Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is once again under scrutiny, this time for allegedly misusing taxpayer funds on dance “training.” A watchdog group, Americans for Public Trust, has filed an ethics complaint against the far-left congresswoman, accusing her of improperly using her Member Representational Allowance (MRA) to cover the costs of what appears to be personal dance classes.
According to the complaint, Ocasio-Cortez spent a staggering $3,700 on payments to “Juan D Gonzalez” and another $850 to “Bombazo Dance Co Inc.” in December 2024—both labeled as “training” expenses. The funds came from her congressional office budget, which is intended for official duties, not personal hobbies.
Americans for Public Trust has sent a formal complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), arguing that these payments violate federal law and House rules. If true, this would be yet another instance of Ocasio-Cortez flouting ethics guidelines while portraying herself as a champion of the working class.
Predictably, AOC fired back in a post on X (formerly Twitter), attempting to downplay the scandal and dismiss concerns. “100% wrong. None of this is taxpayer money, this is an FEC filing. Be loud and wrong about something else. Try again next time,” she wrote.
However, the watchdog group wasn’t buying her excuse. They reviewed Federal Election Commission (FEC) records and found no references to payments to either “Juan D Gonzalez” or “Bombazo Dance Co Inc.” in Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign filings. In other words, her attempt to claim the payments were campaign-related simply doesn’t hold up.
“If it is revealed that Representative Ocasio-Cortez has demonstrated a pattern of using her taxpayer-funded MRA to pay her campaign expenses, we further request a full investigation be commenced by your office,” the watchdog wrote in its complaint.
This isn’t the first time AOC has been accused of shady financial dealings. In 2021, she faced an ethics investigation after accepting a free ticket to the ultra-elite Met Gala—an event where tables cost upwards of $275,000. She also received a heavily discounted designer dress that famously read “Tax the Rich,” despite clear ethics rules prohibiting members of Congress from accepting such gifts. An ethics review found that her staff “could not explain” the discount, raising even more questions.
Then, in 2023, she was hit with another complaint—this time from the Heritage Foundation—over her alleged defamation of Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the Libs of TikTok account. Ocasio-Cortez falsely accused Raichik of lying about a Boston hospital performing “gender-affirming hysterectomies” on minors. The Heritage Foundation’s complaint argued that AOC herself was the one “lying and disseminating disinformation.”
Ocasio-Cortez has built a career on performative outrage and far-left activism, but when it comes to her own financial behavior, she seems to play by a different set of rules. While everyday Americans struggle with soaring inflation, AOC allegedly sees nothing wrong with spending taxpayer dollars on dance training.
The real question now is whether the Office of Congressional Ethics will hold her accountable—or if, once again, AOC will be allowed to dodge consequences while continuing to preach to the rest of America about “equity” and “fairness.”
