Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to make people shake their heads with what she says.
AOC recently minimized the value of her luxury apartment in Washington, comparing it it to a public housing unit during a town hall event in the Bronx.
“I move into this building, and it’s marketed as a ‘luxury’ building in D.C.,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “It’s an efficient building, it’s clean, it has public space, it has a rooftop garden—y’all watching my Instagram—it has clean air, it has clean water. And I think about this and I’m like, ‘Hm, this is what a luxury building is like.'”
Here's the reality. Ocasio-Cortez’s luxury apartment is located in DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood. Studio apartments in the building reportedly cost more than $2,000 a month, and three bedroom apartments can be as high as $5,000. The complex is equipped with an array of features, including an indoor lap pool, dog park, and Peloton cycling studio.
None of those amenities are available in the public housing AOC referred to during the town hall event.
Here's exactly what she had to say.