- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) gloated over her objection to housing an Amazon headquarters in New York City after its construction near Washington, D.C., was halted amid large job cuts.
- Ocasio-Cortez said the halting of construction vindicated her concerns that the project was a “scam of public funds.”
- “When I opposed this Amazon project coming to New York bc it was a scam of public funds, the whole power establishment came after us,” she tweeted. “Billboards went up in Times Sq denouncing me. Powerful pols promised revenge. Op-Eds & CEOs insulted my intelligence. In the end, we were right.”
