Earlier this year, Ocasio-Cortez came under fire when her official campaign website stated that she grew up in the Bronx, which is one of the five boroughs of New York City. A report from The Daily Mail detailed how Ocasio-Cortez actually grew up in a very wealthy area and a nice home for a better part of her life:
- The home, a single-story with a finished basement, most recently sold for $355,000 in 2016.
- The median annual income in the area is $116,741, compared to the median annual income of $48,315 in Parkchester’s zip code, according to the latest Census data.
Don’t be fooled by the plaques that we got, I’m still / I’m still Alex from the Bronx
The average household wealth of the town in which you grew up is $1.2 million.
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Yep. As everyone knows, I grew up between two worlds + experienced 1st hand how a child’s zip code can shape their destiny.
It was scrubbing those households’ toilets w/ my mother that I saw and breathed income inequality.
I decided to make a difference.
You decide to do this.
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In which a Republican literally tries to mansplaining *my own childhood* and life to me.
And in true mansplaining form, he’s doing it wrong with an great degree of confidence.
It begs the question: is the GOP really “sending us their best?”
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