“You were the first,” Greene wrote of Villa. “And beautiful! Perfect incarnation of an American woman who first loves her country and the United States! ”
Ocasio-Cortez’s fashion reinforced his message that the richest should pay higher taxes. She and other Democrats have embraced significant tax increases on the rich to fund measures to combat the climate crisis and expand social programs.

Mike Coppola through Getty Images Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Tax the Rich” dress (with Aurora James) caught the attention of Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Greene’s critics applauded again in style.
NOPE !!! you’re just jealous !!!
Nobody comes close !!!
She played !!! Aspects, beauty, polite, sophisticated, elegant !!
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 pic.twitter.com/g2o3k1x7g1– Ninevah Joseph 33 (@ 33Ninevah) September 14, 2021
Sorry, Marjorie, I’m sure your invitation to Met Gala just got lost in the mail. 😔
– KK (@NowWithVitaminR) September 14, 2021