AOC Spent $6.3M to Defeat
Primary Challenger
American Spectator,
by
David Catron
Original Article
Posted By: Garnet,
6/25/2020 6:49:58 AM
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for all her strident rhetoric about the malignant influence of money in politics, won Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York’s 14th District the old-fashioned way — she drowned her opponents beneath a tsunami of campaign cash. According to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Ocasio-Cortez spent about $6.3 million of $10.5 million raised, more than any other Democrat up for reelection in 2020. Her only serious primary challenger for the NY-14 seat, longtime CNBC journalist Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, spent about $1 million of $2 million raised. As of Wednesday afternoon, with 88% of precincts reporting, AOC had garnered 73 percent of the ballots cast compared to Caruso-Cabrera’s 19 percent.
Stupid is as Stupid does. And I don’t know if I mean AOC, or her constituents... Or both!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rather Read 6/25/2020 7:09:26 AM (No. 456244)
If Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez got power, I fear she'd turn into Madame deFarge. By the way, why is she still sporting the last name of Cortez? Wasn't he one of the Worst People Ever? And aren't words triggering?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ismeme 6/25/2020 7:28:26 AM (No. 456262)
73% vs. 19% makes me suspicious of the ballots submitted.
Did 130% of her district vote? Were ballots found in closets, trunks, and trash bags?
Just call me curious.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
gwholmessr 6/25/2020 7:35:20 AM (No. 456268)
This is a joke. What kind of people make up her district? There couldn’t have been a serious election held or people really that stupid?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 6/25/2020 7:37:42 AM (No. 456273)
Did she now! Has AOC paid her dues to the DNC yet. Don't think I care, I'm just showing off my memory.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
GO3 6/25/2020 8:01:10 AM (No. 456297)
Wow. That’s a lot of tips.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/25/2020 8:02:24 AM (No. 456300)
You can best believe some of that cash went towards big time cheating to make sure the silly one (calling her AOC is too cutesy) won her primary challenge. That's a steep amount to go against some relatively unknown candidate in that district with all the national attention she gets. Cortez is bought and paid for and will always win; I'm sure somebody's thinking she might be the first woman President some day.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
planetgeo 6/25/2020 8:36:00 AM (No. 456340)
Just confirms how hopelessly lost NYC voters are. She drove away a huge job-providing business in her district. She proposed a totally imbecilic "Green New deal" that would destroy more jobs and most modern conveniences of life. And daily spouts just plain stupid stuff. And they STILL voted for her. The first time might have been excusable because she was an unknown. Not any more.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Kate318 6/25/2020 8:58:59 AM (No. 456370)
“As of Wednesday afternoon, with 88% of precincts reporting, AOC had manufactured 73 percent of the ballots cast compared to Caruso-Cabrera’s 19 percent.” Fixed it.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 6/25/2020 9:00:46 AM (No. 456372)
Where's she getting that kind of money? Venezuela?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
fayebeck 6/25/2020 9:03:27 AM (No. 456374)
AOC will be the first woman to be elected president. New York and most Americans are that stupid.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
gop_guys 6/25/2020 9:09:33 AM (No. 456383)
“People that elect corrupt politicians are not victims. They are accomplices.” George Orwell. There’s no hope for NY or California. My advice is for conservatives to make the move!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Bazi 6/25/2020 9:26:25 AM (No. 456399)
#11 BLM is taking in boatloads of cash and siphoning it to the "commie né democrat" party.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
sunnyday 6/25/2020 9:28:22 AM (No. 456403)
I don't understand why any amount of money that was spent on her campaign helped her win the primary. Baffled.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hershey 6/25/2020 9:35:14 AM (No. 456410)
Just proves that money can buy a politician...I was hoping she'd get her barmaid butt bashed...
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
sanspeur 6/25/2020 9:38:20 AM (No. 456416)
has she paid her NYC overdue taxes yet ? I’ll betcha the salaries of her “campaign staff” ( boyfriend , mom etc ) are the biglyist part of this loud mouth’s expenses ..
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Muguy 6/25/2020 9:46:13 AM (No. 456423)
MORE B.S. from this braying Jenny?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
john56 6/25/2020 9:51:16 AM (No. 456433)
Wonder how much she pilfered out of this tip jar?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
padiva 6/25/2020 10:45:26 AM (No. 456510)
She needs to get out of the House and run for mayor.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 6/25/2020 10:45:58 AM (No. 456512)
Ugh, this stinks. I really hope we are running a decent republican, for she needs to go. The other option is to flood the House with republicans to put her and Pelosi into a minority. Then let them squawk.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 6/25/2020 11:37:29 AM (No. 456601)
Since a typical Congressional district has about 650,000 people, she spent about $10 per person to win a primary. THAT is pretty expensive vote buying when you consider that probably less than 30% of those 650K folks are registered voters, and perhaps 25-30% of registered voters vote in primaries, and maybe 2/3 of those were Dems. That guesstimate works out to around 32,000 votes cast in the Dem primary. If that is anywhere near correct, she spent about $200 per vote cast in the Dem primary.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/25/2020 1:57:36 PM (No. 456825)
The real tragedy is that a bunch of ignorant someones gave her all that money...I wonder how much she STOLE!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
49 Ford 6/25/2020 4:36:14 PM (No. 457013)
The hard fact is that the people in her district agree with her, like what she says and how she conducts herself. Yes, they really are that stupid. Or lazy, or communist.
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"Come on man" AOC didn't spend a dime of her money. Follow the money.
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