A writer and podcast host for the conservative outlet The Daily Wire has raised more than $60,000 in a GoFundMe campaign to repair the home of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s grandmother in Puerto Rico after the New York Democrat posted pictures of her living conditions this week.
The crowdfunding campaign, titled “Save AOC’s Abuela’s Ancestral Home,” comes after The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh clashed with the Democratic lawmaker on Twitter this week, tweeting, “Shameful that you live in luxury while allowing your own grandmother to suffer in these squalid conditions.”
“In response to the tragic news delivered by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this week that her grandmother lives in squalid conditions in Puerto Rico, The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds to repair Ocasio-Cortez’s’ grandmother’s house,” the outlet said in a press release.
“Congresswoman Cortez who, although she earns over $180,000 per year, says she is unable to help her grandmother at this time, but did take to Twitter this week to share her abuela’s story with the world,” added the statement on Friday.
Walsh made a $499 donation to start the campaign, which The Daily Wire called “the equivalent of a monthly lease payment for a Tesla like the one AOC drives.”