Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., fiercely criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming address to Congress next month, calling him a “war criminal,” and accusing him of having no regard for U.S. law. House and Senate leaders from both sides of the aisle have invited Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24, delivering the most recent […]
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Biden threatened by ‘Squad’ members over debt bill
Members of the “Squad” are warning President Joe Biden that they will push back on a debt ceiling bill if they think he gave up too much to Republicans. Tuesday is the last day Biden and congressional leaders are all in Washington, D.C., to work on a deal before the United States defaults on its […]
CNN Should Be ‘Ashamed’ Of Trump Town Hall says AOC
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said CNN “lost total control” of its town hall with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, amid more widespread criticism from other Democrats over the event, where Trump repeated false claims and called host Kaitlan Collins “nasty.” Ocasio-Cortez accused the network of being “manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan […]
AOC calls parents bill of rights ‘fascist’
House Democrats took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday to denounce a GOP bill on parental rights, saying the bill was fascist and would lead to book bans. In a series of floor speeches on Thursday afternoon, House Democrats accused their Republican colleagues of wanting to ban books and prevent children […]
AOC Calls Christian Super Bowl Ads ‘Fascist’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Sunday she did not believe Jesus would support Super Bowl commercials that she claims make fascism “look benign.” The Christian group He Gets Us reportedly spent $20 million on two Super Bowl advertisements that showed Jesus as someone with empathy for immigrants and the poor, who was also tired of […]
AOC, Omar pretend to be handcuffed after abortion protest arrest
The images of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., seemingly pretending to be handcuffed on Tuesday as they were escorted away from the Supreme Court by police drew amusement and ridicule on the right. Along with left-wing “Squad” members like Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and several other House Democrats, Ocasio-Cortez and Omar joined […]
AOC says pro-life Democrats should not be elected
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested in an Instagram video Saturday night that pro-life Democrats should no longer serve in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The conservative-leaning court overturned the landmark 1973 abortion ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which centered on a Mississippi law that banned abortion after […]
AOC’s Squad Using Texas Crisis To Push Green New Deal
Top Democrats are zeroing in on the recent winter storm devastation in Texas, calling for investigations into Republicans’ handling of the crisis and amplifying their support for radical environmental policies like the Green New Deal. “Governor Abbott thought Texas could run an electrical grid that ignored the climate crisis,” Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted. […]
AOC Raises Over $3 Million Dollars For Texas Disaster Relief
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., raised $3.2 million for relief efforts in Texas as of Friday night before visiting Houston to help in the recovery effort. “I think this shows that New York stands with you, but the whole country stands with you,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a press conference outside a food bank, where she spent […]
AOC Adds Members To The “Squad”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was one of just a handful of radical left-wing lawmakers elected to Congress in 2018, and who banded together to form the “Squad” to push once-fringe policies like the Green New Deal and “Medicare-for-all” — but in 2020, that small group’s numbers are expanding. Last week’s congressional elections led to victory […]
AOC Calls Trump A “White Supremacist” After Proud Boy Answer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) labeled President Trump a “white supremacist” after his first presidential debate against Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday. Ocasio-Cortez retweeted a clip of Trump refusing to condemn white supremacy and telling the Proud Boys, a group labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, to “stand back and […]
AOC’s Squad Losing Ground In Their Re-Election Bids
Two of the four members of the group known as “The Squad” – an influential group of progressive first-term minority congresswomen – are facing serious Democratic primary challengers in the coming weeks. In Minnesota’s heavily Democratic 5th Congressional District – which covers much of the city of Minneapolis and was ground zero for the nationwide […]