Opinion

What the Founding Fathers would tell AOC about the American Revolution

Is Rep. Ocasio-Cortez really ignorant of our American History or cleverly and incessantly trying to rewrite it?

By Douglas MacKinnon Fox News

Published May 14, 2026 5:00am EDT

Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google

close

Video

AOC says American Revolution was against 'billionaires' of the time

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., argued on Friday that the American Revolution was fought against the "billionaires" of the Founding Fathers' time.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

To be sure, hubris, ignorance, and intolerance are often the coins of the realm of the far left. A chilling example of that reality was recently on display at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics where former Obama advisor David Axelrod was interviewing potential Democratic presidential candidate Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It was there that AOC proved her massive ignorance and building bias by laughable claiming: "The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time, and we are declaring independence from such an extreme marriage of wealth and the state…"

If possible, our Founding Fathers would have told AOC many things. The first two being to "crack a history book" and "try to claw back your tuition money from Boston University."

Make no mistake. There is a very real chance that Rep Ocasio-Cortez could be the Democratic nominee for President come 2028. To that point, a recent headline in The Hill stated: "Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t deny 2028 speculation: ‘My ambition is to change this country.’"

AOC TRIPLES DOWN, CLAIMS AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS AGAINST 'THE BILLIONAIRES OF THEIR TIME'

........

© Fox News