Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is donating $1 million from her campaign to help boost Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s election bid.
The congresswoman, who is also known by her initials, AOC, said during a rally in Pontiac on Friday that she “will be transferring from our campaign in New York, $1 million to the state of Michigan to help support you all. So I’m not talkin’ about it. I’m bein’ about it.”
The New York Times reported that the congresswoman transferred $1 million on Friday to the Abdul for Michigan Victory Fund, which it described as a joint venture involving El-Sayed’s campaign, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as well as the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee.
“I’m not waking up on November 4th wishing I did more to combat the smears aimed at Abdul,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement to the outlet. “I’m leaving everything I can on the field.”
Asked after the event on Friday whether this is the first time she’s ever transferred that much funding to a candidate, the congresswoman said “Yes,” noting that it is “the first time that I’ve made a transfer of this kind,” adding that it is her first transfer of this type “to a Senate candidate as well.”
The Ocasio-Cortez and El-Sayed campaigns did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s comment request on Friday.
El-Sayed is running against President Donald Trump-backed Republican candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers.