Who is the baby with whom AOC traveled?

Who is this baby?

A snapshot of representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) carrying a toddler while he was boarding for a flight Friday to Washington, DC, asked the internet with whom to Child with whom the childless politician was traveling.

The Queens-Bronx congressman responded Saturday by revealing that it was a "test" of a policy that is likely to sink into a gray area of ​​campaign funding.

"The tot is my first employee of 1 year!" she tweeted in response to a Twitter post of the picture. "We are testing new childcare policies on the campaign by covering the cost of childcare for parents traveling, or covering children's trips + a partner to join for certain trips. Wish us luck! "

A few hours later, she tweeted a selfie with the staff member holding the child in a seat next to her in the plane, with a longer explanation.

"The AOC team does things a little differently. We are experimenting with internal child care policies, such as providing childcare on our team's traveling trips or subsidizing the costs of having a baby and partner on certain trips. "

She went on to explain that childcare expenses are related to the pay gap between men and women, as mothers often give up opportunities that involve work-related travel because of costs. and child care considerations.

AOC and her collaborator traveled to Boulder, Colorado, where she joined Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), A freshman at home, for a roundtable on "climate emergencies" and a fundraising for his campaign.

The decision to offer custodial services to staff may require a decision by the Federal Election Commission as to whether such use of campaign funds is lawful.

Last year, the FEC decided that a campaign could support child care expenses that would not exist "regardless of the candidate's campaign in the federal election." RL..I.), Was specific to the childcare expenses of the candidate. It does not mention the costs of staff members.

A 1995 decision stated that a candidate could pay for childcare expenses when his wife was traveling with him because she was "an integral part" of the campaign team and that the costs "resulted directly from a campaign activity and would not exist otherwise ".