Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, can’t afford to rent an apartment in Washington, D.C. before she’s sworn in come January.
“I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real,” she told the New York Times. “We’re kind of just dealing with the logistics of it day by day, but I’ve really been just kind of squirreling away and then hoping that gets me to January.”
After the article was published, Ocasio-Cortez, who worked as a bartender prior to her political run, noted on Twitter that “our electoral system isn’t even designed (nor prepared) for working-class people to lead.” She said not to worry, she’s already working it out.
Read more at NBC News.
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Poor socialist working class lady about to get $174000 salary
What, there is no section 8 in DC?
What does she need money for? All the other congress members who have too much money will just give it to her
That’s no big deal. Rent in Flatbush is a lot more the DC.
Great! Mabey she just stays home. So our country stays a safer place
Lesson learned – never take on a job, the description of which you don’t know, or a job that you are absolutely unqualified for, or the one that you cannot afford to have.
On a positive note, perhaps she could be on Section 8, like the majority of those who elected her.
So here’s the dumbest person who don’t know what you doing but she’s going to make decisions about us makes a lot of sense
Poor bubby might have to commute
Oh how my heart bleeeds
Its not uncommon for members of congress to sleep in their offices due to the high expense of having to rent in D.C. while paying their regular housing expenses in their hometown.
She’s a known nothing
Someone should open a go fund me page for the poor girl