Originally published at: DEEP THOUGHTS: AOC Says Socialism People ‘Investing in Themselves,’ Capitalism ‘Billionaire-Captured Government’ | Sean Hannity
Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez left millions of followers on social media scratching their heads Monday; saying “socialism” is “the public democratically investing in ourselves.”
“When the public democratically decides to invest in ourselves, in working people, they call it socialism. When a billionaire-captured government forces the public to pay for their misdeeds at the expense of working people, they just call it the cost of capitalism,” she tweeted.
When the public democratically decides to invest in ourselves, in working people, they call it socialism.
When a billionaire-captured government forces the public to pay for their misdeeds at the expense of working people, they just call it the cost of capitalism. https://t.co/nUgMpRBiYB
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 23, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez made similar comments last week; rebuking the Founding Fathers and calling for full statehood-status for the District of Columbia.
“DC was the 1st territory in the United States to free the enslaved. It’s where Black Americans fled the tyranny of slavery & towards greater freedom, to DC. Yet today it’s where 2nd class citizenship reigns, and the right to vote is denied. It’s time to recognize DC statehood,” posted AOC on social media.
DC was the 1st territory in the United States to free the enslaved.
It’s where Black Americans fled the tyranny of slavery & towards greater freedom, to DC. Yet today it’s where 2nd class citizenship reigns, and the right to vote is denied.
It’s time to recognize DC statehood. https://t.co/AkfaRHw38C
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 19, 2019
Democrats in the House of Representatives launched a historic bid to transform the District of Columbia into a full-blown state this week; a move that would give the federal territory one Congressperson and two Senators.
“House Democrats, in their first hearing on D.C. statehood in more than 25 years, on Thursday advocated for the District of Columbia to become the country’s 51st state as Republicans raised concerns about recent corruption scandals involving local D.C. officials,” reports Fox News.
