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Posted on 09/13/2021 8:09:10 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Democrat Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez made an appearance at the Met Gala wearing a white gown with bright red letters spelling 'TAX THE RICH.'
The congresswoman was photographed in the red carpet of the socialite event in New York City, where tickets are up to $35,000 and tables are $250,000.
AOC wore an off-the-shoulder custom dress, red heels and a bag that also read 'TAX THE reach', designed by creative director Aurora James, ELLE reported.
Brothers Vellies, James' luxury brand, is often worn by celebrities such as Beyoncé, Meghan Markle, Zendaya, Rihanna and Lady Gaga, according to the brand's website.
It is AOC'S first time attending the gala, but her political message has already drawn controversy during this year's 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashion' exhibit. It was also James' gala dress debut.
James and Ocasio-Cortez said they were inspired by their experiences as working women of color to make the political statement at the Met gala.
James is the founder of the 15percent Pledge, a nonprofit that asks brands to 'pledge 15percent of their shelf space to Black-owned businesses.'
She designs mostly accessories and shoes listed on her brand's website retail around the $600 and $700 mark.
AOC has been very vocal in the past about her stance on taxing millionaires. In 2019 she advocated to raising taxes of to 70percent for the wealthy in order to fund measures against climate change.
'As a working class woman, [I] wanted to enjoy the event but also 'break the fourth wall' and challenge the industry, Ocasio-Cortez told Vogue.
Reactions from social media users on Twitter have ranged from poking fun at AOC's political stunt while assisting the lavish event, to siding with her premise.
Donald Trump Jr was quick to highlight the irony behind the congresswoman's dress, calling her 'a fraud.'
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AOC is a dangerous little fool, and her dress is kind of tacky, but if you want TACKY + Bizarre, look for how
reluctant champion tennis player Naomi Osaka was dressed tonight at the same party. I’m not quite sure how to describe it w/o taking up too much valuable bandwidth.
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A HS slut never cares about anybody...
My experience from college days (1960s) was that the chicks at the SDS meetings were bow-wows. Guys who went looking for action had to be really desperate.
As for our little jumped-up barkeep - I think she graduated B.U. by lying on her back. It's the only explanation for how she got a degree while being so monumentally dumb.
True story: A high school chum of mine became a professor there in the early '80s. He married and divorced a succession of his students. He would be "emeritus" now, but last I heard from him (about Y2K) he was on his fourth.
It’s the peoples dress.
They love shoving their hypocrisy in our faces and what they get away with.
Smiling...LOLOLOL
tickets for the event.... are up to $35,000 and tables are $250,000
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the tonedeafness is even more apparent when one realizes the theme for this year’s MET was ‘American Independence”
I wouldn’t take her to a porker party. A no-go, no-show. As for those that think she’s hot; you need a steel trash can put on you head and then have the can beaten for an hour with a baseball bat. About as hot as a fresh pile of sh!t.
A barf alert would have been appreciated.
Don’t think for a second Ocrazio either paid for the Dress or the 35k to get into the event, after all that is the Socialist way.
Her dress could feed family for 2 months!! Scumbag..
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