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UPDATE 2:55 P.M.: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's campaign office, not congressional office, has spent nearly $500 on Uber rides in the first quarter of 2019. This story has been corrected.

Freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) has repeatedly castigated ride-sharing giant Uber and blamed its 'unregulated expansion' after a yellow cab driver committed suicide last year, but her campaign office has taken nearly $500 worth of Uber rides during the first quarter of 2019.

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, criticized Uber several times on Twitter last year and blamed them for causing 'financial ruin' to yellow cab drivers.

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'NYC's fourth driver suicide. Yellow cab drivers are in financial ruin due to the unregulated expansion of Uber. What was a living wage job now pays under minimum,' she tweeted.

NYC's fourth driver suicide. Yellow cab drivers are in financial ruin due to the unregulated expansion of Uber. What was a living wage job now pays under minimum.

We need:
– to call Uber drivers what they are: EMPLOYEES, not contractors
– Fed jobs guarantee
– Prep for automation https://t.co/FjfapJV2ni

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 21, 2018

The yellow cab driver, Doug Schifter, killed himself with a shotgun amid financial difficulties in response to multiple cheaper alternatives to the yellow taxi, as addressed in his Facebook status.

Ocasio-Cortez's campaign office recorded spending nearly $500 on 50 Uber rides between January and late March, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The Uber payments ranged from just $2.05 to $51.69 and were filed under 'car service.'

Her office recorded spending $1,344 on 49 Lyft rides between January and late March, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The Lyft payments ranged from $3.00 to $70.00 and were filed under 'car service.'

Lyft, which is one of Uber's ride-sharing competitors, saw its revenue soar to $1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017. Micreported last year that Uber and Lyft have both driven New York City cab drivers to depression and debt due to increased competition.

Ocasio-Cortez's campaign staff recorded spending nearly $4,000 on 160 Uber rides between April and late June 2018, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The Uber payments ranged from just 59 cents to $82.26 and were filed under 'car service,' according to Fox News.

In her home state of New York, Ocasio-Cortez's campaign doesn't use the traditional yellow cabs for getting around either.

The FEC records show that the campaign spent nearly $2,500 for more than 90 rides with the so-called ride-sharing startup company Juno that pitched itself as an alternative to Uber for drivers as it offered slightly better pay and an option to accumulate the company's stock. There's no data yet for any rides taken by the Ocasio-Cortez campaign in July and August.

But the 'driver-friendly' startup is barely any better for drivers than other ride-sharing companies. It was sold in April to Israel-based Gett for $200 million and immediately came under fire for scrapping the stock unit program for its drivers.

This prompted a class action by Juno drivers. 'Plaintiffs were victims of the classic ‘bait and switch' scheme – promised equity and then paid off at pennies on the dollar when all other shareholders/investors made out handsomely,' the suit reads.

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It seemed to be more 'Do as I say, not as I do' leadership from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

On Wednesday, the New York Democrat enthusiastically threw in her support for Uber and Lyft drivers ahead of a worldwide strike, but campaign finance records indicate her team has spent nearly $2,000 on ride-hailing services this year alone.

The boycott was organized in response to Uber’s anticipated initial public offering this Friday for more than $90 billion – a figure drivers say comes at the cost of reduced wages and job security.

In a Wednesday afternoon tweet, Ocasio-Cortez urged her followers to avoid using either Uber or Lyft to help support the drivers (though “Cabs are fine!' she wrote).

“It’s a small but big way you can help all the drivers you’ve met get paid more to feed their families + support themselves,” she wrote.

But despite overtures of solidarity, campaign records show Ocasio-Cortez’s staff spent nearly $2,000 on ride-hailing services in the first three months of 2019, and more than $16,000 last year. And Wednesday was by no means the first time Ocasio-Cortez took aim at the such services.

Since declaring her candidacy to unseat incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in May 2017, her campaign has relied heavily on Uber, Lyft, and Juno, despite criticizing them for underpaying their drivers.

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In August, she appeared to blame Uber for a yellow cab driver’s suicide after he killed himself with a shotgun amid his inability to compete with the internet-inspired upstarts.

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“NYC”s fourth driver suicide. Yellow cab drivers are in financial ruin due to the unregulated expansion of Uber. What was a living wage job now pays under minimum,” she wrote.

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Her campaign did cut some spending on Uber rides amid scrutiny. But those cuts were soon offset by the extensive use of Lyft and Juno, Federal Election Commission (FED) records show.