New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raged on Twitter over the weekend after being called out for an embarrassing lie about her elite upbringing.
https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1078303643617640448
While she claims to be “Alex from the Bronx,” the Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles pointed out that she’s actually from a wealthy enclave in upstate New York.
The average household wealth of the town in which you grew up is $1.2 million. https://t.co/4sLCLWfnCb
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 28, 2018
Yep. As everyone knows, I grew up between two worlds + experienced 1st hand how a child’s zip code can shape their destiny.
It was scrubbing those households’ toilets w/ my mother that I saw and breathed income inequality.
I decided to make a difference.
You decide to do this. https://t.co/kMtbGQo8o8— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1078788237349531648
Earlier this year, Ocasio-Cortez came under fire when her official campaign website stated that she grew up in the Bronx, which is one of the five boroughs of New York City.
A report from The Daily Mail detailed how Ocasio-Cortez actually grew up in a very wealthy area and a nice home for a better part of her life:
The home, a single-story with a finished basement, most recently sold for $355,000 in 2016. The median annual income in the area is $116,741, compared to the median annual income of $48,315 in Parkchester’s zip code, according to the latest Census data. – READ MORE