{"id":755189,"date":"2021-09-15T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=755189"},"modified":"2021-09-15T12:36:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:36:06","slug":"mccarthy-rips-aoc-as-she-faces-ethics-complaint-over-met-gala-attendance-shes-the-leader-of-the-democratic-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-rips-aoc-as-she-faces-ethics-complaint-over-met-gala-attendance-shes-the-leader-of-the-democratic-party\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Rips AOC As She Faces Ethics Complaint Over Met Gala Attendance: \u2018She\u2019s The Leader Of The Democratic Party\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-rips-aoc-as-she-faces-ethics-complaint-over-met-gala-attendance-shes-the-leader-of-the-democratic-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=755189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AOC-3-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) the leader of the Democrat Party in an interview this week after the 31-year-old lawmaker attended the elitist Met Gala event this week which sparked an ethics complaint against her over concerns about how or who paid for her to attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not quite sure as a member of Congress how you legally can go there,\u201d McCarthy told Fox News. \u201cYou can\u2019t accept a ticket so I\u2019m not sure how that works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said that she could have used campaign funds to pay for the event if the event was a fundraiser, which it wasn\u2019t, so she would have to use personal funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s the leader of the Democratic Party,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cAnd think about it. She doesn\u2019t call herself a Democrat. She calls herself a socialist Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AOC stirred controversy when she attended the event when she wore a designer dress that said, \u201cTax The Rich,\u201d to the event, which reportedly costs $30,000+ to attend.<\/p>\n<p>AOC suggested that those who criticized her were hates, claiming, \u201cNew York elected officials are routinely invited to and attend the Met due to our responsibilities in overseeing and supporting the city\u2019s cultural institutions for the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was one of several in attendance in this evening,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jones, the founder of the American Accountability Foundation, wrote to the Office of Congressional Ethics demanding that they open up an investigation into AOC over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American Accountability Foundation is writing today to request that you immediately open an investigation of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) for accepting an impermissible gift to attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute Gala (the Met Gala),\u201d the complaint <a href=\"https:\/\/9b57ee93-8fae-434e-a844-6b3e2e6dcd24.usrfiles.com\/ugd\/9b57ee_0bbb09db34774fedae37979172f56e21.pdf\">said<\/a>. \u201cIf during your investigation you discover any possible violations of campaign finance law, we urge you to share that information with the Federal Elections Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, we believe Representative Ocasio-Cortez has violated clause 5 of Rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives (commonly known as the Gift Rule) by accepting admission to the Met Gala, an event whose per-seat costs is reported to range from $35,000 to $50,000, without having a permissible exemption to allow the acceptance of the lavish gift,\u201d the complaint continued. \u201cIf Representative Occasion-Cortez has used campaign funds to pay for this ticket, she has also violated FEC prohibitions on campaign funds being used for entertainment purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released late Tuesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art claimed that it \u201ccomped\u201d Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend, as well as New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9990919\/Vogue-didnt-pay-AOC-attend-Met-Gala-despite-claim-invited-official.html\">according to the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jones said that the Met\u2019s claim does little to dispel concerns over Ocasio-Cortez accepting the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]hile the individual\u2019s invitations may bear the name of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum has ceded control over the invitations to a for-profit company, specifically Cond\u00e9 Nast, and to its Chief Content Officer, Anna Wintour,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>AOC faced widespread criticism from across the political spectrum over her stunt, including from people on the political left:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ej Dickson<\/strong>, senior writer at Rolling Stone, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/yCSZz\">tweeted<\/a>: \u201cAm I the only one who thinks this is really f***ing stupid[?] 1) The dress is ugly, 2) She\u2019s at a $35k per person event and this isn\u2019t nearly the own she thinks it is. 3) The dress is ugly. I mean I love her but come on this is so dumb. Peak girl boss s**t.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Glenn Greenwald<\/strong>, a progressive blogger, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1437582324976300032\">tweeted<\/a>: \u201cLots of people commenting snidely on the lack of masks and social distancing in this opulent indoor event in the middle of a pandemic but \u2014 as was true of Obama\u2019s indoor bash \u2014 COVID wasn\u2019t invited to the #MetGala and these are the sophisticated people who aren\u2019t in danger.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called Rep. 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