reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThis woman has done nothing for the community she was once again elected to serve. Now she can\u2019t be a Congresswoman because she\u2019s too busy?\u201d Lauro Vazquez of Woodside, Queens, told the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vazquez noted a common sentiment shared throughout AOC\u2019s bi-borough district, that the everyday concerns of constituents, such as jobs, public safety, and traffic, are treated as secondary by a representative more focused on her national profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That perception became reality last week at a town hall in Jackson Heights, where Ocasio-Cortez gave a packed auditorium less than an hour of attention before abruptly exiting to a waiting SUV. During the event, she only took six questions, The Post reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The public meeting had already been rescheduled from its original date after the congresswoman fell ill following the conclusion of her nationwide \u201cFighting the Oligarchy\u201d tour alongside Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course, it\u2019s cancelled \u2014 too busy jet setting around on private jets screaming about \u2018oligarchs\u2019 and setting up her bid for a POTUS run,\u201d Vazquez told The Post. \u201cThis woman has done nothing for the community she was once again elected to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to find a private plane \u2013 it\u2019s Easter weekend,\u201d Jackson Heights resident Tatiana Lacatus mockingly said of the cancelled event. \u201cShe is too big for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elmhurst\u2019s Ramses Frias, a Republican City Council candidate, referred to Ocasio-Cortez as an \u201cabsentee landlord,\u201d stating that she is disconnected from the realities of her working-class constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s flying around on private jets, talking about the oligarchy, which is not really resonating with the regular guy \u2013 the person going shopping over here at the supermarket,\u201d he said with a heavy dose of sarcasm, adding: \u201cShe\u2019s a rock star.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On all types if issues, both big and small, The Post noted, critics in Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s district, which includes Astoria and Jackson Heights in Queens, as well as the South Bronx, say she is falling short in serving the very people who elected her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Critics argue that Ocasio-Cortez is quick to jump on high-profile issues, especially those outside her district, while neglecting urgent concerns at home, so long as they suit her agenda, The Post noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2021, she made national headlines for briefly volunteering at a Houston food bank and helping raise over $5 million for Texans impacted by devastating winter storms. Meanwhile, some of her own constituents say she did little to support New Yorkers grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and the ongoing effects of the pandemic that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More recently, Ocasio-Cortez has been accused of offering only token responses after the Trump administration announced the cancellation of $200 million in grants for climate-resilience \u201ccloudburst projects,\u201d which were designed to help flood-prone areas\u2014some of them in Queens\u2014better manage heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In March, she vocally supported Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who is not her constituent, after the anti-Israel activist was arrested and detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe will help if it gets her name on national issues,\u201d Jackson Heights\u2019 Gloria Contreras noted to The Post. \u201cShe\u2019s about her and getting worldwide attention while ignoring her constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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