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AOC says she's worth less than $500,000 after kickback claims — and seems to get kudos from Trump fans in response

www.businessinsider.com AOC says she's worth less than $500,000 after kickback claims — and seems to get kudos from Trump fans in response

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won plaudits from critics for saying her congressional salary is her only income and she doesn't trade stocks.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denied claims that she is secretly wealthy, stating she is worth less than $500,000 and doesn’t trade stocks or take corporate money.

Her financial disclosures show modest savings and student debt.

Some conservatives on X, despite opposing her politics, praised her perceived integrity.

Accusations of political corruption have surged online, partly fueled by Elon Musk.

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1d ago

AOC says she's worth less than $500,000 after kickback claims — and seems to get kudos from Trump fans in response

www.businessinsider.com /aoc-net-worth-wealth-salary-congress-home-trump-ocasio-cortez-2025-2

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How is she so fucking corrupt already?! She claims she's not wealthy and then in the next sentence says she "only has hundreds of tbousands of dollars in the bank"
If you have hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, that makes you rich
- I'm starting to understand how people like Trump keep getting into office. Either you have no reading comprehension, or you're being completely disingenuous. I'm a highschool dropout making low 6 figures that's lucky enough to have a few merger assets and a 401k, and I'm "worth" more than AOC. I'm also 10 years older than her.
  
  We're talking net worth, not income.
  I have a few hundred thousand in the bank, and I'm very aware that most of my friends and family consider me rich.
  
  Dude.. what do you think net worth is? Her income is higher than mine.
  
  We’re talking net worth, not income.
  I have a few hundred thousand in the bank, and I’m very aware that most of my friends and family consider me rich.
  Oh, you are a bougie asshole trying to slum it down here with us then and you still can't read a damn article.
  Complaining about a 125K 401K makes you rich.
  That 175K annual income makes you rich.
  Complaining we're all out of touch with poor people.
  And you're just a bougie asshole playing pauper for the day.
  And probably lying about that too.
  
  Wut
- Well this is the dumbest, "I don't know how to read" comment so far of the day.
- The job of being in congress pays 174k per year, so having some amount of money after doing that job for multiple years is inevitable.
  AOC is one of the most outspoken leftists in the government. If anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt it is her.
  
  Then she should realize that she's rich compared to most US Americans. Obviously the wealth went to her head and now she's out of touch with reality
  
  Idk man, she is fighting daily for the middle class, and is consistently against billionaires existing. That's sort of her whole thing. If anything she seems more in touch with the issues regular people face more than anyone in Congress.
  This feels like a bad faith attempt to find something not to like about her.
  
  Oh, I agree she's more in touch than the others. But thats a damn low bar.
  
  Based on what?
  
  Then she should realize that she's rich compared to most US Americans
  How do you know she doesn't?
  Do you just hate women?
- That 500k net worth of hers isn't sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent, moron.
  
  Not even 500K, 125K in government 401K, 45K in savings and private 401K
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFySs0V6A0

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