it,&#8221; Maloney continued. &#8220;But let’s be clear, she had almost nothing to do with what turned out to be an historic defense of our majority. Didn’t pay a dollar of dues. Didn’t do anything for our frontline candidates except give them money when they didn’t want it from her.&#8221;
&#8220;There are other voices who should be heard, especially when suburban voters have clearly rejected the ideas that she’s most associated with, from defunding the police on down,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;She’s an important voice in our politics. But when it comes to passing our agenda through the Congress, or standing our ground on the political battlefield, she was nowhere to be found.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez quickly <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590873761783447557">responded</a> to the interview, claiming without evidence that Maloney &#8220;courted&#8221; her for donations for swing district candidates.
&#8220;SPM courted me for donations to swing races &amp; it was the 1st thing I did this term,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;Over a quarter million for Dems this cycle, DCCC facilitated some &amp; now he denies it. &#8211; If he isn’t aware of my visit to CA &amp; efforts we put in, that’s on him.&#8221;
&#8220;What I love about his claim that we gave frontline members &#8216;donations they didn’t want&#8217;: a) the VAST majority were good w/ early financial support to position themselves early b) for the few who didn’t want our help + got it, where do you think we got the $ info to give? DCCC!&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;As for him &#8216;not seeing me&#8217; &#8211; perhaps it’s because he as a party leader chose not to see nor value prominent members of his party for years.&#8221;
&#8220;Lastly, many moderate dems + leaders made it very clear that our help was not welcome nor wanted,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;Despite our many, many offers. Yet found ways to try to help from afar. So for them to blame us for respecting their approach in their districts is laughable. Take some ownership.&#8221;

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Top Democrat Torches AOC In Interview For Not Helping Party In Midterms: ‘Suburban Voters’ Reject Her

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized New York State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic</a> Party leadership on Wednesday after results revealed that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> was moving toward the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican Party</a>.
The New York congresswoman was reacting to an image from The New York Times, which revealed that New York has <a href="https://twitter.com/brianpmangan/status/1590228057021116416" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved</a> more Republican in regions across the state since the 2020 presidential election.
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NYS Dem party leadership, which was gutted under Cuomo, stuffed with lobbyists, works to boost GOP, and failed to pass a basic state ballot measure to protect NY redistricting, must be accountable.
I called for Jay Jacob’s resignation a year ago and I still hold that position. <a href="https://t.co/WM6BJUw4do">https://t.co/WM6BJUw4do</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590356796618993664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“NYS Dem party leadership, which was gutted under Cuomo, stuffed with lobbyists, works to boost GOP, and failed to pass a basic state ballot measure to protect NY redistricting, must be accountable,” the congresswoman tweeted. “I called for Jay Jacob’s resignation a year ago and I still hold that position.”
Jay Jacobs currently <a href="https://www.nydems.org/about/leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serves</a> as the Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee.
Ocasio-Cortez also tweeted a link to an article about Jacobs from last year when he and other top Democrats in the state had not endorsed a candidate in the Buffalo mayoral election. Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive Democrats had thrown their support behind India Walton, who was a Democratic Socialist.
Jacobs pointed out that it wouldn’t matter who received endorsements because a Democrat would win the race no matter what because there was no Republican on the ballot. He went on to say that a party doesn’t have to endorse a candidate simply because he or she is successful in a primary. He provided a hypothetical <a href="https://twitter.com/morganfmckay/status/1450163231591473154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1450163510562988044%7Ctwgr%5E9c11ceb143dde5aa6c5bdb9f9fcd0a88c089f7d1%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2021/10/19/ny-democratic-chair-jay-jacobs-under-fire-for-david-dukes-analogy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">situation</a> of if former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke won a New York Democratic primary.
“Let&#8217;s take a scenario, very different, where David Duke, you remember him, the grand wizard of the KKK, he moves to New York, he becomes a Democrat, he runs for mayor in the city of Rochester, which is a low primary turnout and he wins the Democratic line. I have to endorse David Duke? I don&#8217;t think so,” Jacobs said. “Now, of course, India Walton is not in the same category, but it just leads you to that question, is it a must? It&#8217;s not a must. It’s something you choose to do. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s an endorsement. Otherwise, they call it something else, like a requirement.”
