SECOND BILLBOARD: Group Trolls Ocasio-Cortez With Another Billboard

Job Creators Network, the group behind a New York City billboard criticizing socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), trolled the 29-year-old congresswoman with a second billboard after she lashed out at the group's first billboard.

 

The first billboard, which criticized Ocasio-Cortez for sinking Amazon's move to New York City, stated:

25,000 Lost NYC Jobs

$4 Billion in Lost Wages

$12 Billion in Lost Economic Activity for NY

Thanks For Nothing, AOC!

Ocasio-Cortez responded with a tweet, writing: "Few things effectively communicate the power we’ve built in fighting dark money & anti-worker policies like billionaire-funded groups blowing tons of cash on wack billboards (this one is funded by the Mercers). (PS fact that it’s in Times Sq tells you this isn’t for/by NYers.)"

Job Creators Network put up a second billboard that stated: "Hey AOC, Saw your wack tweet."

 

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The criticism of Ocasio-Cortez "comes after Ocasio-Cortez vigorously defended her role in sinking Amazon’s move to New York City on Tuesday in the face of bipartisan criticism," Fox News reported. "The freshman Democratic New York congresswoman has faced days of criticism from normally friendly media voices and fellow Democrats over her role in Amazon's decision to pull back from building a $2.5 billion campus in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens."

 

New York City Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio had to correct Ocasio-Cortez for incorrectly thinking that "the $3 billion in tax breaks that were going to go to Amazon still existed after Amazon pulled out of NYC," The Daily Wire reported.

"And that $3 billion that would go back in tax incentives was only after we were getting the jobs and getting the revenue," de Blasio said, later adding: "There’s no money."

New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a statement calling out the politicians who destroyed the Amazon deal:

Amazon chose to come to New York because we are the capital of the world and the best place to do business. We competed in and won the most hotly contested national economic development competition in the United States, resulting in at least 25,000-40,000 good paying jobs for our state and nearly $30 billion dollars in new revenue to fund transit improvements, new housing, schools and countless other quality of life improvements. Bringing Amazon to New York diversified our economy away from real estate and Wall Street, further cementing our status as an emerging center for tech and was an extraordinary economic win not just for Queens and New York City, but for the entire region, from Long Island to Albany's nanotech center.

However, a small group politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community -- which poll after poll showed overwhelmingly supported bringing Amazon to Long Island City -- the state's economic future and the best interests of the people of this state. The New York State Senate has done tremendous damage. They should be held accountable for this lost economic opportunity.

The fundamentals of New York's business climate and community that attracted amazon to be here - our talent pool, world-class education system, commitment to diversity and progressivism - remain and we won't be deterred as we continue to attract world class business to communities across New York State.