“Do as I say, not as I do” should be the official campaign slogan of liberal congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
AOC, who notoriously rails against wealthy Americans and their “lavish” lifestyles, was just caught living a lifestyle of the rich and famous — all while campaigning against wealthy Americans.
During her recent cross-country “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with fellow far-left Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), AOC and her team spent thousands of dollars living it up at some of the country’s priciest boutique hotels.
According to newly released Federal Election Commission filings first reported by The Washington Examiner, AOC’s camp dished out $3,508.92 alone at the Vdara Hotel & Spa — which boasts a five-star relaxation retreat and posh penthouses — in Las Vegas during the infamous tour with Sanders this past March.
According to the hotel’s website, basic prices for some rooms at the ritzy hotel can run up to nearly $1,000, depending on the day.
Her campaign’s Vegas hotel expenditure occurred around the time of a town-hall event she participated in about a 20 minutes away with Sanders and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) in Northern Las Vegas on March 20 to rail against the top 1%.
Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign made another eyebrow-raising expenditure in April when her political apparatus spent $3,445.59 on accommodations at Asher Adams, a luxury hotel with “striking views” of the Wasatch mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Her team listed the disbursement days after an April 13 rally she attended with Sanders in Salt Lake City, where she railed against her colleagues in Congress for profiting off of stock trades.
Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign also listed a $58.54 payment to the swanky hotel in May.
On the same day that her campaign reported the payment to Asher Adams, it also listed a $3,165.76 disbursement to the Leo Kent Hotel in Tucson, Ariz.
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders had campaigned in Tucson about a month before during their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.
Campaign finance reports also revealed Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign so far this year has paid thousands of dollars to CitizenM in California, Hotel Vermont, Hotel Renegade in Idaho and Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Virginia.
In addition to the lavish hotel expenditures, AOC, an avid climate-change activist, was also spotted flying first-class during her flight from New York to Las Vegas the day before the town-hall event.
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders, also a millionaire, began their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour earlier this year to mobilize the country’s progressive base against the Trump administration.
“The only division that is truly hurting our country the most is the endless greed by those at the very, very top at the cost of everyone else,” Ocasio-Cortez proclaimed to cheers from the audience at the time.
“That is why it has always been up to us, the working class of America. Our power comes from remaining focused together and building a movement where there is a place for everyone.”
According to records, Sanders’ campaign finance disclosures also revealed that his team made payments to some of the same hotels around the same time Ocasio-Cortez’s team did — but largely spent much less on them.
His camp’s payments include a $624.28 disbursement at the Leo Kent on April 10 and three payments of $487.54 each to the Vdara on March 24.