Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said former President Trump is rallying in the Bronx this week because of “a legal version of the ankle bracelet.”
Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s planned event in the Bronx for Thursday. The Bronx is where the New York Democrat was born and where he now represents part of Congress. President Trump has been in New York for more than a month because of his hush money trial, which has been going on for about six weeks.
“Donald Trump is bankrupt. He needs money. He’s holding rallies and trying to scam people and extort money to cover his legal costs,” she told reporters. Told.
“And by the way, he’s doing it in the South Bronx, not to make a claim, but because he has a court system and the guy is essentially wearing a legal version of an ankle bracelet and can’t leave the five boroughs. He has to be in court all the time. So it’s really embarrassing for him.”
President Trump announced last week that he would hold a campaign rally in the South Bronx on Thursday night.
The former president is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with reimbursing former fixer Michael Cohen for paying porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Trump. has been done. President Trump denies having an affair and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Trump will need to be in court for the trial. Court sessions are typically held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays during most weeks of the trial, and Trump’s travel is restricted while he is campaigning. He is not bound by court rules that require him to remain in New York City.
He has frequently criticized his inability to campaign while confined to a Manhattan courtroom, forcing him to campaign on court holidays. Many Republicans and allies of the former president gathered in New York to show support for Trump during the trial, echoing Trump’s typical attacks on the case, the judge and the Manhattan district attorney.
New York City is where Trump grew up and eventually built his business brand and reputation, but he has since attacked the city over the Democratic Party leadership and the criminal hush money lawsuit filed against him.
Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chung said Ocasio-Cortez “should have learned her lesson after the damning House Oversight Committee hearing, but she never did anything sensible.” I won’t say that.”
Last week, Ocasio-Cortez told the Oversight and Accountability Committee after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) of wearing “false eyelashes.” He was one of the members who opposed him at the public hearing.
Mychael Schnell and Filip Timotija provided assistance.
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