AOC responds to Met Gala criticism: 'I ... have been so heavily and relentlessly policed'
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Tuesday responded to criticism of her appearance at the Met Gala, a costume fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art that attracts some of the country's most elite celebrities.
"I thought about the criticism I'd get, but honestly I and my body have been so heavily and relentlessly policed from all corners politically since the moment I won my election that it's kind of become expected and normalized to me," Ocasio-Cortez said in response to a question on her Instagram story. "The irony is that when women in power take the prospect of criticism to be to be cautious in their actions, they are then criticized for being ‘inauthentic’ and ‘too calculated.'"
She added that the sustainable gown created by Aurora James, whom Ocasio-Cortez described as a "Black woman immigrant designer" in a separate Instagram post, sparked a conversation about taxing the rich, which was her ultimate goal in wearing the design.