April 4, 2020 AOC offers advice for young people to get around stimulus check exclusion Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez railed against a loophole in the coronavirus cash assistance that penalizes young people and offered advice on a potential workaround.
April 3, 2020 AOC calls to drop Medicare age to ‘zero,’ approach coronavirus relief through ‘lens of reparations’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Friday cited the coronavirus crisis in renewing calls for sweeping political changes, demanding the Medicare eligibility age be reduced to zero while also saying that coronavirus relief should be viewed through a “lens of reparations.”
April 3, 2020 AOC calls Amazon 'racist & classist' after leaked memo shows company's plan to fight warehouse employee The leaked memo indicated that the company was considering going on a public relations offensive against the employee who has raised red flags about the company's efforts to protect its warehouse workers.
April 2, 2020 Trump fires back at Schumer over coronavirus criticism: 'No wonder AOC is thinking about running against you' President Trump hammered Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in a scathing letter firing back at the criticism of his handling of the coronavirus crisis, telling Schumer: "I never knew how bad of a senator you are."
April 1, 2020 AOC suggests Politico report part of effort 'to demoralize the left' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has disputed a recent Politico report that suggested she might be modifying her socialist views, claiming the piece was part of a campaign to demoralize the left.
April 1, 2020 Is AOC eligible to be president or vice president in 2020 or 2024? Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been floated as a possible presidential or vice presidential candidate -- but is the rising progressive star too young for those top positions?
March 31, 2020 AOC hits Cuomo on coronavirus response that gives 'preferential treatment' to wealthy Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of exacerbating racial and class divides by suspending mortgage payments during the coronavirus pandemic but not extending the same moratorium to renters.
March 27, 2020 AOC gives fiery floor speech denouncing coronavirus stimulus: 'There should be shame!' An animated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., ripped into the Senate's coronavirus stimulus package on Friday, saying it was a "shameful" corporate bailout that left American families without needed resources.
March 27, 2020 Rep. Max Rose blasts GOP Rep. Massie's 'un-American' opposition to COVID-19 stimulus bill New York Democratic Congressman Max Rose slammed Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie's opposition to the bipartisan $2 trillion-plus coronavirus economic relief bill on Friday.
March 26, 2020 AOC blasts coronavirus stimulus, blames GOP for not granting checks to all immigrants Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., does not share the enthusiasm Democratic leaders showed towards the coronavirus stimulus bill that the Senate passed this week after extensive negotiations, claiming that the provision that will send money to individuals does not go far enough.