Ethics watch­dog calls for inves­ti­ga­tion into AOC using House video for cam­paign

A watch­dog group is call­ing on the Office of Con­gres­sion­al Ethics to inves­ti­gate Rep. Alexan­dria Oca­sio-Cortez (D‑NY) for using video of House pro­ceed­ings in the pro­mo­tion of her elec­tion cam­paign.
The Foun­da­tion for Account­abil­i­ty and Civic Trust’s report high­light­ed four instances in which Ocasio-Cortez’s cam­paign social media account repost­ed videos of her­self speak­ing on the House floor. Fed­er­al law and House rules pro­hib­it con­gres­sion­al mem­bers from uti­liz­ing offi­cial House resources, which are fund­ed by tax­pay­ers and evoke the author­i­ty of the gov­ern­ment, for their own cam­paign use.

Rep. Alexan­dria Oca­sio-Cortez (D‑NY) attends the House Demo­c­ra­t­ic Cau­cus Issues Con­fer­ence at Lans­downe Resort in Lees­burg, Vir­ginia, Thurs­day, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

“The law is quite clear that Mem­bers can­not use offi­cial resources, and specif­i­cal­ly House video, for polit­i­cal pur­pos­es,” Kendra Arnold, exec­u­tive dir …