The “immigrant” representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, praised being behind the “Tax the Rich” dress she wore to the Met Gala. She is an immigrant from Canada.
Aurora James, who attended the Met Gala alongside AOC Monday night, was praised by the New York congresswoman for coming to the United States to launch her sustainable fashion brand Brother Vellies at a flea market of Brooklyn.
“Proud to work with @aurorajames as a sustainable black immigrant designer focused on sustainability, she went from starting her @brothervellies dream at a Brooklyn flea market to winning the @cfda against everyone – and then working together to open the doors to the Met “, AOC he tweeted.
But the self-proclaimed socialist AOC did not mention that the 36-year-old fashion designer moved to the Big Apple from a Toronto suburb.
James was born right on the U.S. border in Mississauga (about 45 minutes outside of Toronto) to a Canadian mother and a Ghanaian father, according to a Harper’s Bazaar profile.
The average household income in her Canadian hometown is about $ 83,000, according to Townfolio.
He moved to Brooklyn in 2011 before launching his brand two years later.
The inspiration for the James stamp came after several trips to Africa, including South Africa, Kenya and Morocco, when he was about twenty, according to various profiles about his success.
In the past, he has been vocal about his Canadian heritage and told the Globe and Mail in a 2015 interview, “I wouldn’t be who I would be if it weren’t for Canada.”
“I lived in Jamaica for three years growing up and it was a big culture shock for me. Even moving to America was a huge culture shock for me, ”he said.
“It was the first time I felt I had to categorize who I was. And I never had those limits in Canada, which doesn’t put you in that kind of boundaries and restrictions that tends to make people grow up in New York. I’m very proud to be Canadian. “
Speaking of working with AOC, James, who also founded the 15% pawn campaign, told CNN on Tuesday that she and the congresswoman had been following each other’s work for years.
James added that they related to each other as women of color who were engaged in their careers in New York.
AOC has been subjected to intense scrutiny to attend the Met Gala in a political branded suit.
The 1 percent congresswoman defended her attendance saying it was her “responsibility” to attend the Met Gala and justified that she wear the dress because she and James were there to “open the doors to the Met.”
“Before haters become wild flyers, elected officials from New York are routinely invited to attend the Met for our responsibilities in overseeing and supporting the city’s cultural institutions for the public,” he tweeted. .
“I was one of the attendees this evening,” he noted defensively.
A Conservative group is now asking the Congressional Ethics Office to launch an investigation into AOC to accept the free ticket to the elite event for $ 35,000 per ticket.
The founder of the American Accountability Foundation, Thomas Jones, wrote in an ethics complaint that he believed that Ocasio-Cortez, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, violated House rules by accepting “an inadmissible gift.” of free tickets to attend the annual gala.
While House rules allow members to accept free tickets to charity events directly from event organizers, Jones argued that the Met Gala doesn’t count because the guest list is curated by a private company, media giant Condé Nast.