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Ocasio-Cortez needs to wait for lawmaker salary to kick in to afford DC apartment
The Hill ^ | November 8, 2018 | Chris Mills Rodrigo

Posted on 11/08/2018 1:08:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told The New York Times in an interview Thursday that she will need to wait for her congressional salary to kick in before she can rent an apartment in D.C.

She explained that the transition period will be “very unusual, because I can’t really take a salary. I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real.”

Ocasio-Cortez also told the Times that she had saved money before leaving her job at a restaurant and had planned accordingly with her partner.

“We’re kind of just dealing with the logistics of it day by day, but I’ve really been just kind of squirreling away and then hoping that gets me to January," she said.

Ocasio-Cortez explained on Twitter after the interview's release that while everything with her housing is being figured out, her struggle with housing costs is one of "many little ways in which our electoral system isn’t even designed (nor prepared) for working-class people to lead."

(TWEETS-AT-LINK)

Ocasio-Cortez, who on Tuesday became the youngest women in history elected to Congress, worked as a bartender before toppling veteran lawmaker Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) in the Democratic primary election in June.


TOPICS: New York; Campaign News; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; congress; cortez; donkeybardingbat; joecrowley; newyork; ocasiocortez; occasionalcortex
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This is like a reality show.
1 posted on 11/08/2018 1:08:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Life is tough. Well, no doubt she’ll be a millionaire soon enough.


2 posted on 11/08/2018 1:09:59 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Why not just pay for it? That is what she said we should do with Medicare for all. It’s no different. LOL


3 posted on 11/08/2018 1:11:14 PM PST by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Has she ever heard of a bank loan?


4 posted on 11/08/2018 1:11:25 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: Cicero

She flew to Seattle Washington yesterday by mistake.


5 posted on 11/08/2018 1:11:56 PM PST by mplc51
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a pant load of codswallop!
Maybe even Barak and Meeshell don’t won’t to put up
with her for three months.


6 posted on 11/08/2018 1:12:15 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ocasio-Cortez explained on Twitter after the interview's release that while everything with her housing is being figured out, her struggle with housing costs is one of "many little ways in which our electoral system isn’t even designed (nor prepared) for working-class people to lead."

Old Dead White Guys’ Fault!

7 posted on 11/08/2018 1:12:39 PM PST by TADSLOS (I hate Russian Dolls. They are so full of themselves.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She could just work for tips like most of the Congress crittets do.


8 posted on 11/08/2018 1:13:24 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The party will make you a no-interest loan for a few months, Ms. Commie.


9 posted on 11/08/2018 1:14:02 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She could have planned ahead by stealing extra tips.


10 posted on 11/08/2018 1:14:58 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The USA and President Trump.)
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To: TADSLOS

She’s dumb as a stump.


11 posted on 11/08/2018 1:15:04 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Stumps are smarter and have value.


12 posted on 11/08/2018 1:16:03 PM PST by TADSLOS (I hate Russian Dolls. They are so full of themselves.)
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To: JimRed

This is a legitimate expense of campaign money. Surely she has some left.


13 posted on 11/08/2018 1:16:21 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: TADSLOS

Touché


14 posted on 11/08/2018 1:16:26 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: tennmountainman

Her salary will be $174,000 a year. I truly believe a bank would front her the money. She’s full of it.


15 posted on 11/08/2018 1:16:56 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: MrChips

By WE she didn’t mean her.


16 posted on 11/08/2018 1:17:24 PM PST by crusher2013
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn’t she wearing, like, $5000 suits?


17 posted on 11/08/2018 1:17:42 PM PST by riri
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To: tennmountainman

There’s a reason banks don’t loan money to people with a history of spending lots of other people’s money.


18 posted on 11/08/2018 1:17:45 PM PST by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She’s so excited about going to Washington, she’s already booked a flight to Seattle.


19 posted on 11/08/2018 1:18:11 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ve heard of representatives and even senators who share apartments. One of the Republicans conservatives just sleeps in his office. You’re not really supposed to live there permanently, just when Congress is in session.


20 posted on 11/08/2018 1:18:23 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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