Newly elected Bronx/Queens Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains the broken American campaign finance system in a 5 minute question and answer game with witnesses at House Oversight Committee hearing yesterday.
Earlier today we had our second Oversight hearing of the 116th Congress. It was about voting rights and the role of money in politics.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 6, 2019
I asked the expert witnesses to indulge me in a small game.
Heres what happened https://t.co/q31QdNx9KE
.@AOC: “Let’s play a lightning round game. I’m gonna be the bad guy, which I’m sure half the room would agree with, anyway.”Frank Dale (@fwdale) February 7, 2019
“If I want to run a campaign that is entirely funded by corporate PACs, is there anything that legally prevents me from doing that?”@KHobertFlynn: “No.” pic.twitter.com/PmMZFZXeJJ
AOC: “Is there any hard limit that I have in terms of what legislation I’m allowed to touch?”@KHobertFlynn: “There is no limit.”Frank Dale (@fwdale) February 7, 2019
AOC: “Is there anything preventing me from holding stocks…and then writing laws to deregulate that industry?”@RudyMehrbani: “You could do that.” pic.twitter.com/lTUU7u3qDF
.@waltshaub: “There’s almost no laws at all that apply to the president.”Frank Dale (@fwdale) February 7, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “So I’m being held — and every person in this body is being held — to a higher ethical standard than the president of the United States?”@waltshaub: “That’s right.” pic.twitter.com/8EPSzb2WKq
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez knows how to ask questions. Am looking forward to what she does in Congress.