The economic struggle is real for millennials, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hasn't been biting her tongue about it. After revealing she'd be unable to move to Washington, D.C., until she's on the congressional payroll, a conservative reporter seems to be under the impression her wardrobe should reflect her tribulations.
Eddie Scarry of the Washington Examiner is under fire from several Twitter users after saying her business attire doesn't reflect that of someone with financial woes.
Scarry said a Hill staffer shared with him a photo of Cortez. The reporter then posted the picture, stating that she didn’t look like “a girl who struggles.”
“I’ll tell you something: that jacket and coat don’t look like a girl who struggles,” Scarry wrote in the tweet, which has since been deleted.
The 29-year-old responded to the tweet stating that no matter what she wore, she would receive some criticism.
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 (@Ocasio2018) November 15, 2018
A Twitter firestorm quickly erupted in response to the back-handed remark. ABC News shared that the 5,000 replies created what's known as a "ratio" when replies outweigh retweets or likes.
Holy shit! She's wearing clothes https://t.co/BFJu1F0iDO
— joe (@JoeTacopino) November 15, 2018
Omg! She says she can’t afford an apartment in DC without a job and she has the temerity to dress nicely?!! The former cannot exist in the same universe as the latter. It’s all black and white. How juvenile are you people?
— person (@ltfcrazy) November 15, 2018
Dude, I don’t much care for her politics and her economic stances in particular are ridiculous-bordering-on-dangerous, but this is a REALLY shitty take.
She has been elected to Congress. “Struggle” or not, she has to dress the part and seems to be managing that fine.
— Jeff Campbell (@Darchmare) November 15, 2018
There’s a thing called credit cards, or borrowing clothes, or having clothes from years earlier. There’s also a thing called being a hack journalist who makes stupid, ignorant, creepy remarks a/b women — see also, your tweet. & there’s a thing called IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
— Mark Hughes (@markhughesfilms) November 15, 2018
In response to the backlash, the reporter tweeted that he was not trying to insult the 29-year-old, but he instead was suggesting she looked "well put together."
ATTN! I posted a tweet earlier suggesting the incoming congresswoman looked well put together — ELEGANT even — despite suggestions she’s struggled. The tweet was taken as something else, so I’ve deleted it!
— Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) November 16, 2018
In the meantime, Ocasio-Cortez would love for folks on Capitol Hill to start putting some respeck on her age.
As the youngest congresswoman ever elected, she shared that she’s often mistaken for an intern.
People keep giving me directions to the spouse and intern events instead of the ones for members of Congress ????????♀️
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) November 14, 2018
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