A member of Congress called “America’s least favorite barmaid” has mischaracterized the American Revolution as being a war against “the billionaires of their time,” and was rebuked online with: “Read a book.”
“The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time” – AOC pic.twitter.com/PGmDnLa9DU
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 8, 2026
It is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., in fact a former barmaid, who created the statement that “The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time.”
Twitchy, however, compiled a few of the facts about that particular Revolution, which were unsupportive of her claims.
This is Robert Morris, the richest man in America in 1776.
He literally bankrupted himself usinf his vast personal fortunate, shipping fleet, and fiscal acumen to pay for the American Revolution.
AOC is stupid. https://t.co/4Y3q3GMiIP pic.twitter.com/PBIFRw9mQQ
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) May 9, 2026
John Hancock was arguably the richest person in the colonies.
He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
His main competition was Robert Morris, who also signed the Declaration.
AOC is embarrassing.
— Jeremy Carl (@realJeremyCarl) May 9, 2026
George Washington was the richest president in American history other than Trump. https://t.co/BwyCn7gdD4
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) May 8, 2026
This is just ahistoric.
Many of the founding fathers (Washington, Hancock, Morriss, Carroll, and even Franklin/Jefferson/Madison) were among the wealthiest people in the colonies.
Read a book. https://t.co/Kq9V3d3vqy
— Austen Allred (@Austen) May 9, 2026
Thomas Sowell on AOC:
“As I listened to her, I was amazed that there seems to be no factual issue as far as she is concerned. She just pronounces things to be so and that’s the end of it.” https://t.co/qXchQwBwnl
— Thomas Sowell Daily (@DailySowell) May 8, 2026
Twitchy commented, “There’s a reason that men who signed the Declaration of Inedpenence and fought the war pledged their fortunes to the fight. They were ALL wealthy landowners, the same people AOC claims to hate today.”
Mike Lee noted, “No, AOC, the American Revolution was NOT ‘against the billionaires of their time.’ It was against a large, distant, overly intrusive government that recognized no limits over its own auithority to tax, regulate, and eat out the substance of the citizens it claimed to serve.”
One commenter posted the sarcastic conclusion from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., about the intelligence level held by AOC: “I think she’s the reason there are directions on a shampoo bottle.”
