Since AOC refused to help her, conservative host Matt Walsh decided to take matters into his own hands and he started a GoFundMe page to raise the money needed to repair her house. He has already raised $26,000, including $499 from himself.
AOC is angry because the U.S. government isn’t paying for the repairs. I mean, it’s not like she has any well-to-do relatives willing to help her out.
Walsh has pointed out, Ocasio-Cortez has a brand new Tesla, whose payments run about $500 a month on average. She also has two apartments. She makes $174,000 a year from her House job alone.
Surely no one expects her to help out granny. We don’t know just what all needs to repair the home or how much it will cost but it appears they could have plenty of money to make the necessary fixes.
Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.
This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR.
People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them. pic.twitter.com/wnRxLalA2D
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2021
Walsh commented on the fact that AOC’s granny needs help:
“Shameful that you live in luxury while allowing your own grandmother to suffer in these squalid conditions.”
That did not sit right with AOC and she responded:
“You don’t even have a concept for the role that 1st-gen, first-born daughters play in their families. My Abuela is okay. But instead of only caring for mine & letting others suffer, I’m calling attention to the systemic injustices you seem totally fine w/ in having a US colony.”
You don’t even have a concept for the role that 1st-gen, first-born daughters play in their families.
My abuela is okay. But instead of only caring for mine & letting others suffer, I’m calling attention to the systemic injustices you seem totally fine w/ in having a US colony. https://t.co/QN0ZVoyDt2
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2021
“On June 2nd, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reported to Twitter that her dear abuela has fallen ill and continues to live in squalid conditions since her home was ravaged by Hurricane María. One cannot be certain of the cost to repair grandma’s house, but surely most of the work could be completed for the price of AOC’s shiny Tesla Model 3,” Walsh wrote in the fundraiser’s description.
Walsh added, “virtue-signaling isn’t going to fix abuela’s roof. So we are. Let’s all kick in to help save AOC’s abuela’s ancestral home. Any amount is appreciated, but the cost of a monthly lease payment on that Tesla is around $499…”
“All proceeds will be donated to Abuela, if she will accept them,” he wrote.
The Daily Wire commentator had raised over $26,863 by 2:45 p.m. EST on Friday — including his own $499 contribution.
