Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied claims that she is secretly wealthy, stating she is worth less than $500,000 and doesn’t trade stocks or take corporate money.

Her financial disclosures show modest savings and student debt.

Some conservatives on X, despite opposing her politics, praised her perceived integrity.

Accusations of political corruption have surged online, partly fueled by Elon Musk.

  • @MothmanDelorian
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    43 hours ago

    Lol, no it did not. 3-4 times maybe but she makes $174,000 a year as a member of the house. It’s unlikely she was making half the poverty level of NYC as a bartender.

      • @inclementimmigrant
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        124 minutes ago

        Bless your heart, it’s cute you think 174k is “so much”.

        Damn living the lower middle class lifestyle in DC with that amount of cash!

      • @MothmanDelorian
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        56 minutes ago

        First to reduce the risks of bribery in theory. Secondly It isn’t that much when you start looking at the expenses they have to have. Keeping an apartment and office in your home district and a home in DC is expensive. They are at minimum paying rent on three places. It is why most are wealthy before they ran. That is intentional.