Donating to AOC’s “Abuela” is Elitism, Not Conservatism.

So …. a few days ago AOC tweeted this …

Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.

This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR.

People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them. pic.twitter.com/wnRxLalA2D

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2021

Which prompted this reply from NeverTrump Matt Walsh and this surreply from AOC ….

You don’t even have a concept for the role that 1st-gen, first-born daughters play in their families.

My abuela is okay. But instead of only caring for mine & letting others suffer, I’m calling attention to the systemic injustices you seem totally fine w/ in having a US colony. https://t.co/QN0ZVoyDt2

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2021

which led to Walsh setting up a GoFundMe for abuela …

As you’ve heard, @AOC’s abuela is living in a dilapidated home that was ravaged by Hurricane Maria. AOC is unable to help her own grandma for whatever reason, so I have set up this Go Fund Me campaign to save her home. Please give if you can. #HelpAbuela https://t.co/F1N0Jxgnxg

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 4, 2021

Corporate conservatives, such as Ben Shapiro, predictably thought it was hilarious and donated:

I just donated $499, the monthly lease payment for a Tesla, to help AOC's grandmother fix her home. I challenge @glennbeck, @scrowder and @ClayTravis to do the same. Let's heal the world. https://t.co/q9pE00yEnB https://t.co/9EkXofsYkf

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 4, 2021

(In case you are unaware, AOC drives a Tesla.)

Eventually, the GoFundMe raised $100,000, before being shut down because AOC informed GoFundMe that abuela would NOT accept the money:

Conservative commentator Matt Walsh revealed on Saturday that the “family” of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s grandmother will not be accepting the money he raised to repair her home after the New York Democrat blamed former President Donald Trump for blocking aid that was supposed to be sent to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

So … it’s their money and they have the right to do whatever they want with it, but I also have a right to say what they are doing is elitism, not conservatism.  While $500 is just the proverbial drop in the bucket for Walsh and Shapiro, the $100,000 in donations to Abuela … all “to own AOC” … could have made a real difference to people on our side who desperately need help:

So everyone har haring about raising money for AOC’s abuela in some sort of sad “troll” operation—donate instead to a guy persecuted by Biden DOJ and locked up without bail to keep the Sicknick “attack” fable alive.

Give here, not to Walsh’s stunt:https://t.co/fHyiUHGZH4

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) June 5, 2021