Jacobs was criticized for his comparison and politicians even came out saying he should step down.
Jacobs later <a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2021/10/19/ny-democratic-chair-jay-jacobs-under-fire-for-david-dukes-analogy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized</a> in a statement, saying, “Using an extreme example of David Duke winning a primary, to make a logical point, even with stating twice the specific qualification that India Walton, was in a different category, was wrong. I should have used a different example, and for that, I apologize.”
On Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about the David Duke scandal, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590358383919476737?s=20&amp;t=XohyHRMiaLqKSrH5wpHbAA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “After leading the party to a catastrophic ballot measure loss that would’ve saved Dem House seats, the party chair (Jacobs) compared a Black woman Dem nominee to the KKK. He was protected. Last night’s underperformance is a consequence of that decision.”
“Last night’s NY underperformance is a testament to years of prioritizing calcified machine politics and favoring over performance, strategy, &amp; organizing. To win from here, Jacobs must go and we must recenter the party to better value community leadership and small-d democracy,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590359514913845249?s=20&amp;t=XohyHRMiaLqKSrH5wpHbAA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
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Last night’s NY underperformance is a testament to years of prioritizing calcified machine politics and favoring over performance, strategy, &amp; organizing.
To win from here, Jacobs must go and we must recenter the party to better value community leadership and small-d democracy.
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590359514913845249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez saw a victory in her own race this election cycle as she secured another term as the Democratic congresswoman from New York’s fourteenth district.

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Blasts New York State Democratic Party Leadership As GOP Makes Gains

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) appeared to float a conspiracy theory Wednesday night after new Twitter CEO Elon Musk mocked her on the platform, suggesting without evidence that he disabled features on her account.
The drama started after AOC complained on Twitter this week about the changes that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Musk</a> is making to the platform, which garnered a response from Musk.
In response to Musk, AOC promoted the union workers that run her campaign store and took veiled shots at Musk&#8217;s businesses.
AOC then appeared to float a conspiracy theory by connecting the timing of Musk mocking her to what she claimed without evidence were features on her account that were not working.
&#8220;Also my Twitter mentions/notifications conveniently aren’t working tonight, so I was informed via text that I seem to have gotten under a certain billionaire’s skin,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;Just a reminder that money will never buy your way out of insecurity, folks.&#8221;
&#8220;One guy’s business plan for a $44 billion over-leveraged purchase is apparently to run around and individually ask people for $8,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Remember that next time you question yourself or your qualifications.&#8221;
AOC&#8217;s initial complaint earlier this week came after Musk said that he would charge users $8 per month for a variety of features, which has sparked a lot of backlash from across the political spectrum for a variety of reasons.
“Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually a $8/mo subscription plan,” AOC tweeted at the start of the week.
Musk responded, &#8220;Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8.&#8221;
Musk also responded with a screenshot of a hoodie that Ocasio-Cortez sells online for $58.
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🤔 <a href="https://t.co/XuJdfMTTi1">pic.twitter.com/XuJdfMTTi1</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587923502354472960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk also responded with a meme:
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<a href="https://t.co/BYOBGBHOUA">pic.twitter.com/BYOBGBHOUA</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587913672801759234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez also got into it with David Sacks, a West Coast-based venture capitalist, who responded to AOC by writing, “Why aren’t [The New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic] free? Their billionaire owners should stop being greedy and give us those products for free.”
AOC criticized the response, writing: “Are you seriously equating an app where people are torrenting racial slurs at an accelerated clip with the New York Times?”
“Also fyi, legacy newspapers actually care about verifying newsworthy sources. And they don’t charge their journalists/creators for ‘priority’ placement.”
&#8220;As for billionaire ownership of our news sources, that is a legitimate problem! Market concentration of media is a huge issue,&#8221; AOC continued. &#8220;Hope you’re using your power to stop private equity gutting of local newsrooms while supporting nonprofit and co-op modeled news outlets as well.&#8221;
Musk has previously mocked AOC on Twitter over criticisms from the socialist lawmaker.
