A conservative group has filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over her “Tax The Rich” Met Gala dress.
AOC stunned at this year’s Met Gala event, wearing a white dress with the sentence “Tax The Rich” written in red on the back. Aurora James designed the dress. While many praised her for her stance, others expressed their disdain for AOC in the form of a complaint.
“There are serious questions about whether or not her ticket—donated or purchased with campaign funds—was permissible under the code of congressional ethics,” said The American Accountability Foundation in a statement.”
They went on to say: “These rules exist for a reason. Without strict adherence, we run the risk of corruption in the halls of Congress and public officials serving others over their constituents. Government has a responsibility to its citizens, and integrity and accountability should be our foremost concern.”
Ocasio-Cortez said her decision to wear the dress came from a conversation about working-class women of color.
“When Aurora and I were first kind of partnered, we really started having a conversation about what it means to be working-class women of color at the Met, and we said, ‘We can’t just play along, but we need to break the fourth wall and challenge some of the institutions,'” Ocasio-Cortez said during an interview with James.
AOC’s office said in a statement: “We are confident we complied with all ethics rules.”
