AOC won’t pay $250K in dues to Democrats, because ‘people like me are not welcome’

AOC REFUSES to pay $250,000 in dues from the Democrats because the party ‘clearly told people like me that we’re not welcome’

  • New York Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is holding back $250,000 in dues she owes the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
  • AOC says she won’t pay up because she doesn’t see why she should give ‘to an organization that has clearly told people like me that we’re not welcome’ 
  • The dues, paid from her campaign fundraising, are earmarked to help keep the Democratic House majority 
  • The 30-year-old was referring to a policy that she says ‘blacklists’ vendors working with insurgent primary challengers like herself

New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she won’t pay $250,000 she owes in dues to the Democrats – money which is put toward the effort to keep the party’s majority in the House.

The 30-year-old firebrand, who is the youngest person ever elected to Congress, balked at contributing her share of fundraising to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

At issue for AOC, as she is referred to, is a policy that she says ‘blacklists’ vendors working with insurgent primary challengers like herself.

New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she won’t pay her fellow Democrats $250,000 she owes in dues that are aimed towards keeping the party’s majority in the House.

The 30-year-old firebrand, who is the youngest person ever elected to Congress, balked at contributing her share of fundraising to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

The 30-year-old firebrand, who is the youngest person ever elected to Congress, balked at contributing her share of fundraising to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

‘I don’t think my fundraising should go to preventing more people like me from being here in congress,’ she said in an interview with Fox News.

The news outlet reported on Friday that AOC drew fire for not failing to pay the committee. 

She insisted: ‘I’m a Democrat, I’m proud to be on this team. I’m proud to be part of the Democratic majority,’ she told Fox News, amid criticism she should quit the party and become an independent if she won’t be a ‘team player.’

In her defense, AOC said she’s raised more than $300,000 directly for progressive Democrats, including incumbents in swing districts, and that the effort she made was for ‘preserving and expanding the Democratic majority’.

All Democrats in the House are required to pay dues to the campaign committee. A range is set from as low as $150,000 for newer members to $1 million paid by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 

All Democrats in the House are required to pay dues to the campaign committee. A range is is set from as low as $150,000 for newer members to $1 million pa

All Democrats in the House are required to pay dues to the campaign committee. A range is is set from as low as $150,000 for newer members to $1 million paid by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (pictured)

The GOP has a similar system. 

Being asked to pay 250,000, AOC says, ‘pretty nuts’, given she’s a freshman member. 

‘Can you imagine being 30 years old and getting a bill for $250,000? I still have $20,000 in student loan debt.’

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