Ocasio-Cortez hits back at critics who pounced on $58 'Tax the Rich' sweatshirt

Congresswoman says price was appropriate because garment was made by unionised workers in America - unlike Trump's merch'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a swift response for conservatives criticizing her for selling a Tax the Rich" sweatshirt for $58. The price was right, the leftwing New York Democrat said, because the campaign merchandise was made by unionised workers in the US rather than in China, unlike political wear sold by, for example, Donald Trump.

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