“Tired of having to collectively stress about what explosion of hate crimes is happening bc some billionaire with an ego problem unilaterally controls a massive communication platform and skews it because Tucker Carlson or Peter Thiel took him to dinner and made him feel special,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted back in April after Musk announced he would buy the platform.
Musk responded, “Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy.”
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Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy ☺️
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1520152887090892800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk’s response was a reference to a news story from late last year where Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at critics online after she was caught hanging out in Florida without a mask on.
National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/aoc-spotted-in-miami-beach-as-nyc-reports-record-covid-cases/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that, according to photographs obtained by the publication, Ocasio-Cortez was “seated outside Doraku Sushi and Izakaya in Miami Beach Thursday afternoon, raising a cocktail in one hand and checking her phone in another.”
“If Republicans are mad they can’t date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend’s feet,” Ocasio-Cortez responded to one of the critics calling her out. “Ya creepy weirdos.”

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) complained on Twitter this week about the changes that new Twitter CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> is making to the platform, and she received a reply from the world&#8217;s richest man.
AOC&#8217;s remarks came after Musk said that he will charge users $8 per month for a variety of features, which has sparked a lot of backlash from across the political spectrum for a variety of reasons.
“Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually a $8/mo subscription plan,” AOC tweeted at the start of the week.
Musk responded, &#8220;Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8.&#8221;
Musk also responded with a screenshot of a hoodie that Ocasio-Cortez sells online that lists for $58.
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🤔 <a href="https://t.co/XuJdfMTTi1">pic.twitter.com/XuJdfMTTi1</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587923502354472960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Musk also responded with a meme:
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<a href="https://t.co/BYOBGBHOUA">pic.twitter.com/BYOBGBHOUA</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587913672801759234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez also got into it with David Sacks, a West Coast-based venture capitalist, who responded to AOC by writing, “Why aren’t [The New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic] free? Their billionaire owners should stop being greedy and give us those products for free.”
AOC criticized the response, writing: “Are you seriously equating an app where people are torrenting racial slurs at an accelerated clip with the New York Times?”
“Also fyi, legacy newspapers actually care about verifying newsworthy sources. And they don’t charge their journalists/creators for ‘priority’ placement.”
&#8220;As for billionaire ownership of our news sources, that is a legitimate problem! Market concentration of media is a huge issue,&#8221; AOC continued. &#8220;Hope you’re using your power to stop private equity gutting of local newsrooms while supporting nonprofit and co-op modeled news outlets as well.&#8221;
Musk has previously mocked AOC on Twitter over criticisms from the socialist lawmaker.
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted back in April, after Musk announced he would buy the platform: “Tired of having to collectively stress about what explosion of hate crimes is happening bc some billionaire with an ego problem unilaterally controls a massive communication platform and skews it because Tucker Carlson or Peter Thiel took him to dinner and made him feel special.”
Musk responded, “Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy ☺️
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1520152887090892800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Musk’s response was a reference to a news story from late last year where Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at critics online after she was caught hanging out in Florida without a mask on.
National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/aoc-spotted-in-miami-beach-as-nyc-reports-record-covid-cases/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that, according to photographs obtained by the publication, Ocasio-Cortez was “seated outside Doraku Sushi and Izakaya in Miami Beach Thursday afternoon, raising a cocktail in one hand and checking her phone in another.”
“If Republicans are mad they can’t date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend’s feet,” Ocasio-Cortez responded to one of the critics calling her out. “Ya creepy weirdos.”

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Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) appears to be noticing the shift among Latino voters <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1130451390/midterms-biden-democrats-republicans-latino-voters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">towards</a> the Republican Party, and is now discussing what Democrats may have done to impact that shift.
On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez appeared on the “Pod Save America” podcast and discussed the issue. 
“I can at least say with Latino voters, we’ve never tried as a party. The Democratic Party has not tried in terms of Latino electorates,” she <a href="https://thehill.com/latino/3703289-aoc-democrats-have-never-tried-with-latino-voters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
“We really need to step up both in our efforts on campaign, but also in our efforts in governance,” she noted.
