AOC talks 2028 ambition, says American Revolution was ‘against the billionaires of their time’
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed the American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time, linking it to a fight against the extreme marriage of wealth and state power.
- Critics, including Senators Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, argued that the Revolution was against an oppressive or intrusive government, noting that many Founding Fathers such as John Hancock and Robert Morris were wealthy and financially supported the war effort.
- Historical figures like Robert Morris and John Hancock, among the richest colonists, supported the Revolution, indicating it was not solely a fight against wealthy elites.
- Ocasio-Cortez claimed it is impossible to earn a billion dollars legitimately, suggesting such wealth results from rule-breaking and labor abuse, a view challenged by commentators like Ben Shapiro.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Claims the American Revolution Was a Fight Against 'the Billionaires of Their Time'
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a new take on the American Revolution, and it sounds a lot like her old take on everything else. Speaking Friday at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics alongside Democratic strategist David Axelrod, Ocasio-Cortez declared that the colonists who broke from Britain were really waging a class war. The Founders, in her telling, were not fighting a distant, unaccountable government. They were …
Huh?: AOC claims ‘American Revolution was against billionaires of their time’
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking heavy fire after recasting the American Revolution as an uprising against the ultra-wealthy rather than an overreaching crown. The New York Democrat told an audience Friday at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics that “The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time, and we...
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