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-Short Attention Span Theater-

Is She or Isn't She?

2023-09-14

[Twitchy] Poor Alex Stein. His favorite hot tamale, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, may be officially off the market. Or is she?
According to her it depends on how she identifies
This morning, Andrew Kerr and The Washington Free Beacon revealed that AOC has reported her fiancé as her 'spouse' in Congressional filings, even though her office denies that she is married.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D., N.Y.) office says she isn’t married. But she has described her fiancé, Riley Roberts, as her "spouse" in forms filed with the House Ethics Committee in 2023, which has a strict definition of that term—"someone to whom you are legally married."

If AOC is indeed married, her spouse's finances are now subject to public disclosure.

But she did not disclose any of Roberts’s reportable stock holdings, assets, or income on her latest financial disclosure, though she did make two references to her "spouse" in the filing.

According to AOC's office, the term 'spouse' can refer to a long-term partner, but this is not the case according to the House Ethics Committee and the Code of Official Conduct, most assuredly for those public disclosure reasons, among others. The term spouse, again very clearly defined, appears 161 times in the House Ethics Manual, so there are plenty of rules in addition to financial disclosure, which govern such a relationship.

The issue came to light because of AOC's international travel schedule.

Oh, Luuuuuucy. You got some 'splainin' to doooo.

Either they are not married, in which case AOC needs to answer for why she completed her travel forms falsely, or they are married, in which Roberts has some financial disclosure obligations. When will AOC let us know which one it is?

Posted by:Deacon Blues

#5 But, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful" does not apply in her case.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-09-14 08:06

#4 Is She or Isn't She?

Isn't that HIPPA protected information?
🤐

Posted by: NN2N1 2023-09-14 07:52

#3 I thought the headline was going to lead to some answers on Michelle Obama.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-09-14 07:51

#2 ^ Nah. I use it all the time, though hardly ever about hair. Once trundled it out for blue and green haired grocery cashiers (two separate people). Both seemed to get it... more or less. Probably heard it in "their shows."

Posted by: Vernal Whineck2317 2023-09-14 07:27

#1 Is She or Isn't She?

Only her hairdresser knows for sure.

/Too obscure?

Mike

Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-09-14 07:03

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