AOC Reveals Student Loan Debt Balance, Makes Payment During Congressional Hearing

As you may have guessed, patriots on Twitter delivered in their reply tweets to AOC's stunt!

Some Twitter users questioned what AOC used her expensive degree for:

Others poked holes in the Democrat solution to student debt:

And, others are calling out AOC's obvious stunt as just that - a stunt!

The New York Post has more to say about AOC's stunt in Congress:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a student loan payment on Tuesday — and also revealed how much she still owes — while attending a congressional hearing on college debt.

“I literally made a student loan payment while I was sitting here at this chair, and I looked at my balance, and it was $20,237.16,” said the New York lawmaker. “I just made a payment that took me down to $19,000 so I feel really accomplished right now.”

Ocasio-Cortez, a Boston University graduate, was attending a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the estimated $1.5 trillion in student debt in the country. Consumer advocates, experts and public figures testified on different ways to bring the number down.

USA Today also stated:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her bank account to make a point during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on student debt. 

Ocasio-Cortez opened her remarks by telling the witnesses and audience that she had made a student loan payment while attending the hearing. 

"I literally made a student loan payment while I was sitting here at this chair, and I looked at my balance, and it was $20,237.16," she said. "I just made a payment that took me down to $19,000 so I feel really accomplished right now."

She called for action on the nation's student debt. 

“I’m hearing people on this committee say it’s not our job," Ocasio-Cortez said, referring to congressional Republicans' testimony during the hearing. "This is our job.”