This Thursday, Washington Examiner reporter Eddie Scarry posted a picture of newly elected Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, using it to attack her for allegedly wearing expensive clothes — a detail he says goes against her ‘struggling for money’ narrative.
The tweet in question included a from-behind photo of Ocasio-Cortez walking down a hallway. According to Scarry, the photo was sent to him by a “hill staffer.”
“I’ll tell you something: that jacket and coat don’t look like a girl who struggles,” Scarry wrote.
Scarry was referencing comments Ocasio-Cortez made to The New York Times last week, where she said that she’s having difficulty paying for an apartment in D.C.
“I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress,” she said in the November 7 Times piece. “So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real.”
Scarry’s tweet sparked a huge wave of backlash.
“Get help,” tweeted author Molly Knight.
“This picture looks very stalky,” tweeted David Cho.
“A skirt AND shoes?!?” tweeted TV director Miles Kahn. “Get a load of Marie-Antoinette over here.”
Ocasio-Cortez herself finally responded, retweeted Scarry’s tweet with the following caption:
“If I walked into Congress wearing a sack, they would laugh & take a picture of my backside. If I walk in with my best sale-rack clothes, they laugh & take a picture of my backside. Dark hates light – that’s why you tune it out. Shine bright & keep it pushing.”
If I walked into Congress wearing a sack, they would laugh & take a picture of my backside.
If I walk in with my best sale-rack clothes, they laugh & take a picture of my backside.
Dark hates light – that’s why you tune it out.
Shine bright & keep it pushing.✨ https://t.co/mRq5wn0v9A
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 15, 2018
The backlash apparently got its point across. Just moments ago as of this writing, Scarry deleted the tweet.
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