AOC throws weight behind GameStop hedge fund massacre, takes a dig at Wall Street’s ‘long history of treating economy as a casino’

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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has heaped mockery on Wall Street hedge funds who’ve taken a beating after a short-selling scheme on GameStop shares miserably backfired, accusing them of treating markets like a “casino.”

The New York congresswoman took to Twitter on Wednesday night to poke fun at the “Wall Streeters” racking up major losses amid a push by online trolls to punish GameStop short-sellers, deliberately driving up the value of the retailers’ stock.

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