Alexandria Obviously-Commie faces ethics investigation

AOC loves her some AOC

AOC loves her some AOC but things may have changed for the Capitol Hill darling of the far left. The House Ethics Committee is investigating the New York Democratic congress-commie. [H/T New York Post.]

The eight-member committee confirmed the investigation Wednesday but thus far has not provided details as to the nature of the investigation except to say that it has extended its looking into the matter that was brought to their attention on June 23 of this year.

The Latinx cha-cha chica was the focus of two complaints submitted to the Office of Congressional Ethics over her attendance at last year’s Met Gala in which she is picture above wearing an expensive white dress with the words "Tax the Rich" written on it in red.

Both complaints allege the socialist rep, 33, broke House rules by accepting free tickets to the star-studded, highly pretentious affair. Tickets for attendance was in the neighborhood of $35,000.

“The Committee notes that the mere fact of a referral or an extension, and the mandatory disclosure of such an extension and the name of the subject of the matter, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the Committee,” a statement read. But AOC had previously been the subject of two ethics complaints related to her attendance to the 2021 Met Gala.

Lawmakers are permitted, under chamber regulations, to accept free tickets to charity events directly from organizers. The New York Post has previously reported that she and her now-fiancé Riley Roberts were directly invited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

But conservative groups allege that such allowances don't apply to this event since the invitations are controlled by Conde Nast, a for-profit company, and tables at the gala are also sponsored by corporate entities. AOC will likely claim ignorance about this issue, and when it comes to ignorance, she is totally believable, so nothing is likely to happen to her more than a light slap to her delicate Latinx wrist.

The American Accountability Foundation — the organization behind the initial ethics complaint filed against the congresswoman — claimed that Instagram “was able to purchase access to Representative Ocasio-Cortez that is unavailable to average citizens” by sponsoring a table at the gala.

The second ethics complaint was filed by the National Legal and Policy Center. It alleged that the borrowed Brother Vellies gown worn by AOC constituted an impermissible gift because it was “directly related to her ‘position with the House’ as a highly visible and controversial Member.”

“If AOC had not been a Member, she would not have been invited to the Gala,” the NLPC complaint read, “and even if she would have been invited as a private citizen, the designer would not have made a special dress for her to wear at the event.”

The irony is that the socialist message on the gown, "Tax the Rich" refers to and would directly effect the people who attended the gala, and the money that pays AOC's salary comes from taxpayers. 

Naturally, AOC's office issued a statement to the New York Post on Wednesday claiming she had done nothing wrong, but what else can they say.

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