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— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 3, 2020 She wasn’t done. She added, “Republicans like to make fun of the fact that I used to be a waitress, but we all know if they ever had to do a double they’d be the ones found crying in the walk-in fridge halfway through their first shift bc someone yelled at them for bringing seltzer when. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called on her followers to join her in boycotting Uber and Lyft Wednesday, professing support for the drivers she says deserve a “living wage.” While calling for higher wages for workers is nothing new for Ocasio-Cortez, Fox News reports that campaign finance records show the popular democratic.

Two progressive congresswomen long targeted by right-wing death threats on Wednesday said their Republicans colleagues who reportedly support impeaching President Donald Trump but fear the potential consequences of doing so must find the courage to fulfill their oath of office.

'Many of them rode the wave of this violent rhetoric, or at the very least sat idly by it. Now is our chance to stop it.'
—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The calls for courage came from Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who have repeatedly spoken out about relentless attacks that they've endured—particularly from Trump and his supporters—since entering Congress as half of the original 'Squad' in 2019.

'The president has directly incited serious death threats against me,' Omar tweeted Wednesday. 'These are the tools demagogues use to keep us afraid. We cannot be fearful in fulfilling our oath of office. Courage is being scared to death, but remaining resolute. Its important that we remove this tyrant.'

Noting the 'repeated attempts on our lives' that she along with other lawmakers and their families have encountered, Ocasio-Cortez said of the fearful Republicans in Congress that 'it's a privilege if this is their first time. They can do one vote.'

'Many of them rode the wave of this violent rhetoric, or at the very least sat idly by it. Now is our chance to stop it,' she added. 'This is what we are sent to Congress to do—the tough stuff. All the easy choices are taken. If any GOP need advice on how to deal with it, they can call me.'

Many of them rode the wave of this violent rhetoric, or at the very least sat idly by it. Now is our chance to stop it.

This is what we are sent to Congress to do - the tough stuff. All the easy choices are taken. If any GOP need advice on how to deal with it, they can call me.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 13, 2021

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Ocasio-Cortez and Omar's comments came as members of the U.S. House debated impeaching Trump on Wednesday. The congresswomen were responding to tweets from Politico chief political correspondent Tim Alberta confirming Rep. Jason Crow's (D-Colo.) revelation on MSNBC that some GOP members 'are afraid for their lives if they vote for this impeachment.'

'Crow is right,' according to Alberta. 'Numerous House [Republicans] have received death threats in the past week, and I know for a fact several members *want* to impeach but fear casting that vote could get them or their families murdered. Not spinning or covering for anyone. Just stating the chilling reality.'

Alberta also pointed out that since Trump launched his campaign for president, he 'has stirred constant threats of violence against immigrants, journalists, Democratic lawmakers and others'—as demonstrated by members of the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol last week targeting reporters who were covering the chaos.

And yes: Trump’s rhetoric the last 5 years has stirred constant threats of violence against immigrants, journalists, Democratic lawmakers and others. Republicans are not the only ones being terrorized here. All the more reason for Americans to band together and say never again.

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) January 13, 2021

'Republicans are not the only ones being terrorized here,' Alberta concluded. 'All the more reason for Americans to band together and say never again.'

While an unprecedented second impeachment of Trump seemed all but certain on Wednesday, multiple reports indicated that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)—a 'fascist-enabling coward,' according to one critic—won't reconvene the Senate for a trial before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20.

Although the Senate is set to return a day before Biden's inauguration, the GOP majority leader has previously suggested that there won't be time for a conviction vote. News of his refusal to reconvene followed reporting that McConnell privately supports impeaching the president for inciting last week's Capitol takeover.

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Amid uncertainty over the Senate's next steps, concerns are mounting over the security of the Capitol, Biden's swearing-in ceremony, and statehouses given that the FBI on Monday warned law enforcement agencies nationwide that armed insurrections are being planned for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. in the come days.

UPDATE 2:55 P.M.: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's campaign office, not congressional office, has spent nearly $500 on Uber rides in the first quarter of 2019. This story has been corrected.

Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) has repeatedly castigated ride-sharing giant Uber and blamed its 'unregulated expansion' after a yellow cab driver committed suicide last year, but her campaign office has taken nearly $500 worth of Uber rides during the first quarter of 2019.

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, criticized Uber several times on Twitter last year and blamed them for causing 'financial ruin' to yellow cab drivers.

'NYC's fourth driver suicide. Yellow cab drivers are in financial ruin due to the unregulated expansion of Uber. What was a living wage job now pays under minimum,' she tweeted.

NYC's fourth driver suicide. Yellow cab drivers are in financial ruin due to the unregulated expansion of Uber. What was a living wage job now pays under minimum.

We need:
– to call Uber drivers what they are: EMPLOYEES, not contractors
– Fed jobs guarantee
– Prep for automation https://t.co/FjfapJV2ni

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 21, 2018

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The yellow cab driver, Doug Schifter, killed himself with a shotgun amid financial difficulties in response to multiple cheaper alternatives to the yellow taxi, as addressed in his Facebook status.

Ocasio-Cortez's campaign office recorded spending nearly $500 on 50 Uber rides between January and late March, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The Uber payments ranged from just $2.05 to $51.69 and were filed under 'car service.'

Her office recorded spending $1,344 on 49 Lyft rides between January and late March, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The Lyft payments ranged from $3.00 to $70.00 and were filed under 'car service.'

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Lyft, which is one of Uber's ride-sharing competitors, saw its revenue soar to $1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017. Micreported last year that Uber and Lyft have both driven New York City cab drivers to depression and debt due to increased competition.

Ocasio-Cortez's campaign staff recorded spending nearly $4,000 on 160 Uber rides between April and late June 2018, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The Uber payments ranged from just 59 cents to $82.26 and were filed under 'car service,' according to Fox News.

In her home state of New York, Ocasio-Cortez's campaign doesn't use the traditional yellow cabs for getting around either.

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The FEC records show that the campaign spent nearly $2,500 for more than 90 rides with the so-called ride-sharing startup company Juno that pitched itself as an alternative to Uber for drivers as it offered slightly better pay and an option to accumulate the company's stock. There's no data yet for any rides taken by the Ocasio-Cortez campaign in July and August.

But the 'driver-friendly' startup is barely any better for drivers than other ride-sharing companies. It was sold in April to Israel-based Gett for $200 million and immediately came under fire for scrapping the stock unit program for its drivers.

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This prompted a class action by Juno drivers. 'Plaintiffs were victims of the classic ‘bait and switch' scheme – promised equity and then paid off at pennies on the dollar when all other shareholders/investors made out handsomely,' the suit reads.