‘Peak hypocrisy’: AOC’s ‘socialist’ brand questioned after Puerto Rico spending spree

After spending nearly $50,000 in Puerto Rico on luxury hotels, high-end restaurants and renting a venue where musical artist Bad Bunny was performing earlier this year, critics of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are questioning whether her socialist persona is more of a brand image than a belief given that she lives like the elitists she claims to fight.

“This is nothing new to her, she’s a hypocrite,” Sean Spicer, a former White House press secretary, said of the revelations about AOC’s campaign spending. “Remember the dress she wore to that famous MET Gala, where it said ‘Tax The Rich’ – it wasn’t exactly ‘off the rack’, if you will, it was a designer dress made for her.”

Spicer criticized AOC and his other “team” lawmakers who he said enjoy rallying against capitalism, but certainly don’t mind taking advantage of it.

“These people know no bounds. They love to tell everyone what to do about their carbon footprint and then they steal privately. They love to talk about the excesses of the rich and then they profit from it, they trade stocks, they get rich in Congress. I’m sick of these guys, but at the end of the day it’s great that they’re being exposed because hypocrisy knows no bounds.”

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AOC speaking at a “Fight the Oligarchy” rally in Nampa, Idaho, earlier this year. (Fox News)

Last week, Fox News Digital revealed that in AOC’s latest campaign materials, she spent nearly $50,000 in Puerto Rico, around the same time she traveled there and attended a Bad Bunny concert.

Videos that surfaced on social media from the August trip show AOC visiting a housing development to speak out against gentrification, while other social media footage showed him dance in what appear to be dressing rooms at a Bad Bunny concert on Aug. 10 alongside Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y. Between August and September, Bad Bunny held a 31-show “Residency” tour at the popular Coliseo “El Choli” de Puerto Rico in San Juan, which was attended by many celebrities like LeBron James, Iggy Azalea, Penelope Cruz and Austin Butler, among others.

Meanwhile, a third-quarter campaign finance report, which records campaign spending by members of Congress between July 1 and September 30, shows that AOC’s campaign spent more than $15,000 at two luxury hotels in San Juan, where Bad Bunny was holding his “residence” tour. The campaign also spent more than $10,500 on meals and catering services, according to filings.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., came under fire after her latest campaign filings showed she stayed and ate heartily in Puerto Rico during a trip that included a stop to see entertainer Bad Bunny perform in San Juan. (Photos by VALERIE MACON/AFP and Photo by Stephani Spindel/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

“AOC wouldn’t be a true socialist if she didn’t irresponsibly spend someone else’s money,” said Matt Gorman, a political strategist for the Republican Party. “Whether Mamdani or her, these people claim to defend the interests of workers, but they don’t mind taking the spoils of other people’s money.”

“AOC constantly goes after the ‘rich,’ but spends tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money on luxury hotels, high-end restaurants and elite venues while traveling to Puerto Rico,” Florida GOP congressional candidate Michael Carbonara said in response to AOC’s campaign spending uncovered by Fox News Digital. “Socialism for you, first-class living for her. The hypocrisy writes itself.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., was seen speaking during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Tom Williams/Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) called the move “a peak of hypocrisy from a walking scam.”