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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says ‘Shock Doesn’t Begin To Cover’ This Lobbying Tactic
HuffPost ^ | February 14, 2019 | Lee Moran

Posted on 02/14/2019 12:48:51 PM PST by EveningStar

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) continues to pull back the curtain on what Congress is really like.

On Wednesday, the freshman lawmaker highlighted the way in which lobbyists and others who can afford it pay people — including some who are homeless — to wait in line for them outside committee hearings.

“Shock doesn’t begin to cover it,” tweeted Ocasio-Cortez.

Initially, she wrote, she believed the “tons of people” she saw outside the committee room were part of a demonstration.

But an aide set her straight, explaining how “lobbyists pay the homeless + others to hold their place so they can get in 1st.” ...

“Apparently this is a normal practice, and people don’t bat an eye,” the congresswoman wrote in a second post...

CNN reported on the paid place-holding phenomenon back in 2009, noting that line-standers could earn $11 to $35 per hour...

(Excerpt) Read more at huffpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; aoc; lobbying; ocasiocortez; ohmywhatbigeyesuhave; rentfree; rentfreeonfr; the12yrclockticks
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To: EveningStar

How many Antifa types are getting paid to demonstrate?


21 posted on 02/14/2019 1:24:32 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Mozilla

She will never work again. In the first month of her “confirmation” she has been paid well north of $1 million.


22 posted on 02/14/2019 1:28:40 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: doosee

When I used to work a lot of temp jobs in my youth I met quite a few real hobos. Sometimes they would let me in on temp jobs only the hobo network knew of. This might be one of them; or in certain cities or situations.


23 posted on 02/14/2019 1:32:11 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: EveningStar

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Astroturfing, Lexi babe.


24 posted on 02/14/2019 1:36:13 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: EveningStar

She was born an idiot, but she’s perfected it as an adult.


25 posted on 02/14/2019 1:46:04 PM PST by samtheman (How can there be so many brain damaged Americans?)
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To: EveningStar

Thanks to all those kind-hearted lobbyists who so caringly support our nation’s homeless... /sarc/


26 posted on 02/14/2019 1:54:59 PM PST by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: EveningStar
‘Shock Doesn’t Begin To Cover’ This Lobbying Tactic

What was her solution?

Wait, before a solution, what was her problem?

27 posted on 02/14/2019 1:59:25 PM PST by MosesKnows
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To: EveningStar
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sets an example that could influence Katy Tur to enter politics.
28 posted on 02/14/2019 2:03:12 PM PST by MosesKnows
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To: EveningStar

My favorite ‘buying someone’s place in line story’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnbL-Hm-xws


29 posted on 02/14/2019 2:04:32 PM PST by Rebelbase (If Trump walked on water the press headline would read, "TRUMP CAN'T SWIM".)
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To: tet68

Image of adults gamboling ( sorry. Couldn’t resist) ;D

http://cdn-grid.fotosearch.com/CSP/CSP496/happy-running-and-jumping-people-group-stock-photo__k25734474.jpg


30 posted on 02/14/2019 2:21:27 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: EveningStar

OAC attacks homeless people !

Let her take up the cause to ban linesitting - although it might not work out the way she imagined since it’s the wacko commie special interests who take up the lines and keep the public out.


31 posted on 02/14/2019 2:47:27 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: MosesKnows

How about each person gets a time stamped bracelet when he gets in line and has to go into the hearing room in order. Non-lobbyist citizens should be able to get into hearings in the order in which they arrive.


32 posted on 02/14/2019 3:09:43 PM PST by Freee-dame (Best election ever! 2016)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Some how I knew that was coming.
I thought it looked wrong somehow.


33 posted on 02/14/2019 3:18:28 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: EveningStar
American Ingenuity & Entrepreneurship at its finest.
34 posted on 02/14/2019 3:28:10 PM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: tet68

Lol! I just got this instant picture in my head of grown men and women acting like a bunch of goofballs. Wish I could have found a picture of Tim Kaine prancing around. That was the sort of flake I had in mind.


35 posted on 02/14/2019 4:58:01 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: JudyinCanada

He did. But he disn’t do it because he was too lazy/important to stand in the line.....


36 posted on 02/15/2019 2:52:12 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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