Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Donald Trump.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat, New York) is slamming the US billionaire class for going “all in” on President Donald Trump after his election victory in November, noting that many who previously criticised him are now in a “kiss-ass race” to show Trump their utmost fealty.

“All of these people that were scared before about being associated with him, from the most common basic level to the most elite level, they’re all all-in now because this is now a billionaire feeding frenzy,” she said Thursday on Jon Stewart’s The Weekly Show podcast.

“It is a kiss-ass race,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “It is, ‘How can I show how much fealty I have to Donald Trump in order to get my digs?’ I think what’s really important for people to understand, now and every day of this administration, is that you’re being ripped off.”

Rep. Bernie Sanders (Independent, Vermont) similarly shared concern Tuesday about a potential oligarchy in the US, noting billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk........

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