Ocasio Cortez Upbringing

The bombshell material reveals that in addition to going by Sandy, Ocasio-Cortez attended a well-funded high school in Yorktown, New York, which is part of hoity-toity Westchester County.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old who recently won a huge upset in the New York Democratic primary, has no time for people trying to discredit her hard work.

On Sunday, conservative John Cardillo — a host of Newsmax's 'America Talks Live' — posted a photograph of Ocasio-Cortez's childhood home in Yorktown Heights on Twitter.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Childhood Photo With Her Father In her biography, which has been in controversy regarding the accuracy of facts, she mentioned that her father was from the South Bronx while her mother was from Puerto Reco. She has also mentioned in her biography that she grew up with a deep understanding of income inequality. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 5, 2019. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a sitting U.S. Congresswoman who recently got into a public spat with a private citizen, Rev. Jerry Falwell Jr. On Twitter, something Democrats considered unseemly of Donald Trump after becoming president. Ocasio-Cortez's press secretary, Corbin Trent, left his wife, kids, and food-truck business in Tennessee to sleep on Chakrabarti's couch. Alexandra Rojas, now the 23-year-old executive director of Justice Democrats, led the last six weeks of the campaign's text.

He shared the image because he felt the house showed a far different from the struggle-filled childhood in the Bronx Ocasio-Cortez claims to have had, but believe it or not the tweet didn't wind up working in his favor.

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In her viral campaign video, Ocasio-Cortez said, 'I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family... mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.' She further explains on her website that while she was born in the Bronx, her parents worked hard to move her family to Yorktown Heights when she was five so she could attend a better public school.

Despite all this information, readily available online, Cardillo tweeted, 'This is the Yorktown Heights (very nice area) home Ocasio-Cortez grew up in before going off to Ivy League Brown University. A far cry from the Bronx hood upbringing she's selling.'

This is the Yorktown Heights (very nice area) home @Ocasio2018 grew up in before going off to Ivy League Brown University.
A far cry from the Bronx hood upbringing she’s selling. pic.twitter.com/xyOtZzVJII

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 1, 2018

In response to the tweet, Ocasio-Cortez first corrected Cardillo, explaining she went to Boston University, not Brown, and then said that her parents worked incredibly hard for the family to be able to live in the small house.

'My mom scrubbed toilets so I could live here & I grew up seeing how the zip code one is born in determines much of their opportunity,' she tweeted, adding, 'Your attempt to strip me of my family, my story, my home, and my identity is exemplary of how scared you are of the power of all four of those things.'

Hey John,
1. I didn’t go to Brown or the Ivy League. I went to BU. Try Google.
2. It is nice. Growing up, it was a good town for working people. My mom scrubbed toilets so I could live here & I grew up seeing how the zip code one is born in determines much of their opportunity.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 1, 2018

3. Your attempt to strip me of my family, my story, my home, and my identity is exemplary of how scared you are of the power of all four of those things.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 1, 2018

After replying with words that were definitely not an apology, Cardillo noted that he did incorrectly state Ocasio-Cortez's education background, but reiterated his belief that she's not 'a girl from the Bronx.'

Earlier version of this story misidentified your alma mater as Brown @Ocasio2018.
I stand corrected.
That said, you’re not a “girl from the Bronx.”https://t.co/6H5VR9G3P0https://t.co/NCIg4ildzF

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 1, 2018

Regardless of where Ocasio-Cortez lived for the majority of her childhood, what Twitter users really couldn't get over was the fact that the 28-year-old had the absolute nerve to grow up in A HOUSE!

Cardillo was quickly trolled by supporters of Ocasio-Cortez who joked that their view of the candidate completely changed after learning she once lived in a small house in a nice neighborhood. And, I mean, no one who lives in a house could possibly be hard working or struggling to make ends meet, right? So all trust in the candidate must certainly be lost now.

I was a big supporter of Ocasio-Cortez but after the latest revelation that she grew up in a house, I can no longer support her in good conscience https://t.co/Ssywkyuqyz

— PeterNorway (@classiclib3ral) July 1, 2018

Really? This is hardly the lap of luxury. Another Yorktown home if you want some context. Yes, she came from the Bronx, and lived in a very small house in a neighborhood where many were much wealthier. pic.twitter.com/l5LqeVGMpF

— Jone Johnson Lewis (@jonelewis) July 2, 2018

These damning hit pieces on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just keep coming: she had a co-worker who didn't like her, and she used to live in a house! https://t.co/pyDyUKfc5b

— Ben Siemon (@BenjaminJS) July 2, 2018

This is the home Lady Bird McPherson claimed she grew up in before going where culture is like, New York, or Connecticut or New Hampshire. A far cry from the Sacramento upbringing she’s selling. pic.twitter.com/nVEOaMg1Cm

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— Aly Semigran (@AlySemigran) July 2, 2018

This is the Yorktown Heights home (very nice neighborhood) that @Ocasio2018 grew up in before leaving to go to an Ivy League school. A far cry from the Bronx upbringing she's selling. pic.twitter.com/RbywQC2bBz

— Joe Kassabian (@jkass99) July 1, 2018

I found this picture of @Ocasio2018’s childhood neighborhood. A little different from the above-ground upbringing she claims pic.twitter.com/Jz5Qp3NcLG

— Joe Gravellese (@joegrav) July 2, 2018

This is the Yorktown Heights home (very nice neighborhood) that @Ocasio2018 grew up in before leaving to go to an Ivy League school.
A far cry from the Bronx upbringing she's selling. pic.twitter.com/8moWf1kzD4

— Erik Ruiz (@ErikRuiz91) July 1, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not a True New Yorker. She was never a member of The Warriors. She was never imprisoned with Snake Plissken. She is not a sentient slice of pizza. She does not say 'I'm walkin here' upwards of ten times per day.

— Ethan Booker (@Ethan_Booker) July 1, 2018

This is the MOONBASE ALPHA (very nice area) home @Ocasio2018 grew up in before going off to Ivy League MOON UNIVERSITY.
A far cry from the Bronx hood upbringing she’s selling. pic.twitter.com/7Hq4OGzEoq

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— popular comedy account “the pixelated boat” (@pixelatedboat) July 2, 2018

And, proving she has an exceptionally good sense of humor, Ocasio-Cortez replied gamely:

My identity has been exposed. I am actually Captain Catherine Janeway of the USS Voyager

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Upbringing

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 2, 2018

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Well, it seems like Cardillo successfully proved his point here. Don't you think?

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