AOC Tells Jon Stewart Trump Second Term Is ‘Billionaire Feeding Frenzy’ and ‘Kiss A** Race’: ‘You’re Being Ripped Off, Dude!’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) raised alarm about billionaires being in a “kiss ass race” during President Donald Trump’s second term and warned voters they are being constantly “ripped off.”
Ocasio-Cortez joined Jon Stewart for the latest The Weekly Show, released Thursday, and she and Stewart both argued Trump is “much more normalized” starting his second term than he ever was in his first term. Ocasio-Cortez added there are “cultural signs” that Trump is more accepted, including Ivanka Trump sporting an Oscar de la Renta gown at her father’s inauguration.
Ocasio-Cortez argued billionaires on down are in a “kiss ass race” to get their personal perks from Trump. She called it a “billionaire feeding frenzy” that trickles down.
“All of these people that were scared before about being associated with him from the the most common basic level to the most elite level, they’re they’re all in now because this is now a billionaire feeding frenzy,” she said. “It is a kiss ass race, man. It is. How can I show how much fealty I have to Donald Trump in order to get my digs?”
Trump’s inauguration events were attended by a number of tech leaders who have embraced him more and more since his election victory, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Apple’s Tim Cook. Elon Musk also remains a close ally to Trump.
Ocasio-Cortez argued the working class are going to get “ripped off” while Trump’s close billionaire associates will cash in on the next four years.
“What’s really important for people to understand now and everyday of this administration is that you’re being ripped off. You’re being ripped off, dude! Like, everyone is being ripped off,” she said. “And he goes up there and he says what he wants to say, but he’s just the quintessential New York con man.”
Watch above via The Weekly Show.