She pointed out that immigration legislation has not resulted in any serious change, even though, as The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/latino/3703289-aoc-democrats-have-never-tried-with-latino-voters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed</a> out, immigration is typically not as important to Hispanic voters as other issues.
“And I mean, where’s our DREAM Act? Where is our immigration reform?” asked Ocasio-Cortez. “And even recently with President Biden’s marijuana executive order, I very much applaud that he went there, but he exempted people who were convicted if they were convicted while they were undocumented.” 
“We’re looking at the overwhelming majority of people who have been convicted that would have benefitted from that pardon have status, they have status complications,” Ocasio-Cortez said. 
“It’s tough because on the other side they have no qualms. They have no qualms about having an anti-immigrant message,” Ocasio-Cortez noted, adding, “But I think we get scared of that and that segmentation prevents a clear message and that lack of clarity makes it hard to win people over.”
Democrats’ draw with Latino voters has gone down by half over the past ten years, according to an NBC News/Telemundo poll from earlier this month. 
While 54% of Latino voters in the poll <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/02/democrats-latino-voters-poll-00059932" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they’d rather see Democrats leading Congress, and 33% chose Republicans, the difference has dramatically diminished since 2012. This year, the separation between the two answers is 21 points, but in 2012, it was 42 points. 
A recent Axios-Ipsos Latino poll with Noticias Telemundo <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/10/20/latino-voters-midterms-republicans-democrats-crime-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> that 33% of Hispanic Americans said they will vote for a Democrat in the midterm elections, while 18% said they would vote for a Republican. However, 23% have said they do not know how they will vote, which could translate to more bad news for Democrats come Election Day. 
Axios also reported that Republican Governor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> Ron <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DeSantis</a> has grown in popularity among Hispanic Floridians, with his support now rising to 51% from 39% last December. Democratic Governor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> Gavin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsom</a>, on the other hand, has seen his favorability drop among Latino Californians, which is currently at 55% and was at 59% last December.

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Ocasio-Cortez Says The Democratic Party Has ‘Never Tried’ With Latino Voters

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says The Democratic Party Has ‘Never Tried’ With Latino Voters

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lauren-boebert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lauren Boebert</a> (R-CO) mocked Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) Thursday online over the far-Left rep&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-being-rude-aoc-struggles-when-confronted-at-town-hall-about-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rough town hall event</a> earlier in the week.
AOC on Wednesday tried to fend off two town hall attendees who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-being-rude-aoc-struggles-when-confronted-at-town-hall-about-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> her of being a fraud and supporting nuclear war.
&#8220;On the rare occasions that [AOC] actually spends time with her constituents, she is reminded that she has sold them out at every turn,&#8221; Boebert <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1580590542471057408">tweeted</a> along with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-being-rude-aoc-struggles-when-confronted-at-town-hall-about-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> of the tense interaction. &#8220;She campaigned as an outsider and has now just morphed into #SandyPelosi!&#8221; 
“Tulsi Gabbard, she’s left the Democratic Party because they are war hawks,” one protester told AOC at the event, Timcast first <a href="https://timcast.com/news/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-confronted-by-anti-war-protesters-during-qa-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “You ran as an outsider! Yet, you’ve been voting to start this war in Ukraine.”
“Why are you playing with the lives of American citizens?” he pressed. “You’re playing with our lives!”
“You voted to mobilize and send money to Ukrainian Nazis,” another man, Jose Vega, yelled. “You’re a coward!”
During the same town hall, Ocasio-Cortez was pressed on her immigration stance by a retired firefighter, and another constituent asked the Democrat about rising crime.
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On the rare occasions that <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> actually spends time with her constituents, she is reminded that she has sold them out at every turn.
