When you read some of the responses below this tweet by AOC soliciting donations for Texas, there are some cynical and outright insulting comments by – of all people – Texans who are discrediting her motives and her efforts, including telling her to keep her money in her own district in New York.
Team AOC is launching relief efforts for Texas starting today.
Our first effort is a partnership w/ 5 Texas orgs getting on-the-ground relief to Texans ASAP.
If you’re able, please donate here – it’ll split your contribution to all 5.
💯% goes to them.https://t.co/TTIiNimja7
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 18, 2021
She has, to date, raised more than $4 million for Texas and that’s getting a lot of attention.
I for one do not care about her motives. Her name is a brand, and she is using it for the benefit of suffering Americans. I personally donated $50 of my money to the effort. Without her call and publicity, there is no way this Southern Californian suburbanite (me) would have ever thought of making an effort to send cash to Texas. But I did, and I did it because of AOC’s call.
Somebody in Texas benefited from my modest contribution – and it would not have happened otherwise.
Thanks for giving AOC credit. Are you still sharing your posts on FB, or just some of them?
Hi Jim – I spend VERY LITTLE time on FB, and I publish pretty much nothing. I keep my FB account only to maintain the connection to friends and do passive viewing….