REVEALED: AOC paid $1.4 million to make 'Tax the Rich' shirts, other anti-capitalism merch

If you click open the official AOC team shop (because she's become a brand beyond personhood) and you'll find $15 socks, $25 t-shirts, and $58-plus sweatshirts with the ideological beliefs of the outspoken New York congresswoman pasted on them.

At the very least, the company swears that it's all made in America. Per the Daily Mail, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave an excessive amount of money to Rhode Island-based firm Financial Innovations to sell AOC-branded merchandise that ironically says anti-capitalism phrases like "Tax the Rich" on it.

Ocasio-Cortez's campaign sent the cash to Financial Innovations, which operates the Democratic socialist's online store and supplies the political merchandise, according to disclosures to the Federal Election Commission late last week.

The outlet says Ocasio-Cortez paid Financial Innovations $1.4 million USD in the first half of 2021. Daily Mail reports the figure is up "nearly double" compared to the prior couple of years. It's been reported that the other high-profile clients of the firm, which specializes in political merchandise for Democrats, includes former President Barack Obama, current President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Ocasio-Cortez is selling "Abolish ICE" t-shirts as Biden's crisis intensifies at the United States-Mexico border. All proceeds will go toward overhauling America's immigration system, Ocasio-Cortez's site touts. "We must go bigger and bolder on reimagining our immigration system. The path forward is clear. We must abolish ICE," the caption advertising the t-shirt reads.

While the statement of "abolishing ICE" is still in the AOC purview, the "Squad" member has been demonstrably more mild when it comes to the Biden administration's border crisis. Instead, taking a more defensive approach to terminology and labeling, Ocasio-Cortez is relatively more tame with deeming the former Trump presidency as running "concentration camps" on the exact same subject matter of migrant detention facilities.

Other slogans on Team AOC's site includes left-wing mantras like "The Green News Deal," "Better Climate = Better Jobs," and "Drink Water & Don't Be Racist."

The last time Ocasio-Cortez publicly remarked against the critics of her merchandise was in December 2020 when she said the high prices was to counteract "slave-wage labor for merch that funds grassroots organizing."

Ocasio-Cortez is seen as a political figure who managed to capitalize on the social media aspect of the current cultural climate, even if the Democrat congresswoman lacks in the immediate sense of political clout and upstanding.