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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the darndest things. Since her surprise primary victory over 10-term Congressman Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th District, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been promoted by the legacy media as the prototype of a new generation of young progressives destined to replace the leadership of the Democratic Party. Unfortunately for her media boosters, however, she keeps blowing her lines. It’s not just her rote advocacy of single-payer healthcare and guaranteed government jobs, or even that she backs wacky ideas like abolishing ICE and occupying airports — Ocasio-Cortez is genuinely clueless. She outed herself, in several recent interviews, as functionally...

.....Ocasio-Cortez said, "Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."..... .....In our review, we found many reasons why unemployment is low, and not for the overwork that Ocasio-Cortez cited. The biggest factors include strong economic confidence and the long-running economic recovery..... ....Over the past 12 months, the number of multiple job holders has ranged between 6 million and 7 million. That compares to more than 148 million Americans who are employed in a single job...... GRAPH AT LINK

<p>The new talking point by the left since job numbers are so good is that many workers are working two or more jobs. Actually it is only 5.2 percent. An improved job market affects the part time market too and more part time jobs are available for those who want more income and are willing to work.</p>

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) echoed Democratic socialist candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's claim that Americans are working multiple jobs to make ends meet. Warren dismissed the low unemployment numbers under President Trump, arguing during an MSNBC interview that people were either working inadequate minimum wage jobs or "two, three, or four jobs to try to pay the rent and keep food on the table."...... On "Fox & Friends," GOP senators Tim Scott (S.C.) and Joni Ernst (Iowa) disagreed with the comments from Warren and Ocasio-Cortez, calling it "theater." Scott said there are nearly 150 million Americans in the workforce, with 7 or...