Ocasio-Cortez Faces Ethics Complaint for Accepting Ticket to Met Gala

Ocasio-Cortez Faces Ethics Complaint for Accepting Ticket to Met Gala
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seen The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, on Sept. 13, 2021. Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is facing an ethics complaint after allegedly accepting a ticket reportedly worth tens of thousands of dollars to attend the Met Gala this week in New York City.

Thomas Jones, founder of the conservative-leaning American Accountability Foundation wrote (pdf) in an ethics complaint that he believes Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described socialist who represents areas of Queens and the Bronx, broke House rules by accepting the gift.
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