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Deadbeat AOC’s student-loan mooching should be a red flag to her 2028 supporters

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Betting markets show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the frontrunner to snag the Democrats’ 2028 presidential nomination.

But despite earning $173,000 a year as a member of Congress, AOC refuses to pay back her student loans — a red flag that she has no respect for taxpayers.

Her supporters claim her college loans make her relatable.

“This is what happens when we elect normal people to Congress,” leftist activist David Hogg posted approvingly.

“I need a president that’s still drowning in student loan debt with me,” another fan wrote.  

Relatable to the elite, maybe, but not to everybody. 

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Households in the top fifth for earnings are three times more likely to have college debt than households in the bottom fifth of the economy. 

That means when doctors, lawyers and members of Congress don’t pay their college loans, working stiffs who never got to go to college — bus drivers, waiters and sanitation workers — end up on the hook. Totally unfair.

If we elect a student-loan deadbeat to our nation’s highest office — the nation’s first freeloader-in-chief — hold onto your wallet, and prepare for financial........

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