Memes Are Hard: Occupy Democrats Founder Gives Hilarious Excuse To Accusations He Embezzled Funds

Omar Rivero, co-founder of Occupy Democrats, claimed it took strenuous effort and resources to produce memes in response to questions about the organization’s finances.

The Occupy Democrats Election Fund PAC spent $577,892 on fundraising consulting in 2021-2022, accounting for about half of its expenditures, and $0 on federal candidates, according to Open Secrets. Nearly half of those consulting funds ($250,000) went to Blue Deal LLC, which is run by Rivero and his brother, Rafael Rivero, who is also a co-founder of Occupy Democrats.
Numerous Twitter users accused Omar Rivero of embezzling funds.
 

"Relax, we're passing hundreds of thousands of dollars around to ourselves to make memes" lol

— Damin Toell (@damintoell) September 26, 2022

Occupy Democrats is a left-wing activist group known for its popular Facebook and Twitter posts, which follow a rigid formula and usually close with a call to action in all caps such as “RT IF YOU AGREE!” or “RT IF YOU SUPPORT!” The organization is a hybrid PAC which can contribute to political candidates.
 

BREAKING: Shocking footage leaks showing Donald Trump’s minion Roger Stone saying “fuck voting, let’s get right to the violence” ahead of the 2020 election — clearly he got his deadly wish on Jan. 6th. RT IF YOU THINK THAT HE MUST HE LOCKED UP FOR GOOD!

— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) September 27, 2022

“If you understood the time and effort that goes into making viral memes — and the impact that they have — you might respect our work more,” Omar Rivero said in a now-deleted tweet. 

Omar Rivero also claimed the PAC was a super PAC and as such couldn’t make direct donations to candidates; Occupy Democrats is actually a hybrid PAC which can make some donations to candidates, according to Axios.