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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been mocked after attempting to take a victory lap for preventing Amazon from building its new HQ in New York.
The Democrat chimed in after it was announced the retail behemoth is halting construction of its HQ2 facility in its new location in Arlington, Virginia.
Despite the move coming as the company faces its largest ever job cuts, AOC patted herself on the back for previously preventing the project in her home state.
'When I opposed this Amazon project coming to New York bc it was a scam of public funds, the whole power establishment came after us,' she said on Twitter.
'Billboards went up in Times Sq denouncing me. Powerful pols promised revenge. Op-Eds & CEOs insulted my intelligence. In the end, we were right.'
Her celebration was cut short, however, as people slammed her for her job-killing incentive, with one demanding the lawmaker 'resign in disgrace'.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, pictured, was mocked for telling her followers it was 'worth it' to block Amazon's attempt to move its headquarters to New York, where she is a congresswoman
The Democrat chimed in as Amazon paused construction of its HQ2 complex in Virginia, pictured
Amazon's headquarters expansion will see several massive buildings erected. The Helix (above) is one of the planned buildings, which is now on hold
The congresswoman made the remarks as she recalled her opposition to Amazon's headquarters expansion in 2018, when New York was in prime position to land the new complex.
Faced with backlash to her initial tweet, AOC then doubled down on her stance, telling her 13 million followers it was 'worth it' to block the construction.
'I know I’ll never get an apology for that time, but it was worth it,' she said.
'We protected NYers from a scam deal to drain public dollars from schools & infrastructure in exchange for empty promises of “Amazon jobs” w/ 0 guarantees or guardrails. Sadly, cities who took it are suffering.'
Her twitter rant was met with staunch criticism from those who believe New York would have benefitted from the economy-boosting development, which was estimated to bring 25,000 jobs to the Big Apple.
'You don't deserve an apology, you should resign in disgrace,' said one critic.
Another joked: 'Lucky they have you, to save them from all those jobs!'
'Wait, you prevented jobs from coming to NY. Then when the