She campaigned as an outsider and has now just morphed into <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SandyPelosi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SandyPelosi</a>! <a href="https://t.co/Lrx1qnUfWR">pic.twitter.com/Lrx1qnUfWR</a>
&mdash; Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1580590542471057408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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AOC reacted by posting a screenshot of Boebert&#8217;s tweet. &#8220;Hey Boebert, you seem to have us confused,&#8221; the Democrat wrote, claiming that she is routinely interacting with her constituents while Boebert is &#8220;too scared to hold regular town halls open to all.&#8221;
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Hey Boebert, you seem to have us confused. I: ✅ have attended &amp; hosted 100s of community events ✅ hold regular town halls ✅ don’t take a dime in corporate cash
You: 🚮 are bankrolled by corporate PACs, Big Ag, &amp; Oil 🚮 are too scared to hold regular town halls open to all <a href="https://t.co/A0jrRbyFDO">pic.twitter.com/A0jrRbyFDO</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1580693459895099393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Boebert responded by noting of AOC&#8217;s move to comment with a screenshot, rather than retweeting with video of the rough exchange. &#8220;I notice you took a screenshot of my tweet instead of sharing the original one with the video of you getting completely ripped to shreds by your own constituents,&#8221; she wrote.
&#8220;I have governed as I campaigned. You sold out your supporters. Just own it,&#8221; the Republican added. &#8220;You’re the machine now.&#8221;
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I notice you took a screenshot of my tweet instead of sharing the original one with the video of you getting completely ripped to shreds by your own constituents.
I have governed as I campaigned. You sold out your supporters. 
Just own it. You’re the machine now. <a href="https://t.co/EQKRk4n5G2">https://t.co/EQKRk4n5G2</a>
&mdash; Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1580878815676760064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Boebert trolled AOC last year, too, wearing a twist on the progressive&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lauren-boebert-trolls-aocs-tax-the-rich-dress-wears-lets-go-brandon-dress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ultra-expensive &#8220;Tax The Rich&#8221; Met Gala dress</a>. &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Brandon,&#8221; Boebert&#8217;s red dress said in large white letters.
“It’s not a phrase, it’s a movement! #LGB” she tweeted out, captioning a photo of the attire.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Brandon&#8221; became a slight against President Joe Biden and his allies in the media after NASCAR fans&#8217; &#8220;f*** Joe Biden&#8221; chant was covered up as a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/shop/products/lets-go-brandon-campaign-t-shirt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Let&#8217;s go Brandon</a>&#8221; cheer.
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It’s not a phrase, it’s a movement! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LGB</a> <a href="https://t.co/MpeKAEVfWB">pic.twitter.com/MpeKAEVfWB</a>
&mdash; Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1456425970806763520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-are-being-rude-aoc-struggles-when-confronted-at-town-hall-about-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘You Are Being Rude!’: AOC Struggles When Confronted At Town Hall About War</a>

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) struggled at a town hall event Wednesday evening when two attendees confronted her for allegedly supporting nuclear war.
&#8220;My friend <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/Noggatone">@Noggatone</a> and I confronted Congresswoman [AOC] on her support for Nuclear War and Ukrainian Nazis,&#8221; Jose Vega captioned his interaction with the congresswoman.
&#8220;I call her out for being a coward in the face of the party that will push us all into Nuclear war right now,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Will she stand up like [Tulsi Gabbard] and fight for peace?&#8221;
AOC complained that the protesters jumped ahead in line to ask their question. The elected official also told the men she would address the issue &#8220;last&#8221; at the event, but video of the live-streamed town hall does not show the Democrat addressing the concerns at all.
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My friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Noggatone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Noggatone</a> and I confronted Congresswoman <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> on her support for Nuclear War and Ukrainian Nazis. I call her out for being a coward in the face of the party that will push us all into Nuclear war right now. Will she stand up like <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TulsiGabbard</a> and fight for peace? <a href="https://t.co/aQiQvQSWIN">pic.twitter.com/aQiQvQSWIN</a>
&mdash; Jose Vega (@JosBtrigga) <a href="https://twitter.com/JosBtrigga/status/1580364662419312641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“Tulsi Gabbard, she’s left the Democratic Party because they are war hawks,” one protester told AOC, Timcast first <a href="https://timcast.com/news/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-confronted-by-anti-war-protesters-during-qa-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “You ran as an outsider! Yet, you’ve been voting to start this war in Ukraine.”
