Poor people not allowed in AOC's luxury apartment complex

[OneHungLo]

AOC is already very swampy!

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently moved into a luxury apartment complex in Washington, D.C. that does not offer the affordable housing units that were a key plank in the New York congresswoman’s campaign platform.

Ocasio-Cortez, 29, who said in November that she was concerned about being able to afford rent in D.C., now earns a $174,000 annual salary and is living in a newly built high-rise in the city’s Navy Yard area, the Washington Free Beacon reported last week.

The freshman congresswoman, a self-described socialist, campaigned on a platform to expand affordable housing, and her controversial Green New Deal proposal promises “Safe, affordable, adequate housing” for all.

But Ocasio-Cortez’s new building — built by leading D.C. developer WC Smith — is part of a luxury complex whose owners specifically do not offer affordable units under Washington, D.C.’s Affordable Dwelling Units program. The Washington Examiner is not naming the building or complex.

In 2018, a civil rights attorney sued the Washington, D.C. government for allegedly discriminatory gentrification policies, claiming that development in Navy Yard area and other parts of southeast D.C. encouraged an influx of affluent “millennial creatives” who displaced minority residents.

Ocasio-Cortez, commonly referred to as "AOC," repeatedly criticized luxury real estate developers during her campaign, claiming that their buildings hiked up rent prices and pushed low-income residents out of their neighborhoods.

“We need to kick luxury real estate lobbyists to the curb and defend working people’s way of life,” Ocasio-Cortez said last March. “Skyrocketing cost of living is a national crisis that CAN be addressed. It’s not just an NYC issue - it’s happening in every US metro area.”

Ocasio-Cortez also promised not to take campaign contributions from luxury developers during her campaign. “It’s time we stand up to the luxury developer lobby,” she said in a speech last April. “Every official is too scared to do it - except me.”

Her new apartment complex — which boasts on its website that it vows to take "luxury apartment living" to a higher level — offers over 100,000 square feet of amenities for its residents.

These include: two private massage rooms with state-of-the-art hydrotherapy beds; men’s and women’s saunas; a full-scale demonstration kitchen with wood-fired pizza oven; a 25-meter indoor lap pool; a rooftop infinity pool with panoramic views of the Capitol; a Peloton cycling studio with over a dozen bikes; and a fireside lounge featuring a Steinway & Sons player piano.

Also included is a PGA-grade golf simulation lounge with a wrap-around screen and viewing bar that allows residents to play virtually at dozens of the world’s most exclusive golf courses with the touch of a button. Last week, Democrats mocked President Trump for installing a new golf simulator at the White House — updating with his own money one originally installed by former President Barack Obama.

Apartments in the building currently start at $1,840 per month for a 440 square foot studio, and range up to $5,200 for a three-bedroom. The average rent in Washington D.C. is $1,340 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,550 for a two-bedroom, according to the most recent data from Apartment List.

W. Christopher Smith, 66, the Annapolis-based CEO of WC Smith, is a Democratic donor who contributed to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and the Senate campaigns of Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-M.D., Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA., and Jane Raybould, who lost a 2018 Senate race in Nebraska.

Smith donated to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., in 2017, and 11 employees of WC Smith gave $6,900 to the campaign of Muriel Bower, the Democratic mayor of D.C. In 2018, WC Smith's vice-president of communications Ann-Marie Bairstow gave over $1300 to Act Blue earmarked in small amounts — $100 or less — for various candidates, including $50 to Ocasio-Cortez

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/p...rtment-complex
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[onwebcam]

Remember that ordeal about her boyfriend having a house email? Well they went after the guy who put that out. Tried to shut him down so in turn he went digging.. He's finding some good stuff.. Such as she was using this new PAC/LLC to run her campaign.. The organization itself may be in some trouble once he's done.. As for AOC as of right now it appears this little known group was bankrolling her campaign.. And get this.. She was cutting checks to it out of campaign funds and then the org was cutting checks to her boyfriend for "consulting services"

https://medium.com/@ltthompso/the-co...p-d33296ec251e

[Mr Pheer]

Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

Lets see how you guys feel about her when the newest bunch of shit comes out. You'll see her version of socialism, at least concerning her boyfriend.

Should be hitting the news just about now...

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by onwebcam

Remember that ordeal about her boyfriend having a house email? Well they went after the guy who put that out. Tried to shut him down so in turn he went digging.. He's finding some good stuff.. Such as she was using this new organization to run her campaign.. The organization itself may be in some trouble once he's done.. As for AOC as of right now it appears this little known group was bankrolling her campaign.. And get this.. She was cutting checks to it out of campaign funds and then the org was cutting checks to her boyfriend for "consulting services"

Yeah I saw that as well. The way they did it was pretty shifty. She's already fitting in well in DC

[astronaut x]

The things you guys get off on. LOL.

At this point, you are just embarrassing yourselves.

[Mr Pheer]

Originally Posted by astronaut x

The things you guys get off on. LOL.

At this point, you are just embarrassing yourselves.

Ok, astronaut.

[Rochard]

Her and three thousand other people...

[King Mark]

This reminds me of when Robbie wanted the Obama's finances investigated last month for being able to afford to live in a nice neighborhood.

[huey]

Living the good life in DC = goodbye socialism.

[pimpmaster9000]

a politician with 170K salary can afford an apartment...oh the scandal...

[escorpio]

AOC is totally pretty and stuff. Poor people are gross!

[beerptrol]

Thank god they are allowed to live at Trump Tower or as members to his clubs!

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by crucifissio

a politician with 170K salary can afford an apartment...oh the scandal...

Obviously...but if you read the article they don't allow any affordable housing there which is something she's constantly railing against.

[King Mark]

^^^mad they won't put a trailer park over there so he can afford to harass her or one of his redhat incel hitsquad members can mass-shoot her in another suicide mission.

[bronco67]

She can't help the poor from a trailer park.

[King Mark]

From a smart american billionaire: "I can't help the poor if I'm one of them"

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by Dead Eye

^^^mad they won't put a trailer park over there so he can afford to harass her or one of his redhat incel hitsquad members can mass-shoot her in another suicide mission.

Yeah... sure thing you emotional lefttard

[DBS.US]

You should see the Hong Kong rent on a nice apartment