The renowned star, Kevin O’Leary, from the hit ABC tv show “Shark Tank” recently stated that the Democratic Rep. from New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is “the killer of jobs.”
The incident occurred during the CNN show “This Morning” when O’Leary presented an open challenge for a debate, citing that investors are reluctant to invest in “blue states” like New York and California.
O’Leary added that Democratic states have tough conditions for businesses.
He claimed:
“I don’t put companies here in New York anymore or in Massachusetts or New Jersey or California. Those states are uninvestable. The policy here is insane. The taxes are too high. We put them in Fargo, North Dakota, because 40% of the people work elsewhere, including Boston.”
He also mentioned the conversation between him and the Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, over the issue.
He added:
“I say, ‘Look, Senator, we’ve got to move the companies out of your state because you are not investable anymore. You are punishing people if they are successful, you overtax them, you hit them with a super tax.’ New Jersey, what a mess! New York, uninvestable.”
O’Leary continued:
“I had a project in upstate New York behind the grid in Niagara Falls for electricity — a global data center we were building. Eventually it got so bad with the politicians in the local region and the state policy, we moved it to Norway and all the jobs.”
He further stated:
“That’s New York. Uninvestable, Sorry, don’t shoot the messenger. Just telling you the way it is.”
CNN host Kaitlin Collins stated that she would anticipate “pushback from our elected officials in New York on that.”
O’Leary replied:
“I’ll debate them any time of the day you want, particularly AOC. She’s great at killing jobs. She kills jobs by the thousands.”
While slamming AOC, he added:
“Where did Amazon take their jobs? They took them away from her. She threatened to sue them if they created jobs. I mean, this is a reality.”
CNN host Don Lemon added:
“He’s saying what a lot of people are saying. Especially what happened with that Amazon thing here in New York.”
AOC responded to O’Leary with a tweet:
“If it’s so ‘uninvestable,’ then why is NYC home to some of the most billionaires in the world? This is what billionaires do. They leverage their power to gain platforms and spread unsubstantiated claims to push policies that are even more favorable to them than they already are.”
