Ocasio-Cortez Complains About Not Getting Congressional Paycheck Yet: ‘How Do I Get An Apartment?’

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

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  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

Zillow, the real estate search engine, on Wednesday listed 50 studio or one-bedroom apartments for lease on Capitol Hill, a solid majority for between $18,000 and $23,000 a year. (The cheapest, 447 square feet on 15th Street Southeast, was $1,100 a month.) Airbnb was offering more than 300 spots in the neighborhood for shorter-term rent, at an average of $152 a night. Even with that arrangement, House members would need to budget $17,000 for lodging on the 110 or so weeknights their schedule says they can expect to be in D.C. this year.

The fact that members are free to freeload off Congress is back in the news this week , as the House voted to maintain the congressional pay freeze for a seventh year. The few lawmakers willing to advocate for a raise inevitably lamented the expense of maintaining places to live in both their districts and high-cost Washington. Those complaints, in turn, revived chatter about the growing numbers who have figured out how to avoid the problem.
Members Living in Their Offices Rent-Free Adds Up

Republicans like Paul Ryan are living in public housing, sticking taxpayers with the bill.

& they gets all kinds of perks - meals, & their own gym & cadillac plan healthcare.... i wonder if they also get a free obamaphone too...

 

[BluesLegend]

How in the hell did she afford to pay rent in NYC? Just as expensive as DC is isn't it?

She worked in the "service" industry, think about it.

The dimocrats elected a waitress

She is living the American dream Democrats decry

Dem's love living on the government dole.

 

[Oddball]

She still lives in NYC -- its not as easy to pay DC rent and NYC rent -- especially if you are NOT a rich elitist....

I find it funny that Trump lovers are mocking a woman for not being rich or elite, for not being establishment -- and most importantly, you are mocking a woman who didn't use her campaign funds for her own personal expenses (Duncan Hunter) -- and who didn't have lobbyists rent her homes at dirt cheap prices (Scott Pruitt) -- but you folks want to talk about "drain the swamp"??

Trump supporters are pathetic...

Maybe she can camp out with old batshit Bernie, huh?

 

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

• 
  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

Bimbo? Wow you are just as ignorant as Trump. Fuck you.

Bro she's dumb as a box of rocks.

uh-huh.... yet she was smart enough to beat her opponant- a republican who is a political professor.

uh-huh.... NY City congressional district its like you want to be mocked

sure. right. & obama lost both houses of CONgress in 2010 to (R)s... even in solid blue districts huh.... imagine that..... somehow that's ummmm.....different....

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

How in the hell did she afford to pay rent in NYC? Just as expensive as DC is isn't it?

She worked in the "service" industry, think about it.

The dimocrats elected a waitress

She is living the American dream Democrats decry

Dem's love living on the government dole.

Mocking the twit for not being wealthy is FUCKING STUPID.
That is the point of this thread and it is condescending, elitist, smug, and uncalled for

 

[talksalot]

How in the hell did she afford to pay rent in NYC? Just as expensive as DC is isn't it?

She still lives in NYC -- its not as easy to pay DC rent and NYC rent -- especially if you are NOT a rich elitist....

I find it funny that Trump lovers are mocking a woman for not being rich or elite, for not being establishment -- and most importantly, you are mocking a woman who didn't use her campaign funds for her own personal expenses (Duncan Hunter) -- and who didn't have lobbyists rent her homes at dirt cheap prices (Scott Pruitt) -- but you folks want to talk about "drain the swamp"??

Trump supporters are pathetic...

Drain the swamp of the lazy and corrupt career politicians and replace them with honest, qualified people. Not dimwits.

 

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Bimbo? Wow you are just as ignorant as Trump. Fuck you.

Bro she's dumb as a box of rocks.

uh-huh.... yet she was smart enough to beat her opponant- a republican who is a political professor.

says more about the sheep that voted for her

Irony?

no problem.

I'm used to your 'ironic' comments and pictures.

Go ahead and post them

lol... tic toc jr.

 

[rightwinger]

How in the hell did she afford to pay rent in NYC? Just as expensive as DC is isn't it?

She still lives in NYC -- its not as easy to pay DC rent and NYC rent -- especially if you are NOT a rich elitist....

I find it funny that Trump lovers are mocking a woman for not being rich or elite, for not being establishment -- and most importantly, you are mocking a woman who didn't use her campaign funds for her own personal expenses (Duncan Hunter) -- and who didn't have lobbyists rent her homes at dirt cheap prices (Scott Pruitt) -- but you folks want to talk about "drain the swamp"??

Trump supporters are pathetic...

Maybe that’s why she’s running on everything is free, but don’t ask how she’s gonna pay for it!


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She knows how to pay for it.

She scares the hell out of you wingnuts. I love it.

She should. If her election doesn't alarm informed Americans then something is wrong with them.

What is wrong with her election?
It is a political success story

 

[rightwinger]

She still lives in NYC -- its not as easy to pay DC rent and NYC rent -- especially if you are NOT a rich elitist....

I find it funny that Trump lovers are mocking a woman for not being rich or elite, for not being establishment -- and most importantly, you are mocking a woman who didn't use her campaign funds for her own personal expenses (Duncan Hunter) -- and who didn't have lobbyists rent her homes at dirt cheap prices (Scott Pruitt) -- but you folks want to talk about "drain the swamp"??

Trump supporters are pathetic...

Maybe she can camp out with old batshit Bernie, huh?

Bernie never made much money either

 

[Care4all]

How in the hell did she afford to pay rent in NYC? Just as expensive as DC is isn't it?

