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Mon Sep 28, 2020, 01:40 AM Sep 2020

Ocasio-Cortez: Trump contributed less in taxes 'than waitresses and undocumented immigrants' [View all]

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Source: The Hill

"Donald Trump has never cared for our country more than he cares for himself," she continued. "A walking scam."

A second tweet from the New York Democrat minutes later pointed to a part of the Times's report revealing how the president had deducted numerous expenses usually handled by Americans as personal expenses, such as his hairstyling expenses, as business-related in order to avoid taxes.

"Last year Republicans blasted a firehose of hatred + vitriol my way because I treated myself to a $250 cut & lowlights on my birthday," she tweeted. "Where’s the criticism of their idol spending $70k on hairstyling? Oh, it’s nowhere because they’re spineless, misogynistic hypocrites? Got it."

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/518529-ocasio-cortez-trump-contributed-less-in-taxes-than-waitresses-and-undocumented





Last year Republicans blasted a firehose of hatred + vitriol my way because I treated myself to a $250 cut & lowlights on my birthday.

Where’s the criticism of their idol spending $70k on hairstyling?

Oh, it’s nowhere because they’re spineless, misogynistic hypocrites? Got it.
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