Posted on 03/06/2023 6:57:25 PM PST by MtnClimber
What do we call people who don't pay the help?
Well, in the past, they were known as plantation owners, or slave-holders, a hot topic for wokester leftists.
Nowadays, just say "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."
She's got quite a track record of not paying the help based on her appearance at the Met Gala last year, according to revelations from the congressional ethics investigation on her.
She not only took "gifts" (really big gifts, which started with the $35,000 price of the ticket), but failed to pay in any timely manner the staff who fluffed her up in her famous "Tax the Rich" gown that got her so much fawning publicity.
According to TMZ:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delayed making payments in regards to her Met Gala appearance two years ago — this according to the findings of an ethics investigation.
The NY congresswoman has been at the center of a Capitol Hill probe for about a year, and this week ... the results were released. According to the fact-finders, it looks like AOC and/or her staff were quite slow in paying people back ... to the tune of thousands of dollars.
The House Ethics Committee came down hard in their report, saying they have "substantial reason" to believe Rep. Ocasio-Cortez might have violated ethics rules for members of Congress, and maybe even broken federal laws pertaining to gifts and perks she received at the time of the Gala, when she walked the red carpet in a loud "Tax the Rich" dress.
According to them, it's unclear if AOC was ever going to pay people back for the dress, the makeup services, the hotel costs, the accessories, or anything else she received as part of her appearance...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
She has the thug elitist act down.
She’s one treacherous biatch. I’ll bet she used to steal tips from the waitresses at the Taco and Tequila Shack where she worked as Sandy.
Bills are for little people, donchaknow?
...Forgot to close with a /s tag!
So hot, so stupid...
She is a grifter just as is the Clintons.
She’s been such a quick study in learning the time-honored ways of the Democrat party.
Remember. This is the c unit that stole those from her coworkers while she was a barmaid.
Well, speaking for myself, the second part neutralizes the first part...
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