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Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied claims that she is secretly wealthy, stating she is worth less than $500,000 and doesn’t trade stocks or take corporate money.

Her financial disclosures show modest savings and student debt.

Some conservatives on X, despite opposing her politics, praised her perceived integrity.

Accusations of political corruption have surged online, partly fueled by Elon Musk.

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago (40 children)

she is worth less than $500,000

That sounds like a lot of money still, but I'd imagine public figures can easily leverage that to wealth so makes sense

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 356 points 1 day ago (36 children)

AOC feels like the only hope America has at any improvement.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 118 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I'm glad it seems that many democrats are quitting their Gatekeeping bullshit with AOC.

So frustrating to see people so concerned about the perception of some strawman caricature the right manufacture for our best fighters that we turn on our own. If it wasn't obvious, they attack her so relentlessly because they fear her and know her potential more some of our own.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 76 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nancy Pelosi dedicated the month before Trump was inaugurated to ensuring AOC, a spoiler leftist in a sea of her crony neoliberals, didn't get an oversight committee seat.

Neoliberals Democrats hate actual leftwing politicians far more than they hate their fascist opposition party. Makes sense, Fascists and neoliberals have the same bosses and take the same bribe checks.

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works -5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

333 upvotes and i'm the only one downvoting... We are on lemmy a decentralized and open source platform. Do you really feel this person who use X and meta, who gets featured daily on mass media and who is a member of the red and blue party is ever going to make an actual improvement? The hope for america is that people wake up and realize how hard they are getting fooled by the government.

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 69 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope that AOC has a security detail, a go bag and plan, and an ideal state to reside in. It is my expectation for Yarvin's Cabel to try to capture or assasinate her at some point, since she is one of the few major lightning rods to be the president of a Free America. We will need great people to organize the defense of our people against the fascist agenda.

Bernie, AOC, others, stay safe and strong. 🖖

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not in the know. What is "Yarvin's Cabel"?

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 105 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I think if we don't start WW3 and nuke the planet she's gonna be the first woman president in the US

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

I hope so, but she’s going to have to get through at least another four years, probably more, of being ratted and feathered by Republicans, and somehow still look clean

I still contend that was the real problem with Hillary Clinton. Not that she was a poor candidate or hade some questionable decisions but that Repugnants spent years throwing shit at her so she looked like a mess. She was at least as good as a candidate as anyone else and many of the objections were manufactured

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

The DNC would murder her if she broke through their primary defenses and got close enough.

They're fine with losing, the pendulum is part of the grift, what they aren't fine with is losing their half of that bipartisan oligarch gravy train. Our capitalists don't bribe both parties to have those parties stand against economic metastasis at all human cost.

We can have affirmation ribbons and be sucked dry by the oligarchs, or we can have scapegoating and be sucked dry by the oligarchs, that is the extent of our "freedom." Reagan and Kemp saw to that by getting their former opposition on the take.

[–] bayesianbandit@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Serious talk. When are people going to start calling them DINOs. Democrats In Name Only from the Jurassic period.

You think Trump took over the RNC because the old guard liked him?? No he built on the backs of the tea party.

Bernie and the squad were the lefts tea party. What they need now is a charismatic leader to build on it and kick the DINOs out by force.

The DNC is not that powerful. We outnumber them. Stop forgetting we outnumber them.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 4 points 15 hours ago

I call the old guard Geronocrats myself. They are old, tired, and very much uninspired. Far as I can tell, Bernie is the only ancient congress critter who is worthy of being called a leader.

Just look at the bill Hakeem Jeffries is trying to pass: to make raiding the US treasury illegal. WTF do we need a new laws for that?

[–] NoEsReal@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

I think this needs to be the strategy for sure. The progressives on the left need to start looking for truly progressive candidates to challenge each established Dem that is up for grabs in the 2026 primaries. Our real fight for democracy is no longer in the general election, it’s in the primaries. If we can’t change the Democratic Party then our only choices are a quick or a slow death

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago

Don't kid yourself. She'll be the next Bernie.

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[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait.... Muskrat is accusing her of being rich?

It’s pretty absurd that y’all qaeda bitch about all the money that (insert lib politician) makes while throwing money or votes at billionaires who then turn around and accuse lib politicians like AOC or Sanders of being rich.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 151 points 1 day ago (30 children)

I think regardless of whether you are Republican or a Democrat, AOC is probably the closest to what a representative should be. Now whether you agree with her or not is a different discussion entirely, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. She's just the only one that actually seems to give a shit about who she represents. Whereas both for Republicans and Democrats the vast majority of our "representation" are crotchety and corrupt old people that don't give a shit anymore.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's still 450k more than me

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago

Look at Oysters Rockefeller over here showing off their 50g's

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