“Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is under fire for radically rewriting history by claiming the American Revolution was all about fighting against “billionaires” — similar to the fight she and other fellow socialists are waging on capitalism.
“The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time, and we are declaring independence from such an extreme marriage of wealth and the state,” claimed a clueless Ocasio-Cortez during an appearance Friday at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics with longtime Democrat strategist David Axelrod.
Critics schooled the Boston University grad by noting the American Revolution was a rebellion against the British government over unfair taxation without representation and monarchical control — not a fight over wealth.
Others also noted that George Washington and some other Founding Fathers were among the wealthiest in the colonies. In fact, Washington himself was worth the equivalent of nearly $600 million in today’s money.
“No, AOC, the American Revolution was NOT ‘against the billionaires of their time,’” said US Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). “It was against a large, distant, overly intrusive government that recognized no limits over its own authority to tax, regulate, and eat out the substance of the citizens it claimed to serve.”
Marina Medvin, a lawyer and conservative political pundit, said “AOC doesn’t comprehend America’s founding at all. She thinks raising taxes is consistent with the American Revolution.”
She also asked AI chatbot Grok to back her argument: “In which grade do American schools teach the Boston Tea Party and the reasons for the Revolutionary War?
“American schools typically cover the Boston Tea Party and the core causes of the Revolutionary War —including taxation without representation — in 4th or 5th grade as part of U.S. history. It’s often reinforced in middle school,” replied Grok.
Steve Guest, a Republican political strategist, said “AOC is rewriting American history to fit her communist agenda” and quipped “Orwell would be proud.”
Added Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas): “If a 9th grader writes this on her history test, she gets an F. It was literally a revolution against oppressive GOVERNMENT…the very thing @aoc wants to inflict on all of us. And the Revolution was financed by American free enterprise…the billionaires’ of that time.”
Ocasio-Cortez continued to leave the door open to a 2028 presidential run during her softball interview session with Axelrod.
“My ambition is way bigger than that, my ambition is to change this country,” said Ocasio-Cortez, according to a transcript provided to BizPac Review.
“Presidents come and go, Senate, House seats, elected officials, come and go, but single-payer healthcare is forever. A living wage is forever. Workers’ rights are forever. Women’s rights — all of that.”
