New Yorkers blame 'villain' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for loss of 25,000 jobs after Amazon cancels headquarters plan
The youngest congresswoman in US history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is increasingly being blamed for Amazon's decision to cancel its plan of setting up its headquarters in New York City.
Reports state that New Yorkers blame the Democratic socialist more than any other politician for the firm's move, which cost the region around 25,000 jobs.
According to a Siena College poll, at least 38 percent of voters from the state of New York picked the 29-year-old lawmaker as the story's biggest "villain," and just 12 percent of the respondents said that she was instead a "hero."
Twenty six percent of the respondents blamed Amazon as the villain, the Daily Mail reported.
Ocasio-Cortez faced intense criticism in February for her opposition to the Amazon deal, which would have brought nearly 25,000 jobs to the region. Amazon eventually changed its decision about building its headquarters in Queens, scrapping the idea altogether.