Occupy Democrats
Founder of Occupy Democrats.
PROFILE
Omar Rivero
Guest
FROM Omar Rivero
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How Occupy Democrats became so big on Facebook One of the most popular Facebook news sites in America is run out of a pool house in Los Angeles by a pair of Mexican-American twins. Occupy Democrats is a left-leaning page with nearly 7 million followers. But it’s not connected to Occupy Wall Street or the Democratic Party. Omar Rivero started the page in 2012, while working a gig cleaning vacation rentals after college.
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