The obsession with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s finances only amplifies her power

The obsession with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s finances only amplifies her power

First, it was her clothes. Then, her savings account. What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s critics still don’t understand is that their focus on how she doesn’t meet their expectations only amplifies her power—and deepens her connection to the young, ambitious, working- and middle-class Americans who see her as their representative on the national stage. Ocasio-Cortez, age 29,…