AOC: When I opposed this Amazon project coming to New York bc it was a scam of public funds, the

[Celerity]

whole power establishment came after us. Billboards went up in Times Sq denouncing me. Powerful pols promised revenge. Op-Eds & CEOs insulted my intelligence.

In the end, we were right.

I know I’ll never get an apology for that time, but it was worth it. We protected NYers from a scam deal to drain public dollars from schools & infrastructure in exchange for empty promises of “Amazon jobs” w/ 0 guarantees or guardrails. Sadly, cities who took it are suffering.

Amazon Pauses Construction on Second Headquarters in Virginia as It Cuts Jobs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-03/amazon-hq2-pauses-construction-amid-layoffs-remote-work

Link to tweet

[Arazi]

1. She's right

[Celerity]

2. Yes. Agreed.

[Lochloosa]

24. She usually is.

[uponit7771]

3. AOC was right

[dchill]

4. Can't disagree. Hardly ever do.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. She sees clearly, without the thumb stained rose...

colored glasses of politics.

[spooky3]

6. She was right for NY, but she's wrong about NoVA. The deal

Was structured so that Amazon would get certain benefits only if employment levels met certain targets. Gov Northam (D) and his team weren’t dumb. They have hired about a third of the employees they hoped to hire and have replaced some deteriorating buildings with new offices and green space. Phase ii of construction is being paused for now.

https://wapo.st/3yf9uOm

[Hortensis]

22. She also doesn't mention the 20,000+ JOBS that went to VA,

nearly half of which are filled now. Those don't include the many thousands of jobs that will come with the second phase.

Her killing this was protested in Times Square, huh? Considering that only 11% of Democrats in her district had voted for her, maybe for something this big she should have asked constituents... Oh, heck. Forget it -- those who didn't vote deserved to lose out.

[betsuni]

7. "power establishment came after us"

What? She's establishment, member of Congress.

[edhopper]

8. Not in NY

She is far from part of the NY Wall Street, Real Estate power establishment.

[betsuni]

9. She's government, establishment.

She has lots of money (so does Bernie Sanders). What does Wall Street have to do with anything? How do they control Teh Establishment? You mean the Biden administration and the Democratic Party are bribed? Why do you think that?

[Celerity]

11. Fact check: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has assets of less than $100,000 (6.5 month old article)

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/08/16/fact-check-aoc-has-assets-less-than-100-000/10307384002/

2022/08/16

Multiple posts spreading on Facebook claim Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has a net worth of $29 million.

“How in the hell is AOC worth $29 million,” reads an Aug. 4 Facebook post shared more than 400 times. “She was just bar tending (sic) the other day!”

A different Aug. 4 Facebook post mentions Ocasio-Cortez’s student loan debt, which is a topic she has spoken about many times. “AOC net worth is $29 million, on a government salary that paid $174k yearly,” reads the post, which was shared more than 170 times. “You better believe she can pay off her own damn student loan.”

But the claim is false. Ocasio-Cortez’s most recent financial disclosure, which was filed in 2021, shows her with assets between $3,003 and $45,000, including a 401(k) plan, and student loan debt between $15,001 and $50,000.

you said:

She has lots of money

[GoneOffShore]

12. Crickets.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

14. Anyone using any social media for their Facts...is going to get none. Some like it that way, sadly,

as you have exposed. Thanks…the hate of true progressives is even sadder.

[FoxNewsSucks]

23. It's disgusting, frankly.

The knee-jerk shrieking and bashing of good liberals. And then those same individuals whine and complain when WE don't agree with THEM.

All too often, it feels like debating with a Fox addict.

[Autumn]

19. That will be ignored. People have been told that time and again. They prefer to believe the

Republican meme that she is wealthy.

[betsuni]

27. Campaign money. Lots and lots. SuperPAC Justice Democrats money too.

Because every politician needs to fundraise. Part of the job. Don't know why anyone would think it's automatically corrupting.

[progressoid]

28. 68% of her donations come from small donors ( $200 or less)

She obviously part of the establishment.

[Celerity]

10. +1

[Trenzalore]

17. She isn't a member of leadership

The establishment in congress or NY is the leadership of the party.

You can be elected to congress and be a contrary voice to the majority opinion.

[Lancero]

13. Wonder what other multi-billion dollar companies, enjoying massive government grants will...

End up canceling a large scale construction project?

Intel's been laying off quite a few people recently...

[Igel]

20. Details.

There are several phases.

MetPlace will have two towers.

One tower's apparently done and already has 8000 people working there. When the second is completed, MetPlace will be good for 14,000+. That continues.

Phase or project two, PenPlace, is paused, not cancelled. Might be cancelled later, but if it is I'll be moderately outraged then--not now "just in case".
https://www.investopedia.com/amazon-construction-7197518, https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/03/03/amazon-hq-2-arlington-virginia/11393681002/

[malaise]

15. AOC is a breath of fresh air

Let the sun in - you go girl!

[Alexander Of Assyria]

25. Some people cling to facts and logic and common sense like some cling to fantasy.

These fact and logic clingers only ones who will save us all from the corruption and institutional greed.

[malaise]

26. +1,000

Some also cling to special interests

[Scrivener7]

16. Thank God she did that. That would have been a total disaster and not JUST for

the reasons she is talking about.

She definitely was right.

[Autumn]

18. She got so much shit from certain people here over that. Of course the worst one is gone so...

Just Amazon doing what it does.

[Carlitos Brigante]

21. K&Fuckin'R