AOC mocked on Twitter after Democratic socialist brags about squashing Amazon HQ in Queens
, “that was 3 years ago, Tootsie, and it wasn’t a 2nd Headquarters. You are verified job killer!”Amazon’s announcement of a construction pause for its Virginia project prompted AOC to brag about saving New Yorkers.Amazon said it was delaying the second phase of its Virginia project, which followed the biggest round of layoffs in its history.
The construction setback comes four years after the company wanted to construct its second headquarters in Long Island City, a move that was supposed to bring some 25,000 jobs to the region. Amazon would have received $3 billion in state and local tax breaks, which
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