Oh here we go, an early passenger on the gravy-train.
Can't Ocasio-Cortez just pluck the rent from her imagined money tree?
Can't Ocasio-Cortez just pluck the rent from her imagined money tree?
Quote:Millennial congresswoman 'can't afford rent'.BBC:
'The youngest woman ever elected to Congress has a problem -she can't afford her rent.
That is until she starts her new job in January.
After telling the New York Times she's waiting for her first pay cheque before renting an apartment
in Washington DC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is again being called the "millennial Congresswoman".
On Friday Fox News presenter Ed Henry suggested the 29-year-old wasn't telling the full truth because
she wore "multi-thousand dollar outfits" in a magazine.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez responded on Twitter, pointing out the clothes were lent to her for the photo shoot.
Her comments -"I've really been just kind of squirreling away and then hoping that gets me to January"
-got many on Twitter empathising with her.
"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not being able to afford DC rent is the
most millennial thing ever and I honestly vibe with it," tweeted one user.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez joins Republican Elise Stefanik, 34, and newly-elected Democrat Ilhan Omar, 36,
among others, in the "millennial caucus" in Congress. She was elected to New York's 14th congressional
district, after running a progressive campaign that focused on issues including poverty, wealth inequality
and immigration.
Born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, she describes herself as working-class and she worked in
restaurants until early 2018 to supplement her salary as a community activist.
"For 80% of this campaign, I operated out of a paper grocery bag hidden behind that bar," she told Bon
Appetit magazine.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez's financial disclosure shows that she earned about $26,500 (£20,000) last year.
On Thursday she tweeted that her accommodation dilemma also demonstrates how the American
electoral system "isn't designed for working-class people to lead".
Others on Twitter agreed:
"Goes to show how divorced the system and most elected officials are
from normal people that a normal person can't readily begin to serve
without starting out wealthy," wrote one.
"That's reality for a lot of people. Will be nice to have someone in Congress that literally understands
the struggle," commented @Lauralouisiana...'
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