“Why are you playing with the lives of American citizens?” he pressed. “You’re playing with our lives!”
&#8220;You voted to mobilize and send money to Ukrainian Nazis,&#8221; Vega yelled. “You’re a coward!”
In the streamed video of the event, AOC can be heard scolding the men for being &#8220;rude&#8221; and not respecting their neighbors.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not asking you to respect me,&#8221; she said, adding that she wanted the men to &#8220;respect&#8221; their neighbors.
&#8220;You are being rude!&#8221; AOC scolded at another point, adding, &#8220;of course I&#8217;m against it,&#8221; seemingly referring to nuclear war.
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Town Hall: Legislative Victories &amp; Opportunities for Constituents <a href="https://t.co/ObTDOKl1GA">https://t.co/ObTDOKl1GA</a>
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The clip made the rounds online Wednesday evening. Journalist Michael Tracey, for example, commented, &#8220;First time I&#8217;ve seen any high profile &#8216;progressive&#8217; figure challenged on the rabidly pro-war policies they&#8217;ve backed without reservation over the past eight months.&#8221;
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First time I&#39;ve seen any high profile &quot;progressive&quot; figure challenged on the rabidly pro-war policies they&#39;ve backed without reservation over the past eight months <a href="https://t.co/5Vgo1khTSv">https://t.co/5Vgo1khTSv</a>
&mdash; Michael Tracey (@mtracey) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1580403263895371777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Vega told Timcast he is neither Left nor Right-wing and the issue transcends political parties.
“Congress is in recess for the next month until after the elections,” he said. “Everyone should find their representative and tell them that there’s only one thing on the table — and it’s nuclear war. People need to stand up no matter what they believe and speak out against the war mobilization.”
During the same town hall, AOC was pressed on her immigration stance by a retired firefighter, and another constituent asked the Democrat about rising crime with seemingly no consequences.
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We can&#8217;t have equal justice under the law until <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/welcome-home-now-get-the-hell-out-illegal-aliens-already-bused-out-of-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal aliens</a> busted with simple pot possession receive a presidential pardon, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)</a> believes.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-pardons-thousands-with-federal-convictions-for-drug-crimes-orders-states-to-do-the-same" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardoned</a> &#8220;all prior Federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana.&#8221; However, the official proclamation <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/08/politics/biden-marijuana-possession-pardons/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> that the order “does not apply to individuals who were non-citizens not lawfully present in the United States at the time of their offense.&#8221; The phrase &#8220;non-citizens not lawfully present in the United States&#8221; means illegal aliens, but for some reason, Democrats find that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-we-should-reject-irregularly-migrate-and-other-leftist-phrases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moniker offensive</a>, so they use eight words instead of two.
In response, the democratic socialist from New York tweeted her praise, but added that Biden &#8220;should treat all people equally and pardon ALL unjust simple possession convictions, not some.&#8221; 
&#8220;If the US is admitting these laws were unjust, then we shouldn’t discriminate pardons based on citizen status,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Let’s get that liberty and justice for ALL.&#8221;
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Additionally, <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> should treat all people equally and pardon ALL unjust simple 🍃 possession convictions, not some. 
If the US is admitting these laws were unjust, then we shouldn’t discriminate pardons based on citizen status.
Let’s get that liberty and justice for ALL 🗽
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1578181720523755521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Of course, readers might be thinking, shouldn&#8217;t illegal immigrants convicted of federal marijuana possession just be deported? The better question is: shouldn&#8217;t any illegal alien caught by law enforcement be deported?
Instead of that happening, it seems many illegal aliens occupy our federal prisons.
According to CNN, &#8220;during fiscal year 2021 some 72% of federal offenders in a case of marijuana possession were non-citizens.&#8221; However, it should be noted that data doesn&#8217;t differentiate between those unlawfully present in the U.S. and those legally here, such as green card holders.
Regardless, an immigration attorney told CNN that simple marijuana possession charges could prevent individuals from finding safe harbor in the U.S.
“If you’re in deportation proceedings or applying for a visa or applying [sic] green card, and you’re charged for possession, you will be denied. And you won’t be eligible for a waiver,” he said.
