Edward Norton is proving to be one of AOC’s top individual donors
Three-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton has been revealed as one of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s biggest donors, donating more than $13,000 to the New York Democrat since 2020.
Norton, 53, has lived in New York City since the early 1990s with his wife, a Canadian film producer, and their two children, and is known for his support of progressive causes.
It emerged on Saturday that he had made six donations to Ocasio-Cortez’s campaigns since 2020.
The New York Post said he was one of her top individual contributors for the first quarter of 2023.
Edward Norton, 53, is one of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s largest donors
The New York congresswoman, pictured at the 2021 Met Gala, was elected in 2018
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.
Norton is a longtime Democratic donor and is interested in progressive causes
Norton is seen with his wife Shauna Robertson, a Canadian film producer
“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.”
Ocasio-Cortez is promoting the Green New Deal on April 20
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 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.”