Posted on 01/12/2020 7:38:26 PM PST by dennisw
AOC REFUSES to pay $250,000 in dues from the Democrats because the party 'clearly told people like me that we're not welcome' New York Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is holding back $250,000 in dues she owes the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee AOC says she won't pay up because she doesn't see why she should give 'to an organization that has clearly told people like me that we're not welcome'
The dues, paid from her campaign fundraising, are earmarked to help keep the Democratic House majority The 30-year-old was referring to a policy that she says 'blacklists' vendors working with insurgent primary challengers like herself
'I don't think my fundraising should go to preventing more people like me from being here in congress,' she said in an interview with Fox News.
The news outlet reported on Friday that AOC drew fire for not failing to pay the committee.
She insisted: 'I'm a Democrat, I'm proud to be on this team. I'm proud to be part of the Democratic majority,' she told Fox News, amid criticism she should quit the party and become an independent if she won't be a 'team player.'
In her defense, AOC said she's raised more than $300,000 directly for progressive Democrats, including incumbents in swing districts, and that the effort she made was for 'preserving and expanding the Democratic majority'.
All Democrats in the House are required to pay dues to the campaign committee. A range is set from as low as $150,000 for newer members to $1 million paid by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Sometimes she believes in the almighty dollar and sometimes she doesn’t. What’s up with thaaat?
Why are there dues?
“There is no honor among thieves and Democrats.”
Seems we have quite a few just like her right here on FR....
They also “agree” with you ... when it doesn’t come to their own pockets.
I don’t think the airhead cares one way or another about the dribble that comes out of her blow horn as long as she gets press attention. She knows she’s a comic political ‘celebrity’ and that’s what she’s selling...herself.
I don’t think the airhead cares one way or another about the dribble that comes out of her blow horn as long as she gets press attention. She knows she’s a comic political ‘celebrity’ and that’s what she’s selling...herself.
Yes, you failed to mishear.
Wait, so she did or didn’t pay them?
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