Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) of the “Squad” had to defend her opposition to a bill recommending Joe Biden fund Ukraine using resources seized from Russian oligarchs. The targets of the legislation, defined in the bill as people whose huge wealth was actually built up using connections to President Vladimir Putin, “should suffer huge financial losses,” claimed the congresswoman known as “AOC,” however, she argued that confiscating their resources “without due process” would certainly go against the 4th Amendment and set “a risky new precedent.”
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed socialist well known for putting on a “Tax the Rich” outfit to the Met Party and illegally parking her Tesla cars outside her deluxe apartment building, was among four Democrats who voted against the symbolic measure. The House passed the Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act in a 417-8 vote.
Likewise voting against the bill were AOC’s fellow “Squad” members, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D- MN) as well as Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), all of whom have come under fire for their anti-Semitic statements Rep. Cori Bush(D-MO), a lesser-known “Squad” member, was the 4th Democrat to oppose the solution.
Astonishingly, reports indicate that the “Squad” were joined in their dissent by none other than Reps. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) add a peculiarly bipartisan nature to the votes against the controversial measure.
The House passed a bill that will let Biden seize assets from anyone even vaguely associated w/ Russia despite not committing a crime.
The only no votes: AOC, Omar, Bush, Tlaib, MTG, Cawthorn, @RepThomasMassie, & @chiproytx
You read that correctlyhttps://t.co/o0yH6yyIJz
— Kenny Webster (@KennethRWebster) April 29, 2022
Biden, one of many others, carries out not share the socialist’s assessment pertaining to the constitutionality of confiscating those possessions, which include checking accounts as well as yachts, exclusive jets, and also real property. Biden asked House legislators to grant him the authority to carry out precisely what the house bill suggested– take the holdings of Russian “bad guys” and also use the proceeds to help the Ukrainian folks.
Biden advised legislators to pass regulations that would make it a crime to “knowingly or intentionally possess proceeds directly obtained from corrupt dealings with the Russian government” as well as recommended initiatives to broaden the meaning of “racketeering” under US law to include initiatives to steer clear of sanctions.
H/T The Washington Free Beacon
