Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accepted a $2,700 donation from billionaire Tom Steyer

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been critical of fellow Democrats being funded by billionaires, but she reportedly failed to mention that she once accepted a donation from 2020 presidential hopeful and billionaire, Tom Steyer. 

According to OpenSecrets.org, Steyer, who has donated to numerous PACs and Democratic candidates, sent a donation in the amount of $2,700 to the 30-year-old’s campaign on August 29, 2018.

The revelation comes just days after she and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called out Mayor Pete Buttigeig for holding fancy fundraisers with rich donors during a Venice Beach rally.

Buttigieg, who is also a 2020 presidential hopeful, held a fundraiser in Napa Valley that cost $900 to attend.

  

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) has been critical of fellow Democrats being funded by billionaires, but she reportedly failed to mention that she once accepted a donation from 2020 presidential hopeful and billionaire, Tom Steyer (right)

The revelation comes just days after she and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called out Mayor Pete Buttigeig for holding fancy fundraisers with rich donors. This screen shot shows Steyer's donation to Ocasio-Cortez on August 29, 2018

The revelation comes just days after she and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called out Mayor Pete Buttigeig for holding fancy fundraisers with rich donors. This screen shot shows Steyer’s donation to Ocasio-Cortez on August 29, 2018

‘We don’t go to rich people’s wine caves,’ Sanders, who has been endorsed by Ocasio-Cortez, told a crowd of thousands gathered between the Venice Beach boardwalk and the Pacific Ocean on Saturday.

Buttigieg was also slammed by Sen Elizabeth Warren, another Democratic presidential candidate, over his fundraising efforts during last week’s debate. 

‘The mayor just recently had a fundraiser that was held in a wine cave full of crystals and served $900-a-bottle wine — think about who comes to that,’ Warren stated, referencing the Napa Valley fundraiser held on December 15.

‘We made the decision many years ago that rich people in smoke-filled rooms would not pick the next president of the United States. Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States,’ Warren argued. 

The mayor then responded by pointing out that Warren is a multi-millionaire.  ‘According to Forbes magazine, I am literally the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire,’ he said. ‘This is important — this is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass.’

During Sanders’ rally, Ocasio-Cortez took the opportunity to use Buttigieg’s words against him, saying: ‘For anyone who accuses us for instituting purity tests… it’s called having values.’  

‘Let me tell you something,’ the freshman Democratic congresswoman from New York went on. 

‘I go to work all the time and I hear people say, “what will my donors think?” I hear that phrase. And I hear and I see that billionaires get members of Congress on speed dial and waitresses don’t.’ 

Buttigieg was slammed by Sen Elizabeth Warren, another Democratic presidential candidate, over his fundraising efforts during last week's debate

Buttigieg was slammed by Sen Elizabeth Warren, another Democratic presidential candidate, over his fundraising efforts during last week’s debate

But the mayor responded by pointing out Warren is a multi-millionaire. 'According to Forbes magazine, I am literally the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire,' he said. 'This is important. This is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass'

But the mayor responded by pointing out Warren is a multi-millionaire. ‘According to Forbes magazine, I am literally the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire,’ he said. ‘This is important. This is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass’

During Sanders' rally, Ocasio-Cortez took the opportunity to use Buttigieg's words against him, saying: 'For anyone who accuses us for instituting purity tests... it’s called having values.'

During Sanders’ rally, Ocasio-Cortez took the opportunity to use Buttigieg’s words against him, saying: ‘For anyone who accuses us for instituting purity tests… it’s called having values.’

Ocasio-Cortez worked as a bartender before being elected to Congress last year.  

Sanders and fellow progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren have sworn off getting help from Super PACs. 

They have raised campaign cash using small dollar donations. Buttigieg has participated in glitzy closed-door fundraisers, though has released the names of most of his bundlers. Transparency, though, hasn’t been enough for him to avoid attacks from the Sanders-Warren wing. 

Ocasio-Cortez’s dig came after she had gone after Congress for passing President Trump’s bloated defense budget.

Trump signed it into law Friday at Joint Base Andrews before leaving to spend the holidays at Mar-a-Lago. The bill includes Trump’s new Space Force. 

Ocasio-Cortez said she was asked ‘not once’ whose taxes would go up to pay for President Trump’s $738billion defense budget. ‘This is not just some kind of campaign line,’ she said. 

‘We only talk about raising taxes when it comes to taking care of our kids and saving our planet and establishing healthcare – it is the ultimate hypocrisy,’ Ocasio-Cortez told the crowd.  

With California Sen Kamala Harris out of the presidential race, Sanders is currently leading the pack to pick up the delegate-rich state. 

Buttigieg is seen sitting down during his fundraiser in Napa Valley on December 15

Buttigieg is seen sitting down during his fundraiser in Napa Valley on December 15 

A look at the wine cave used for Buttigieg fundraiser that became one of the most memorable phrases during last week's Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles

A look at the wine cave used for Buttigieg fundraiser that became one of the most memorable phrases during last week’s Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles 

A Change Research poll conducted for KQED earlier this month found that 26 per cent of Californians supported Sanders, followed by Sen Elizabeth Warren at 23 per cent and former Vice President Joe Biden at 19 per cent. 

Buttigieg is next with 12 per cent and Andrew Yang clocks in at 4 per cent. 

In the last cycle, California was Sanders’ last hope to beat Hillary Clinton, as the state’s primary was in June, at the very end of the cycle. 

This year Californians will vote much sooner, as the state’s primary is scheduled for March 3 – what in politics is dubbed ‘Super Tuesday’ – as voters from 14 states and American Somoa will head to the polls or caucus sites. 

Ocasio-Cortez announced that she still felt the Bern on October 15, the night Sanders debated his Democratic rivals in Ohio – his first event after recovering from a heart attack. She had supported his 2016 campaign. 

She made her endorsement official at a rally in their native New York City. The congresswoman has campaigned alongside Sanders in Iowa as well.    

Besides Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders has attracted the endorsements of two other members of the so-called ‘squad’ – Reps Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. 

They’ve made campaign appearances with Sanders in their home states of Minnesota and Michigan.

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