Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back After Right-Wingers Drop Big Cash on 'Wack' Times Square Billboard Blaming Her for Amazon Taking Its Ball and Going Home
After a right-wing lobby group unveiled a billboard in New York City’s Time Square on Wednesday blaming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez alone for the decision by retail and technology giant Amazon to “take its ball and go home” by pulling the plug on its planned HQ2 project in nearby Long Island City, it was pretty clear what was going to happen next.
As political pundits who oppose the common good like Laura Ingraham began championing the billboard, Ocasio-Cortez didn’t demure. She shot back:
While the billboard directly charges that Ocasio-Cortez was behind Amazon’s decision to ditch the project it had planned for New York, the many New Yorkers who opposed the deal have made it clear such a charge simply is not true.
In an appearance on MSNBC after Amazon’s announcement earlier this month, Democratic state Sen. Michael Gianaris—a vocal critic of the Amazon deal—explained why it was good for New York that the corporate giant ditched the project.
“There’s no reason the richest among us can shake us all down to get as much of our public dollars as possible just to grace us with their presence. And today New York took a stand,” Gianaris said.
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