&#8220;You could be denied a green card and you would be denied for life,&#8221; the attorney noted.
If all the illegal aliens caught having a bit of weed in their back pockets were deported, that would spell bad news for AOC and her colleagues.
Illegal immigrants, as well as potheads, are key demographics for the Democratic voting bloc, it would seem.
AOC&#8217;s <a href="https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/legislation/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> claims, &#8220;It is beyond time for a path to citizenship for all undocumented people in our country.” Of course, &#8220;all undocumented people&#8221; would suggest AOC wants citizenship for every illegal alien in the U.S., including those convicted of far worse crimes than marijuana charges — murder, rape, and more.
Vice President Kamala Harris is also intent on creating millions of new citizens out of those who entered the country unlawfully.
Just last month, Harris <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-has-lost-her-gourd-veep-claims-border-is-secure-yet-blames-trump-for-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC&#8217;s Chuck Todd that we needed to solve the border crisis by putting &#8220;into place a law and a plan for a pathway for citizenship for the millions of people who are here and are prepared to do what is legally required to gain citizenship.&#8221;
Even if that plan never happens, folks in D.C.&#8217;s city government are currently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-council-advances-bill-allowing-noncitizens-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advancing</a> a bill that would allow &#8220;non-citizens&#8221; the right to vote.
So around the nation, the Democratic Party seems intent on expanding the voting pool through pardons, as well as mass amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. You don&#8217;t have to be a political scientist to suspect the Democrats are advancing those goals because they think doing so will help members of their party get elected to power.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) erupted during a House hearing Thursday in response to a Republican member who stated that biological males cannot get pregnant.
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks during a House Oversight Committee hearing about abortion, where she also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-abortion-an-economic-issue-because-if-women-must-give-birth-parents-are-conscripted-to-work-against-their-will" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> was an economic issue because if women are not allowed to have an abortion, then parents are effectively “conscripted” to work against their will.
Planned Parenthood Dr. Bhavik Kumar claimed in response to a question from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) that &#8220;men can have pregnancies, especially trans men.&#8221;
&#8220;Somebody with a uterus may have the capability of becoming pregnant, whether they’re a woman or a man,&#8221; Kumar claimed. &#8220;That doesn’t make a difference.&#8221;
&#8220;OK, we’re done,&#8221; Clyde replied.
&#8220;Not every person with a uterus has the ability to become pregnant,&#8221; Kumar said. &#8220;This is medicine.&#8221;
&#8220;I can’t believe it’s necessary to say this, but men cannot get pregnant and cannot give birth, regardless of how they identify themselves,&#8221; Clyde said. &#8220;Why in the world would Democrats have brought in a person whose title is ‘director of trans care’ for an abortion hearing when only biological women can become pregnant?&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez lashed out over Clyde&#8217;s response, claiming: &#8220;The same folks who … told us that COVID’s just a flu, that climate change isn’t real, that January 6 was nothing but a tourist visit … are now trying to tell us that transgender people are not real.&#8221;
&#8220;And I would say that their claim is probably just as legitimate as all their others, which is to say not very much at all,&#8221; she claimed.
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Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> (D-NY): “The same folks who tell us … that COVID’s just a flu, that climate change isn’t real, that January 6th was just nothing but a tourist visit, are now trying to tell us that transgender people aren’t real.” <a href="https://t.co/NQbdK5ltGT">pic.twitter.com/NQbdK5ltGT</a>
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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) claimed during a House hearing Thursday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> was an economic issue because if women are not allowed to have an abortion, then parents are effectively &#8220;conscripted&#8221; to work against their will.
AOC made the remarks during a House Oversight Committee hearing about abortion where she also decided to disclose what she uses for birth control.
&#8220;Abortion is an economic issue,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez claimed. &#8220;Forcing poor and working-class people to give birth against their will, against their consent, against their ability to provide for themselves or a child, is a profound economic issue and it’s certainly a way to keep a workforce basically conscripted to large-scale employers and to employers to work more against their will, to take second and third jobs against their desire and their own autonomy.&#8221;
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Ocasio-Cortez also decided to disclose during the hearing that she uses an intrauterine device, or IUD.
