Congresswoman says price was appropriate because garment was made by unionised workers in America – unlike ‘Trump’s merch’
Martin Pengelly in New York
@MartinPengelly
Fri 4 Dec 2020 17.07 GMT
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a swift response for conservatives criticizing her for selling a “Tax the Rich” sweatshirt for $58. The price was right, the leftwing New York Democrat said, because the campaign merchandise was made by unionised workers in the US rather than in China, unlike political wear sold by, for example, Donald Trump.
“And by the way: Tax the Rich.” Ocasio-Cortez added on Twitter.
Ben Shapiro, a podcast host, author and successful conservative gadfly, tweeted of the merchandise sold on ocasiocortez.com: “Only the rich can afford this idiotic sweatshirt.”
“For $27,” Shapiro tweeted over of a picture of a shirt featuring the words “student debt” struck out, “you can buy AOC’s bullshit T-shirt rather than spending it paying off loans you voluntarily took”.
Supporters who bought the shirt, Shapiro argued, would still have student debt and would still be “bearing it alone, since you’ll still be paying down that student debt. You’ll just be $27 poorer and AOC’s war chest will be $27 richer.”
Allez… c’est pour une cause juste et raisonnable!
ATTENTION: Cet article laisse presque sous-entendre que la vente des articles dans le magasin de AOC sont de simples transactions commerciales. En fait la vente des articles dans le magasin de AOC est consideree comme une activite de financement electoral. Et dans ce contexte, la vente de ces produits est reserve aux citoyens americains et/ou detenteurs d’une carte verte(resident). Lire les conditions attaches a ces ventes. AOC et les Progressisstes ne se financent qu’avec des souscriptions populaires.
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