The AOC political committee donated thousands of dollars to eco-industry groups

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political action committee has donated thousands of dollars to a climate protest group that has defiled valuable works of art around the world.

According to federal documents reviewed by Fox News digital.

The CEF organization funds radical climate protest groups known to hold disruptive demonstrations — such as throwing soup or paint on famous works of art — to grab the attention of political leaders while demanding an end to all new fossil fuel projects. fuels.

Last month, a Just Stop Oil fanatic brought a World Cup snooker match to a halt by jumping on the table and covering it in orange powder.

It’s because one of AOC’s biggest contributors was revealed over the weekend as three-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton.

Norton, 53, who is known for supporting progressive causes, has given more than $13,000 to the New York Democrat since 2020.

CEF, the organization that received AOC’s donation, has donated millions of dollars to radical groups in nine countries around the world, including UK-based Just Stop Oil, US-based Declare Emergency and others.

Just Stop Oil has performed a number of high-profile stunts, including sticking itself to expensive artwork and blocking roads.

The group is demanding an end to all new fossil fuel projects, which are one of the largest contributors to global warming and climate change.

Last fall, two Just Stop Oil activists were arrested after throwing tomato soup on a famous multimillion-dollar Vincent van Gogh painting in London’s National Gallery before sticking themselves to the wall.

The two eco-warriors were part of the radical group’s ongoing blockades of Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square, which brought central London to a standstill at the time.

“If I don’t take peaceful action to demand change, I don’t see a future for myself or people of my generation,” said one of the activists.

Another eco-enthusiast, Edred Whittingham, 25, made headlines after causing mayhem during the live competition in April, later boasting that the stunt got “exactly the reaction we were hoping for”.

The protester, who had previously been arrested six times and has been crowdfunded to support his activist lifestyle, was labeled “selfish” by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for his behavior at the time at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, but said he would continue to protest.

“By disrupting snooker we got exactly the response we were hoping for: massive publicity, millions of conversations and hundreds of people signing up for the action,” he said.

“Until the government does the right thing and terminates all new fossil fuel permits and permits, direct action will continue to play a role in keeping the issue at the forefront and at the forefront of the national (and international) conversation.”

Just Stop Oil is part of a coalition of ‘non-violent resistance groups’ demanding the British government stop licensing new oil, gas and coal projects.

In March this year, 25 of its members stuck to the road outside Buckingham Palace, resulting in more than two hours of disturbance.

According to the Federal Election Commission database, AOC’s PAC is the only federal commission to donate to the CEF since its inception in 2019.

But there are also many Hollywood celebrities, including actors Jeremy Strong and Thomas Middleditch, who have donated money to CEF.

And then there’s Norton, who sent his donations to AOC’s PAC. On January 15 of this year, he contributed $5,000.

In 2022, he donated $7,700. Nothing was registered for 2021, but in 2020 he gave $2,800. Ocasio-Cortez was elected in November 2018.

Norton has expressed her support, regularly agreeing with her on social media and retweeting her posts to reinforce them – particularly regarding social housing, tax and energy policies.

Norton is the grandson of James W. Rouse, an advocate for affordable housing, and currently serves on the board of directors of his Enterprise Community Partners foundation.

When she tweeted in the early days of the pandemic that more should be done to protect people from eviction, Norton agreed.

“Evictions, foreclosures and closure suspensions are good, but not nearly enough,” she tweeted.

He replied: 100% correct @AOC @NYGovCuomo @SenSchumer @NYCMayor.

“We need immediate and real protection from rent and mortgage, residential and commercial.

“Working families and small businesses cannot be expected to keep landlords and big commercial real estate lords and the banks behind them afloat.”

In December 2020, when Florida Senator Marco Rubio pointed out that Joe Biden’s recently appointed chief of staff was insulting Republicans, Ocasio-Cortez scolded him for caring more than she did a “f****** b* * was named. **’ to him, by one of his colleagues, Republican Rep. Ted Yoho.

“Thanks @AOC,” Norton tweeted.

“The staggering scale of the hypocrisy is exhausting…twice that in a week as we learn that our government’s operational core, including our nuclear/military security complex, has been brutally attacked by Russia at an unprecedented level. GOP silence.’

And weeks before the November 2020 election, Norton tweeted, “100% correct. @AOC is also correct.

“We don’t have a race problem. We have a racism problem. Donald Trump is a mean, unrepentant, dangerous racist. We must come to this moment in unprecedented numbers and vote this criminal out.”

Norton has been a major donor to the Democrats for many years.

He donated $41,400 to Barack Obama, about whom he made a documentary, and more than $58,000 to the Democratic National Committee.

His spokesman told the paper: “Edward has always proudly supported progressive Democratic candidates.”

In 2015, the actor told The Independent that he rejected political labels and simply fought for what he believed was right.

“Socialism has a pre-1960s definition for some people that misleads certain people, as do words like ‘conservative,'” he said.

“I think labels are limiting and limiting and I wish more people would describe themselves as progressive.

“A lot of what we see in the world, politically, isn’t so much about left versus right, but more about progressive versus regressive vision.”