Ocasio-Cortez Torches 'Wack' Attack Billboard With A Scene From 'The Office'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) evoked a scene from the U.S. version of “The Office” to mock a billboard in Times Square that attacks her.
Early Thursday, the freshman lawmaker used a Twitter thread to hit back at the ad, which was paid for by the conservative Jobs Creator Network and criticized her disapproval of Amazon’s now-pulled planned headquarters in the city:
Few things effectively communicate the power we’ve built in fighting dark money & anti-worker policies like billionaire-funded groups blowing tons of cash on wack billboards (this one is funded by the Mercers).
(PS fact that it’s in Times Sq tells you this isn’t for/by NYers.) https://t.co/B4QTPi1r2k— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 21, 2019
In a second tweet, she noted how the Jobs Creator Network was funded by conservative groups, including the Mercer Family Foundation:
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 21, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez later said:
Billionaires paying to put up anti-progressive propaganda in Times Square is like the obscenely rich version of the scene where Michael Scott points to the Bubba Gump and saying “This is it, this is the heart of civilization, right here.” 😂 https://t.co/NJXggcSZJv
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 21, 2019
She then shared the scene from the hit comedy:
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— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 21, 2019
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