Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., followed by Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., responds to reporters’ questions after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., met with all the House Democrats, many calling for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, 5/22/19. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

When last we left you, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) got busted after Twitter users read the fine print over an Amazon NYC jobs announcement she touted on her Twitter page last week.

To recap, here’s what she wrote at the time:

Won’t you look at that: Amazon is coming to NYC anyway – *without* requiring the public to finance shady deals, helipad handouts for Jeff Bezos, & corporate giveaways.

Maybe the Trump admin should focus more on cutting public assistance to billionaires instead of poor families. https://t.co/BbqhXbB9MM

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 6, 2019

Me waiting on the haters to apologize after we were proven right on Amazon and saved the public billions https://t.co/AC64pG0nZI pic.twitter.com/xzCepkX4AV

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 6, 2019

However, there were two big glaring problems with her “victory lap.” This deal brings along with it 1,500 jobs. Not the 25,000 the original deal would have brought. Also, unlike the previous deal, the jobs will not be in her Congressional district, as Twitter users like this one pointed out:

So instead of 25,000 middle class jobs in long island city, an area that is dying and. Its 1,500 white collar jobs in downtown Manhattan. Winning.

— Peter Simple (@PeterSimple5) December 6, 2019

As my Red State colleague Nick Arama wrote Sunday, Cocaine Mitch staffers even trolled her over her comments.

But because AOC can never, ever be wrong about something, she doubled down over the weekend in a series of tweets – and she was promptly dunked afterwards:

While we’re here, let’s clear up some GOP disinfo:
– “It’s 1500 jobs vs 25,000”: The 25,000 jobs figure was a 10-20 year fantasy # from Amazon, not a promise or agreement. In exchange for that lack of commitment, they wanted billions of public $. Their Y1 jobs projection was 700.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 7, 2019

– Also, and very importantly, these jobs are for FREE. The public was going to pay $3 billion in public subsidies & millions in hard cash building Amazon’s campus for them- NYC residents were subsidizing Amazon tons per job. Now they‘re bringing work without the welfare.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 7, 2019

Hold up, said Twitter user @Neoavatara, who joined the debate with some solid receipts:

That included a massive construction project: "Amazon will build a campus of at least 4 million square feet…But rather than going through the city’s extensive land use review process, known as ULURP, the state will take the lead and override local regulations"

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 7, 2019

"The agreement comes with a number of incentives: Specifically, Amazon will receive $897 million from the city’s Relocation and Employment Assistance Program (REAP) and $386 million from the Industrial & Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP)." This would have been upfront. But…

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 7, 2019

In short, AOC is right that to get to 25k jobs would have taken about a decade. She is wrong that the money would have been given regardless. Furthermore, the money that was given upfront would have been for construction…which would have created other jobs.

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 7, 2019

In short, that is money that @AOC cannot show will ever be created for the state and the city.

In short, @AOC shows a complete lack of economic, governmental, and mathematical understanding on this issue. It is shocking how dumb she is.

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 7, 2019

Any questions?

Remember, too, next time you read AOC’s ramblings about the economy that she has a B.A. in economics from Boston University. Seriously.

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