Posted on 09/15/2021 10:19:06 AM PDT by Starman417
AOC, formerly known as Sandy Cortez, attended a grand Gala at the Met yesterday.
The Met Gala is an entirely exclusive event attended by pop stars, actors, musicians, and scores of millionaire famous people with an estimated ticket costing $35,000 on an invitation-only basis. Noted The Cut:The dress was designed by Aurora JamesIt’s big money and a lot of celebrities. Even if you can afford a $35,000 ticket, you have to be approved by Wintour and placed by Vogue at a table. The seating chart is normally drafted in December, a full five months before. They take into account where people and their exes are sitting, and who can see whom, and place everyone individually.
The congresswoman’s dress was reportedly designed by Aurora James of Brother Vellies, who has an estimated net worth of $9 million. Speaking with Vogue, James, founder and creative director of Brother Vellies and the founder of the 15 Percent Pledge, said she wanted AOC’s statement to “push the country forward.”AOC described James this way“We can never get too comfortable in our seats at the table once they’ve been given,” James said. “We must always continue to push ourselves, push our colleagues, push the culture and push the country forward. Fashion is changing, America is changing.”
"immigrant"
James is from Toronto. James' website says this:
Toronto-native and New York City-transplant, Aurora James is the Creative Director and Founder of luxury accessories brand Brother Vellies. Founded in 2013 with the goal of keeping traditional African design practices and techniques alive, while also creating and sustaining artisanal jobs, Brother Vellies is now handmade across the globe.I might be missing something but that gown doesn't look African to me. I have seen no mention of the value of the gown.
About her appearance, which has drawn some heavy criticism, Cortez tweeted this:
And before haters get wild flying off the handle, New York elected officials are routinely invited to and attend the Met due to our responsibilities in overseeing and supporting the city’s cultural institutions for the public. I was one of several in attendance in this evening.It's her responsibility to party with wealthy elite! She went to a $35,000 per ticket affair to stick it to the man? That's some comedy gold right there.
Here she is in action making the rich pay:
NEW - Democrat Rep. AOC wears a "Tax The Rich" dress at #MetGala, where a ticket costs $30,000 to attend.pic.twitter.com/V9B7UGoGX5
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 13, 2021
She was torched for this audacious display of hypocrisy
Tickets to the Met Gala cost $35K 😂 I’m starting to think AOC is just an elaborate Republican prank https://t.co/5kYVCfRLHh
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) September 14, 2021
Did someone say masks?
The truth is that Cortez is just another phony using her "tax the rich" theme as an excuse for her to cruise shoulder to shoulder among the bourgeoise. Her single most notable achievement was to ward off 25,000 Amazon jobs from her district. Now she's a celebrity and she is enjoying every second of Hollywood type attention while thinking she's fooling us all. She's an idiot.
But her hypocrisy has spawned some pretty funny memes. This from holla boy
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
As a New Yorker myself, I love what NY City came from, grew into, and the cultural greatness that used to represent.
I hate what it is now.
That’s a mighty wide canvas to paint on.
She sounds pretty comfortable in her given seat if she thinks pushing people around is the way to go.
Yes, it makes her ass look fat.
She posted on twitter with that picture that the medium is the message. Well the medium is, literally, her hind end and that is where her message is coming from.
She wasn’t there to show off her intellect
I cannot deal with big cities, or the libs that dwell there.
Sandy, if you had a car, that’s where the bumper sticker goes…
Well, sure. That’s her permanent condition.
Regards,
When people think this is the “wealthy elite” in this country and list someone being worth 9million, it shows how out of touch regular people are with who the wealthy elite REALLY are in this country. And how giant the separation is between the wealthy elite and most of the working poor in this country
She’s awful though
I’m not sure how getting invited to a $35,000 a ticket
venue wearing an expensive gown as a political statement
which you didn’t even buy...
is “...kicking open the doors of the Met.”
Well, hey. She’s on a roll.
The title is a nice way of saying something else.
The headline may be true, but the rep from NY is comfortable being so.
Oh, you just discovered that? At least you finally came to the correct conclusion!
I want to know who is in the red dress.
Ya think?
Awwwww horse apples.
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