Michael Knowles

Think about the most famous signature associated with any of the documents of the founding.

That would, of course, be John Hancock.

So identified with the founding that it actually became a synonym for a signature.

Give us your John Hancock.

John Hancock, far and away one of the wealthiest people in the colonies at the time.

That's why it was such a statement when he wrote his name clearly and in large font, because he was risking everything.

So what I love about AOC's little history lesson here is not only is she a little bit off, she kind of messed around with a few facts.

She is perfect.

perfectly, 100% wrong.

Her view is entirely diametrically opposed to the truth.

And if anything, a reconsideration of the American Revolution should really make us love billionaires even more.

You know, one of the attack ads on Spencer Pratt, which I thought was a parody, came out and said, you know, Spencer Pratt doesn't want to give a bunch of your money to junkie bums.

Spencer Pratt.

It doesn't want to funnel all your cash to unions or whatever.

And I thought, oh, this is clearly a right-winger who is making a joke about this.

No, apparently it was a real ad from an AFL-CIO union.

You can read this in the electoral commission reports.

And so they're completely out of touch.

And Spencer Pratt is tapping into something real.

This is why he can go on TV in news interviews and say, you know, they call me the reality star.