Rent control in New York....? or she was in a co-op, or she had a roommate or two or three,or lived with family...?

Yes, rents in DC where a congressman would live and is safer, are very expensive...

There is great demand for these safer areas from not only Congress Critters, but also, law firms and Lobbyists, and Political Action groups... high demand and a very limited area of safer Rentals would make it hard for most middle class, to live there.

She'll be getting her $170,000 plus salary in January and will probably need to bunk on someone's couch, until then....

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

How in the hell did she afford to pay rent in NYC? Just as expensive as DC is isn't it?

She still lives in NYC -- its not as easy to pay DC rent and NYC rent -- especially if you are NOT a rich elitist....

I find it funny that Trump lovers are mocking a woman for not being rich or elite, for not being establishment -- and most importantly, you are mocking a woman who didn't use her campaign funds for her own personal expenses (Duncan Hunter) -- and who didn't have lobbyists rent her homes at dirt cheap prices (Scott Pruitt) -- but you folks want to talk about "drain the swamp"??

Trump supporters are pathetic...

Drain the swamp of the lazy and corrupt career politicians and replace them with honest, qualified people. Not dimwits.

Maybe to you in your efforts to move goal posts -- that is what drain the swamp meant..

But to the majority of the country -- it meant kicking out people who cheat and lie and are corrupt pieces of crap who is only in DC to enrich themselves...


Now you attack this woman for not having lobbyists supply her with a place to stay, you attack her for NOT being savvy enough to get away with using campaign funds...and you call her stupid because she doesn't think like you -- but call Trump smart because why? because he is rich? because he trolls the libs?

Well, if Cortez angers you trumpers so much, then lets just say she is trolling, which is ok according to trumper logic...

 

[Faun]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

• 
  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

Shit, Republicans elected a dead man.

Nevada voters elect a dead man to state Assembly

and?


so did Democrats


Missouri elects dead man as senator

So? There were also Republicans who couldn’t afford rent.

‘I can’t afford an apartment’: Congressmen sleeping in offices cry poverty

WASHINGTON — These Congress members are sleeping on the job — and defending their right to do it.

Crying poverty amid decade-long stagnant salaries and Washington’s steep cost of living, an increasing number of House lawmakers have turned into professional squatters at night, hitting the sack in their Capitol Hill offices — on everything from cots in closets to futons stashed behind constituent couches — to save a few bucks during the work week.

“Washington is too expensive,” said Rep. Dan Donovan (R-SI), who credits the cot that he sleeps on in a tiny alcove in his office as the reason he is able to serve in Congress while still paying his New York City housing costs.​

 

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

• 
  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

You think only rich people should be elected to government offices?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

• 
  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

You think only rich people should be elected to government offices?

Of course he does, he is a Repub. that is how they all think

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

• 
  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

Shit, Republicans elected a dead man.

Nevada voters elect a dead man to state Assembly

and?


so did Democrats


Missouri elects dead man as senator

So? There were also Republicans who couldn’t afford rent.

‘I can’t afford an apartment’: Congressmen sleeping in offices cry poverty

WASHINGTON — These Congress members are sleeping on the job — and defending their right to do it.

Crying poverty amid decade-long stagnant salaries and Washington’s steep cost of living, an increasing number of House lawmakers have turned into professional squatters at night, hitting the sack in their Capitol Hill offices — on everything from cots in closets to futons stashed behind constituent couches — to save a few bucks during the work week.

“Washington is too expensive,” said Rep. Dan Donovan (R-SI), who credits the cot that he sleeps on in a tiny alcove in his office as the reason he is able to serve in Congress while still paying his New York City housing costs.​

And Dan Donovan is a 62 year old attorney! WTF!

 

[rightwinger]

How in the hell did she afford to pay rent in NYC? Just as expensive as DC is isn't it?

Rent control in New York....? or she was in a co-op, or she had a roommate or two or three,or lived with family...?

Yes, rents in DC where a congressman would live and is safer, are very expensive...

There is great demand for these safer areas from not only Congress Critters, but also, law firms and Lobbyists, and Political Action groups... high demand and a very limited area of safer Rentals would make it hard for most middle class, to live there.

She'll be getting her $170,000 plus salary in January and will probably need to bunk on someone's couch, until then....

A Congressman is living in DC on behalf of his state
The state should pick up his housing costs

 

[percysunshine]

The US needs a new Ambassador Chargé d'Affaires for Venezuela.

Hey, this is a slam dunk.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

She'll be getting her $170,000 plus salary in January

This just blows my mind. Why the fuck are we paying PUBLIC SERVANTS that kind of money? No one in DC should get that kind of money. No wonder we're fucking broke.

 

[OKTexas]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

• 
  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

The ignorant broad just landed a job that pays 14K+ a month, if she can't figure it out, maybe she should step aside and let an adult take over.

.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent Problem

What a bimbo

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Fox News For Laughing At Her DC Rent problem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, called out Fox News for belittling her struggle to afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., during a Friday panel discussion on “America’s Newsroom.”

• 
  The Fox panelists snickered all the way through their chat on the topic, described in a chyron as: “Self-proclaimed socialist says she can’t afford DC rent.”
  
  Contributor Judy Miller actually laughed after host Bill Hemmer recalled that Ocasio-Cortez ― whose name no one pronounced correctly on the show ― was working in the service industry before she launched into her campaign to represent New York’s 14th District.

The ignorant broad just landed a job that pays 14K+ a month, if she can't figure it out, maybe she should step aside and let an adult take over.

.

She should do that anyway lol