The Democratic Progressive lawmakers from Queens, NY has been a verbal political back and forth with Conservatives since she won her seat in Congress….
She has been attacked by rightwing media for just about everything she says….
Unable to rattle her?
The Rightwingnuts are going after her boyfriend after the discovered he has .gov handle….
Stop!
All US House members have family or significant others with .gov handles …
Why?
So that they can check on the schedule’s of their spouses , or partners….
Ah?
Try again rightwingnuts….
First, it was her clothing. Then her dancing. Not to mention her credit score, her apartment, her hometown. Maybe it was only a matter of time before conservatives went after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s love life.
On Friday — the day after Valentine’s Day, as some commenters dutifully noted — an accusation that the New York Democrat was employing her boyfriend as a member of her staff made its way around the Twitter pages of various conservative media magoos. Gleeful outrage ensued….
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The fast-growing conspiracy seems to have originated from a few would-be sleuths who found her boyfriend’s name, Riley Roberts, listed in online House directories with a “mail.house.gov” email address. Thus, he must be on her staff.
Well, they’re partly correct. Roberts does have a House email address, but, as a spokesperson for the chamber’s Office of the Chief Administrative Officer explained, that does not mean he’s an employee.
“From time to time, at the request of members, spouses and partners are provided House email accounts for the purposes of viewing the member’s calendar,” the spokesperson said….
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