AOC: Expiration of Child Tax Credit to Blame for Rising Crime in NYC

"Economic expert" AOC connected the increasing thefts in New York City to the expiration of the child tax credit in an interview published in the New Yorker on Monday.

While speaking with the New Yorker for a “wide-ranging” interview, Ocasio-Cortez said she has been told by “hospitals, doctors and social workers” that the increase in violence is mainly being caused by young men.

“And we allow the discourse to make it sound as though it’s, like, these shady figures in the bush jumping out from a corner. These are young men. These are boys. We’re also not discussing the mental health crisis that we are experiencing as a country as a result of the pandemic,” she said.

She pointed out that the child tax credit, which was seen as a lifeline to many families, expired on Dec. 31 “and now people are stealing baby formula.”

The interview then went on, going from bad to worse.