New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez noted on Twitter that she had gone to Puerto Rico to visit her sick grandmother, who was living in squalid conditions. She blamed this on Donald Trump.
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 MarÃa 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
Quite naturally, a lot of people on Twitter pointed out the obvious.
Honey, you drive a Tesla and have two apartments. If your grandmother is living poor that’s because you don’t help her out. I’m surprised that a socialist wouldn’t redistribute that wealth to their grandma. Sad!
— Lavern Spicer (@lavern_spicer) June 2, 2021
Sell your Tesla! You should be ashamed for letting her live like this. We have a responsibility to care for our elders!
— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) June 2, 2021
AOC: My grandma can’t fix her ceiling without a Washington bailout https://t.co/o41Klvbfws
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 2, 2021
AOC even went back and forth with Matt Walsh,
Shameful that you live in luxury while allowing your own grandmother to suffer in these squalid conditions
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 2, 2021
You used your grandmother’s suffering to score political points. You’re the one who publicized this. So I am entitled now to ask why you haven’t bothered to fix your grandmother’s collapsing roof or buy her some new furniture? Why are you waiting for the government to do it? https://t.co/zePMbh0pD5
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 2, 2021
First of all, given that Hurricane Maria was in 2017, there’s an important lesson to be learned here about how smart it is to rely on the government to fix your problems. If you are waiting for the government to ride in on a white horse and save you, you may be waiting a long time. Of course, you could also learn an important lesson about how socialists think from all of this. AOC doesn’t see any need to help grandmother with her own money because that’s what YOUR MONEY is for. She needs hers to buy a Tesla. All I can say is take care of your grandma. She won’t be here forever and after she’s gone, you don’t want to be kicking yourself because you could have done more for her.
John Hawkins is the author of 101 Things All Young Adults Should Know. You can find him on Parler here and on Twitter here.
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