‘Their money couldn’t buy a movement’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taunts Wall Street after triumphing over her billionaire-backed primary opponent

‘Their money couldn’t buy a movement’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taunts Wall Street after triumphing over her billionaire-backed primary opponent

'Their money couldn't buy a movement': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taunts Wall Street after triumphing over her billionaire-backed primary opponent

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez goaded Wall Street on Wednesday after winning the Democratic primary for New York's 14th Congressional district.

Her opponent, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, received campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, and several billionaire investors.

"There is no price tag for having people who are animated by the courage of their convictions and by a desire for a better world," Ocasio-Cortez said in a victory video. "You cannot purchase that."

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez taunted Wall Street on Wednesday after comfortably winning the Democratic primary for New York's 14th Congressional district.

The progressive lawmaker's biggest rival was Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC international correspondent who received campaign donations from several financial titans.

"Wall Street CEOs, from Goldman Sachs to Blackstone, poured in millions to defeat our grassroots campaign tonight," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "But their money couldn't buy a movement."

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The first-term Congresswoman, who goes by the nickname "AOC,"