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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has ridden a big-government agenda to political superstardom – often invoking her immigrant mother to prove that she understands the common people.
But the Daily Mail spoke to the New York Democrat’s mom for an article published Monday, and Blanca Ocasio-Cortez turned out to dislike taxes as much as most Americans. In fact, she said that she fled New York for Florida to escape the high tax burden.
“I lived in the New York area for most of my life but I started being unable to afford it,” the elder Ocasio-Cortez said. “I was paying $10,000 a year in real estate taxes up north. I’m paying $600 a year in Florida. It’s stress-free down here.”
Ocasio-Cortez, 56, who immigrated to the United States from Puerto Rico, said she would never have intentionally taught her daughter to love socialism.“She wasn’t raised to be a socialist,” she said. “That’s not how Puerto Ricans are. That’s not what we do. She’s a democratic socialist, and it’s very different. They focus on working people’s needs.” Read more
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