Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is slamming the U.S. billionaire class for going “all in” on President Donald Trump after his election victory in November, noting that many who beforehand criticized him are actually in a “kiss-ass race” to indicate Trump their utmost fealty.
“All of these people that were scared before about being associated with him, from the most common basic level to the most elite level, they’re all all-in now because this is now a billionaire feeding frenzy,” she stated Thursday on Jon Stewart’s “The Weekly Show” podcast.
“It is a kiss-ass race,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “It is, ‘How can I show how much fealty I have to Donald Trump in order to get my digs?’ I think what’s really important for people to understand, now and every day of this administration, is that you’re being ripped off.”
Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) equally shared concern Tuesday a few potential oligarchy within the U.S., noting billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk already personal a significant information publication and social media platform, The Washington Submit and X (previously Twitter), respectively.
Trump not too long ago bragged about all of the wealthy tech moguls who visited him after the election, together with Bezos, who slammed Trump in 2016, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who stated in 2020 that he was “disgusted” with Trump’s “divisive rhetoric.”
Each males attended Monday’s inauguration alongside a number of different rich executives: Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Apple’s Tim Prepare dinner and Musk — who’s reportedly getting an workplace on the White Home to guide his new Division of Authorities Effectivity.
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Ocasio-Cortez stated the checklist of prior Trump critics now currying favor with him has helped normalize Trump in American tradition — making his second time period “so much more dangerous” than the primary.
“The first time, people were really on edge, they were on guard, they were very vigilant about any break that he would have with these norms,” the New York lawmaker stated Thursday. “This time, the norms are becoming him — the norms are embracing him.”
“Even these little things that everyday working people may not care about, but they are strong cultural signals,” she continued. “Oscar de la Renta dressing all of the women, there’s all these cultural symbols.”
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De la Renta did certainly costume each Ivanka Trump and Second Girl Usha Vance in customized ensembles — and shared photographs of their seems to be on the official Oscar de la Renta Instagram account.
“Everyone is being ripped off,” Ocasio-Cortez stated of Trump’s new insurance policies already negatively affecting voters. “And he goes up there, and he says what he wants to say, but he’s just the quintessential New York con man.”
