Ocasio-Cortez Claims American Revolution Targeted Billionaires of the Time

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed during an interview at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics that the American Revolution was against the billionaires of that time. Former Obama advisor David Axelrod conducted the interview with the potential Democratic presidential candidate.

Ocasio-Cortez said, "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."

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) responded, "No, AOC, the American Revolution was NOT ‘against the billionaires of their time. It was against a large, distant, overly intrusive government that recognized no limits over its own authority to tax, regulate, and eat out the substance of the citizens it claimed to serve."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) added, "If a 9th grader writes this on her history test, she gets an F. It was literally a revolution against oppressive GOVERNMENT…the very thing @aoc wants to inflict on all of us. And the Revolution was financed by American free enterprise…the billionaires’ of that time."

A Hill headline noted Ocasio-Cortez did not deny 2028 speculation: "Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t deny 2028 speculation: ‘My ambition is to change this country.’"

In the same interview, she described her approach. "I make my response less to an attachment to some positional, like title or position, and working backwards from there, but I make decisions by waking up in the morning, looking out the window and observing the conditions of this country and saying, ‘What move or what decision can I make today that is going to get us closer to that future, stronger, faster, better than yesterday?’"

The piece raises concerns about Ocasio-Cortez as a possible 2028 Democratic nominee. It warns Republicans and others who value the Founding Fathers' liberties to take her ambition seriously.

The author wrote a book four years ago, "The 56 – Liberty Lessons from those who risked all to sign The Declaration of Independence," to counter left-wing smears against the Founding Fathers.

The column questions if Ocasio-Cortez ignores history from ignorance or seeks to rewrite it for a socialist agenda. It cites Benjamin Franklin's 1787 remark: "A Republic, if you can keep it."

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the nation's creation through the Founding Fathers' efforts.