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Ocasio-Cortez Says College Admissions Scam "Isn't That Different" From US Election Process
New York Post ^ | 3/13/2019 | Chris Perez

Posted on 03/13/2019 3:47:11 AM PDT by BadLands59

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likened the Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin college admissions scam to the US election process on Tuesday night — saying it “isn’t that different.”

The freshman congresswoman was responding to a tweet from Bitch Media co-founder Andi Zeisler when she drew the comparison.

“Perhaps this is a good time to talk about all the perfectly legal ways the wealthy are both allowed and expected to manipulate college-admissions systems while teaching their children to disparage ‘affirmative action,'” Zeisler tweeted.

“I guess college admissions isn’t that different from elections, where lots of money can buy your spot too,” replied Ocasio-Cortez. “Also an enviro where those who make it despite the odds are suspected to not have ‘earned’ it, not truly belong, or assumed to not be able to perform at the same level.”

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I guess college admissions isn’t that different from elections, where lots of money can buy your spot too,” replied Ocasio-Cortez. (With absolutely no sense of irony).
1 posted on 03/13/2019 3:47:11 AM PDT by BadLands59
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To: BadLands59

Thanks, New York!


2 posted on 03/13/2019 3:55:22 AM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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Ocasio-Cortez: “I guess college admissions isn’t that different from elections, where lots of money can buy your spot too.”

The green imbecile ought to know about profiting from an election. Read on.

An FEC complaint was filed against AOC alleging her COS, Saikat Chakrabarti, created multiple private
companies---LLCs---- to siphon off campaign contributions from her various PACs for her personal use......

BTW, besides socialism (gag)....Bernie and AOC have a lot in common.
AOC’s COS used to be Bernie’s....wait for it....."Director of Organizing Technology."

AND THIS--Saikat Chakrabarti, is a proven tech expert.
(A) He co-founded a web design tool,
(B) He built up the product team at the payment processor "Stripe".........
(C) He then came to the Sanders campaign after (cough) growing disillusioned with the tech world.

Saikat Chakrabarti was Bernie's Director of Organizing Technology. Even old man Bernie knew enough to hire a tech expert.

So, I guess (smirk) Chakrabarti's tech skills musta come in mighty handy when donations to Bernie were wire-transferred to the DNC
and ended up in Hillary's account. Debbie W/S headed the DNC at the time and was ousted b/c of her bias for Hillary. Course, none of us heard about any of this, but.....
<><> Chakrabarti-the-tech-whiz did find out about the DNC theft, didnt he?
<><> Chakrabarti did speak to D/W/S about it, or to Debbie's tech expert, Imran Awan, didnt he?
<><> Chakrabarti did tell Bernie he was fleeced, didnt he?
<><> Chakrabarti WAS working for Bernie, wasnt he?

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Now the details about that FEC complaint: The FEC complaint asserts that AOC's COS, Saikat Chakrabarti,
early on established two PACs that raised big bucks for AOC's campaign:
<><> the Brand New Congress PAC, and,
<><> Justice Democrats PAC.

After mucho money was raised, Chakrabarti systematically transferred $885,000+ in PAC contributions to his private companies with similar names:
<><> the Brand New Campaign LLC, and,
<><> the Brand New Congress LLC.

NOTE: Saikat Chakrabarti's private companies, unlike PACs, are exempt from reporting all of their significant expenditures.

Keep in mind it is a much-used criminal act to open bank accounts using similarly named entities as Chakrabarti did.

It's easy to siphon off money for oneself by putting checks into the new accounts with similar names, depositing checks that were made out to the original entity.

Even your bank advises you that if the check-writer "mis-spelled" your name.....to just endorse the check with the correct name.

AND PRESTO: a check made out to Brand New Congress PAC, is deposited in the Brand New Congress LLC account.

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ANALYSIS --- Chakrabarti's companies appear to have been set up for the sole purpose of obscuring how AOC's donations were used. The arrangement skirted reporting requirements and may have violated the $5,000 limit on contributions, according to the FEC complaint filed by the National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group.

Campaign finance attorneys described the arrangement as “really weird” and an indication "there’s something amiss." They said there was no way of telling where the political donations went — meaning (A) the donations could have been pocketed, or, (B) used by the LLC's to pay for off-the-books campaign operations.---SNIP---SOURCED FROM FR.

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JUST WONDERING .....does Chakrabarti have a reputation among Democraps for facilitating the conversion of campaign donations?

Maybe we should ask Bernie (/s)?

3 posted on 03/13/2019 3:56:43 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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Wow this lady has an opinion about absolutely everything. It’s almost like she was a bartender or something.


4 posted on 03/13/2019 3:57:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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>> the perfectly legal ways the wealthy are both allowed and expected to manipulate college-admissions systems

wasn’t there fraud in the test scores?


5 posted on 03/13/2019 3:58:06 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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this twit is a bottomless pit of ignorance and stupidity


6 posted on 03/13/2019 3:59:50 AM PDT by wny
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If there’s anyone who needs to get a refund for her college tuition, it’s this air-head valley girl.


7 posted on 03/13/2019 4:00:17 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: BadLands59

Interesting video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=1h5iv6sECGU


8 posted on 03/13/2019 4:02:16 AM PDT by democratsaremyenemy (Streepisacreep)
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To: V_TWIN

It is More like shelly long’s character Dian from the tv show Cheers became a politician and the 1980 laugh track just does not work


9 posted on 03/13/2019 4:06:39 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: BadLands59

she thinks she is impugning Trump and doesn’t realize she is implicating herself


10 posted on 03/13/2019 4:07:29 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BadLands59

Am I the only one tired of seeing the constant coverage in the media of the excrement that dribbles out of the mouth of this brain dead communist?


11 posted on 03/13/2019 4:09:53 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: BadLands59

So, she understands that she was elected through fraud?


12 posted on 03/13/2019 4:14:26 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: BadLands59

Hillary outspent DJT by 2:1. Money is important, but it is clearly not everything. Having a message that resonates with the people is more important.


13 posted on 03/13/2019 4:17:14 AM PDT by beef (The more they tighten their grip, the more blogs will slip through their fingers.)
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To: from occupied ga

Well, there’s more where she came from. The plan is to (her handlers who also got Tlabia and Omar their seats) recruit and train more of these sock-puppets for the next election. So, it’s probably better that her excrement gets full coverage. Maybe republicans/conservatives won’t sit at home and leave the voting to somebody else.


14 posted on 03/13/2019 4:17:29 AM PDT by BadLands59
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I really wish we had her SAT scores and college transcript.


15 posted on 03/13/2019 4:17:41 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: V_TWIN

Yes, she has an opinion about everything and, unfortunately, we have to have those opinions reported to us daily. I would just like to see one day without any story concerning AOC. It seems like we’re allowing her to live rent free in our head.


16 posted on 03/13/2019 4:20:11 AM PDT by Russ (I)
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LOL shes right..the woman who won her job as congresswoman via a recruitment process funded by socialist activists who bribed local constituents to vote her in.


17 posted on 03/13/2019 4:24:11 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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College Admissions Scam “Isn’t That Different” From US Election Process

SHE ought’a know!


18 posted on 03/13/2019 4:26:28 AM PDT by SMARTY (Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Ortega y Gasset)
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“wasn’t there fraud in the test scores?”

Some of the kids had their own autocorrect proxy standing by to “fix” their mistakes!


19 posted on 03/13/2019 4:27:01 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Liz

I love your summaries...I learn a lot.


20 posted on 03/13/2019 4:28:15 AM PDT by moovova
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