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"In a letter written to the congressional ethics board, the group’s founder Thomas Jones said Ms Ocasio-Cortez “violated” the rule known as the Gift Rule, by accepting free tickets to the extravagant annual gala “without having a permissible exemption to allow the acceptance of the lavish gift”. “We filed a formal complaint against AOC for her blatant ethics violations at the NYC Met Gala. Her $35,000 ticket and custom designer gown fail to meet any definition of ‘official duties’, and warrant a full investigation into her attendance,” the group wrote on Twitter."
Haha, I knew this was going to come back to haunt her! And the designer of the dress owes debt in multiple states as well! This story just keeps getting better!
This won't go anywhere. Plus it's a charity gala in her own city, not like someone gave her a car.
Doesn't matter, the rules are the rules. If it violates the code then it violates the code. You don't get to decide what counts and what doesn't. And it also doesn't matter that it was for charity, especially since we now know the boyfriend of the dress designer made a call to a billionaire who paid for both AOC and her boyfriend's ticket.
So AOC didn't donate anything. She just used it for her brand she's building. The brand that is clearly proving she'd rather be amongst the elite and not be for the little people like she claimed she was.
This won't go anywhere. Plus it's a charity gala in her own city, not like someone gave her a car.
what's the difference? the price tag was 35k. that's what matters.
the designer of the expensive dress not paying their taxes just makes it even funnier.
Doesn't matter, the rules are the rules. If it violates the code then it violates the code. You don't get to decide what counts and what doesn't. And it also doesn't matter that it was for charity, especially since we now know the boyfriend of the dress designer made a call to a billionaire who paid for both AOC and her boyfriend's ticket.
So AOC didn't donate anything. She just used it for her brand she's building. The brand that is clearly proving she'd rather be amongst the elite and not be for the little people like she claimed she was.
You seem to think you have an understanding as to how loose "official duties" might be interpreted by congress-critters which apparently I hold in much less esteem than you do.
I don't like AOC, but I'm able to differentiate between what I'd like to see happen and what is actually going to happen...which is nothing.
You're on a one way trip to disappointment city which is I think where Hillary and Trump are jailed.
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