While Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez travels the country with Sen. Bernie Sanders railing against the power and influence of so-called “oligarchs” in the United States, allegations of ethics misconduct and swanky jet travel risk undermining her message.
Ocasio-Cortez, a rising star on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party that has not hesitated to call out her own party menbers, was slapped last month with an ethics complaint alleging she may have used a taxpayer-funded office budget for dance training she claims were campaign expenses.
Ocasio-Cortez has also come under scrutiny for expensive private flights during the oligarchy tour and was subject of a congressional ethics investigation over possible “impermissible gifts” associated with her attendance at the Met Gala in 2021.
“We are witnessing an oligarchy in America,” Ocasio-Cortez said before a crowd of 10,000 in an Arizona State University arena on March 20. “When those with the most economic, political and technological power destroy the public good in order to enrich themselves at the price of millions of Americans.”