Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., compared President Trump on Monday to New York bar customers she used to serve after he said he didn’t care that she thought he was a racist.
“I bartended for *years* in New York City. I understand guys like this like the back of my hand. We got under his skin,” Ocasio-Cortez, 29, tweeted. “I’d say we’d be taxing 70% of Trump’s income, but he probably hasn’t made more than $10 million in years – and that’s the real reason he’s hiding his taxes.”
I bartended for *years* in New York City. I understand guys like this like the back of my hand.
We got under his skin ?⬇️ https://t.co/SUXDVVY5tM
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 14, 2019
I’d say we’d be taxing 70% of Trump’s income, but he probably hasn’t made more than $10 million in years – and that’s the real reason he’s hiding his taxes ?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 14, 2019
This month Ocasio-Cortez told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that Trump was “no question” a racist.
“When you look at the words that he uses, which are historic dog whistles of white supremacy. When you look at how he reacted to the Charlottesville incident, where neo-Nazis murdered a woman, versus how he manufactures crises like immigrants seeking legal refuge on our borders, it’s — it’s night and day,” said the first-term lawmaker.
When White House reporters asked Trump on Monday how he felt about the label, he offered a short response while boarding Marine One.
“Who cares?” the president asked, waving his hand dismissively.
Ocasio-Cortez has recently caught flak for suggesting during the same January “60 Minutes” interview that people earning more than $10 million in the U.S. should be taxed with a marginal income rate between “60 or 70 percent.”