&#8220;I, for example, since Republicans are forcing this conversation in uncomfortable ways, then I will meet them to it,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said. &#8220;I have an IUD. I’ve had one for years.&#8221;
During the hearing, a medical doctor for Planned Parenthood falsely claimed that men can get pregnant and have babies.
In response to a question from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Kumar, medical director for primary and trans care at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast claimed, “Men can have pregnancies, especially trans men.”
“Somebody with a uterus may have the capability of becoming pregnant, whether they’re a woman or a man,” Kumar claimed. “That doesn’t make a difference.”
“OK, we’re done,” Clyde replied.
“Not every person with a uterus has the ability to become pregnant,” Kumar said. “This is medicine.”
“I can’t believe it’s necessary to say this, but men cannot get pregnant and cannot give birth, regardless of how they identify themselves,” Clyde said. “Why in the world would Democrats have brought in a person whose title is ‘director of trans care’ for an abortion hearing when only biological women can become pregnant?”
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Asked if biological men can get pregnant and give birth, a democrat witness testifies: “Men can have pregnancies.” <a href="https://t.co/l7YVzKN87t">pic.twitter.com/l7YVzKN87t</a>
&mdash; Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1575582574637813760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The federal government drastically overestimates income inequality in the United States by failing to account for certain <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/welfare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welfare</a> programs and income <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/taxes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taxes</a> on the wealthiest earners, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Cato Institute.
The <a href="https://www.cato.org/study/myth-american-income-inequality">analysis</a>, written by Cato Institute adjunct scholar John Early, says that official statistics fail to account for more than two-thirds of transfer payments provided to low-income households and do not consider income loss from taxes, which average 35% of income for the wealthiest quintile of taxpayers. Poverty counts are 10 times higher than the true figure, while income inequality is overestimated by a factor of four, according to the study.
The Census Bureau’s official accounting method “excludes $1.9 trillion given to households in transfer payments and pretends that the $4.4 trillion that households pay in taxes is really income,” Early explained in an interview with The Daily Wire, “even though they usually never even see that money and can certainly never use it for the benefit of their families.”
If officials were to calculate income inequality while considering more transfer programs — including food stamp debit cards, bills paid by Medicaid, and checks that provide refundable tax credits in excess of tax liabilities to low-income households — earned income in the bottom quintile would rise by 700%, while earned income in the second quintile would rise by 70%, the study says.
Meanwhile, Early says the Census Bureau neglects to consider that only 7% of income in the bottom quintile is lost due to taxes, while 35% of income is lost in the highest quintile.
“Too many political and career bureaucrats ignore and even deny the existence of this prima facie evidence because if the data show a large gap of inequality, that gap will justify their existence to administer money to fill the gap,” Early, who served twice as assistant commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, continued. “Then, because the new spending is not counted as income, they are able to demand still more spending. The cycle is repeated over and over again.”
Indeed, many lawmakers have cited earnings disparity as justification for more federal social programs. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1156386723955466240">argued</a> for a 70% marginal income tax for earnings above $10 million per year to “stem runaway income inequality,” which purportedly accrues as “wealth begins to automatically compound at obscene rates for the extremely rich.” Last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1416066195464273929">contended</a> that “massive wealth and income inequality” justified passing a reconciliation bill through Congress.
The study nevertheless argues that welfare programs’ introduction of incentives to work less place upward pressure on income inequality, especially as others toward the top of the income spectrum increase their productivity through education and more rigorous work. Other social trends, such as the reality that highly educated earners tend to marry one another, further contribute to reported income inequality.
“That added spending, of course, sends yet more money to the lower-income households while taxes take more from the higher incomes. And, as a side effect, this process enriches those who administer the programs,” Early added. “A whole industry feeds off these growing transfer payments, and it has a vested interest in continuing to use methods that belie the vast improvement of wellbeing for almost all Americans.”

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‘The Myth Of American Income Inequality’: The Federal Government Drastically Overestimates Earnings Disparity, Study Says

Study Says That The Federal Government Overestimates Income Inequality

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