AOC’s Denmark Comparison on the $15 Federal Minimum Wage, Debunked

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently took to Twitter to once again call for raising the federal minimum wage. She argued that $15 an hour, if anything, is a deep compromise," especially in light of the fact that, McD's workers in Denmark are paid $22/hr + 6 wks paid vacation." This argument doesn't hold up.