Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might want her followers to believe inflation is "propaganda" -- but her constituents aren't buying it.
The firebrand Democratic congresswoman used her Instagram stories to share a video from New Zealand's left-wing Aotearoa Liberation League in which an activist claimed the "propaganda" surrounding inflation was designed to protect "greedy shareholders," who are truly to blame for the rising cost of living.
But when The Post visited Ocasio-Cortez's constituents in the 14th district, which comprises areas in both Queens and in the southeastern part of the Bronx, all of them reported economic pain and many said the Biden administration should not be left off the hook.
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Latisha Law, 41, a certified nursing assistant, single mother of three, and grandmother, paused outside Key Food in the Castle Hill area of the Bronx to say she was struggling financially since the pandemic.
Inflation is real -- and the fault lies as much with the government as big corporations, Law told The Post.
"Is AOC crazy?" Law said. "Has she been to a grocery store recently? $1,000 ain't nothing no more. $100 ain't nothing no more. Maybe she should spend some time in the projects and really help people."
Law, like the majority of Bronx and Queens residents interviewed by The Post, did not really know much about Ocasio-Cortez.
Most asked who she was and could not really seem to identify her but all agreed that they are paying almost twice as much for the same amount of groceries and other essentials.
A number reported getting into serious credit card debt because of their struggle to pay bills.
"I'm working two jobs just to survive," Law told the Post. "I kill myself just to feed my family. It's much worse now than it was before the pandemic."
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Jean Torres, 72, a retired schoolteacher and Bronx resident of Puerto Rican descent, said that inflation is so bad that some of her children have to pay for some essentials by putting them on credit cards.
"AOC does not represent true Hispanic beliefs or values," Torres told The Post. "Puerto Ricans have traditional family values which she does not represent.
This is why the Latino vote is veering away from her and other Democrats and going for Trump.
"And for her to act as if inflation being something other than the government's fault? Well since I don't have someone to pay for my $30,000 dress for a gala like she did, it's much easier for me to see the truth."
Here's the video shared by ADC making the claim that inflation is all fake and just made up by greedy corporatists.
Here's a description of the video, if you don't want to watch (and you probably shouldn't bother):
aotearoaliberationleague
A new report called "Profit-led Inflation in Aotearoa New Zealand" proves what we've all been seeing with our own eyes: the biggest driver of inflation is corporate profits. Don't let capitalists gaslight you. Trust your instincts - you don't have to be an expert to see we're getting screwed over.
Donkey-Chompers has to claim this, because she and other leftwing extremists have championed the government simply printing as much money as possible and then handing it out to people, so that everyone is instantly a "millionaire." They push the idea of "Luxury Socialism," where everyone is millionaire just because the government says so.
When it is objected that such a startling increase in the supply of fake paper money would demolish the value of that fake paper money and send us into a hyperinflationary spiral, like Germany saw between the wars, these leftwing extremists scoff and claim, as ADC does here, that inflation isn't real, and to the extent it's real it's not that bad, and to the extent it's bad it's just a creation of Greedy Corporatists and Wreckers. Because these Corporatists, Wreckers, and Economic Subversives will always thwart the left's genius plans for Luxury Socialism, we will of course have to round them all up and concentrate them into camps.
And after that -- enjoy your millions, newly-wealthy peasants!
It's another slow news day. I'm going to be posting stuff as main posts that would usually just be stuck in a Quick Hits.
I'm hoping that there's a break in the Hunter Biden case, which will then spur Jack Smith to announce additional charges against Trump.