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.
Maybe my experience is biased but I don’t think shouting communism works as well as it used to anyways. Plenty of young people will hear “Communist? Then I’ll vote for her!” And the old people are getting exhausted with political hyperbole - “Communist? Yeah like every liberal what else is new.”