Summary

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.

  • TheFinn
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    If you can get bankrupted by an illness, you’re not rich.

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      Yup and I can say by experience that even making 180K at a fortune 500 company, that makes you still not rich when medical shit goes south.

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      By that definition, nobody is rich. You can spend 200 billion dollars trying to fight cancer and still die.