Posted on 01/11/2019 2:06:48 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Big banks could be about to get a high-profile enemy in a very powerful place.
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is a registered Democrat but identifies as a democratic socialist, is in line to be appointed to the House Financial Services Committee, according to a Politico report.
The New York legislator has vowed to take on the industry that makes up the corporate backbone for much of her constituency. She said during her successful campaign in 2018, in which she refused corporate donors and upset entrenched incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley, that she was hoping for an assignment that would allow her to take on big finance.
"I think with our district, we can be ambitious, so we're kind of swinging for the fences on committees," Ocasio-Cortez told Hill.tv in an interview after her win. "We might as well ask for something big."
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I have never, in my life seen this many banks from Tn to Mo.. banks are more numerous than gas stations. Shiny new ones. Banks = insurance = banks. How much does an insrance co make for “ administering” Medicare.
“I think with our district, we can be ambitious”
What is that supposed to mean?
Can she even balance a checkbook? I doubt it.
The Rats have the House, we have the Senate and DJT. Other than being loud nasty shrill b*tches, there isnt much Occasional Cortex and Maxine and her James Brown wig can actually do.
Whats laughable is the phony virtue-signaling Rats take plenty of money from financial sector lobbyists, banks, etc. Their hypocrisy is vomit-inducing.
This is all theater. Washington is like the mafia. They make threats so the victim will pay protection money. Lobbyists are there to buy protection as much as they are to buy favors. As soon as the big banks start shoveling cash at OC, she will shut up.
That could be a riot.
They are making her out to be some kind of wunderkind, but she only got some 16,000 votes because most people stayed home or didn't vote.
She got in basically for just showing up.
Ocasio-Cortez got some 16,000 votes in a district of 150,000 voters.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impressive-but-ms-ocasio-cortez-got-very-few-votes-1532444133
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