Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez under fire for giving boyfriend congressional email account, but insists she's done nothing wrong
The congresswoman was forced to defend her actions on Twitter as she explained that he took the congressional email address to get access to her google calendar.
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a heated exchange on Friday after it was revealed that her boyfriend Riley Roberts has a congressional email account. The revelation was made by political consultant Luke Thompson, who tweeted a picture of his official House email address. The tweet went viral shortly after.
"While you were having a nice Valentine's Day, @AOC decided to put her boyfriend on staff - drawing a salary on the taxpayer's dime. Nice to see her adapting to the swamp so quickly," Thompson tweeted.
The youngest congresswoman in the country's history was forced to defend her actions on Twitter, explaining that he took the congressional email address to get access to ger google calendar.