Squad member Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rashida-tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a> (D-MI) made up to $100,000 in rental income during the pandemic while simultaneously co-sponsoring a bill to implement a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments.
Fox New Digital <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rashida-tlaib-pocketed-100000-rental-income-pandemic-despite-pushing-cancel-rent">reported</a> that Tlaib&#8217;s 2021 annual financial disclosures revealed a property in Detroit accumulated between $15,001 and $50,000 in rental income — the same amount from the same property in 2020.
The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/20/tlaib-defends-detroit-rental-income-amid-conservative-attacks/8201891002/">reported</a> last year that Tlaib&#8217;s residential property was valued at $100,000 to $250,000.
Michigan Rising Action argued last year that Tlaib&#8217;s receipt of rental income is an &#8220;insult to every landlord who is unable to collect rent from tenants to make ends meet,&#8221; Eric Ventimiglia said, according to The Detroit News.
However, a spokesperson for the representative defended her right to earn rental income on the Detroit property.
&#8220;There is no contradiction between advocating for an eviction moratorium and rental relief and having a great relationship with a long-term tenant in a single rental home,&#8221; Tlaib spokeswoman Adrienne Salazar said, according to The Detroit News.
&#8220;Rep. Tlaib is an unwavering advocate for tenants, has worked to get rental assistance out to landlords to keep people housed, and remains focused on advocating for residents during this pandemic,&#8221; she added.
Tlaib joined her fellow representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and other members of the House in the early days of the pandemic to co-sponsor the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1847">Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act</a>, a bill to institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, the bill never made it past the Senate floor, which at the time was under the control of a Republican majority.
Tlaib and the others reintroduced the bill in March 2021 to cancel rent for an entire year.
Fox News reported last year that one of the bill&#8217;s co-sponsors, Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), also racked up somewhere between $5,000 to $15,000 in rental income from a property in Boston during 2020.
Pressley said when the bill was first introduced that housing is a critical determinant of public health and that no person or family should be forced to choose between putting food on the table and keeping a roof over their head during the global crisis.
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Fed Chair Powell Testifies Before The House Financial Services Committee

Squad Member Peddled Rent Cancellation Bill During COVID — Then Pocketed As Much As $100K In Rental Income

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Ayanna Pressley

COVID-19

Housing

Pandemic

Rashida Tlaib

The Squad

Critics on social media lambasted a column arguing that Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) is the best hope for Democrats to win the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">2024 presidential election</a>.
The column, entitled &#8220;<a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3583238-aoc-is-the-democrats-best-shot-against-trump-in-2024/">AOC is the Democrats’ best shot against Trump in 2024</a>,&#8221; was published by The Hill Tuesday. In the article, author Michael Starr Hopkins, a Democratic PR strategist, argues that Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s social media presence and frequent clashes with Democratic leadership puts her in prime position to beat former President Trump in 2024.
&#8220;[AOC] is less of a personality and more of a movement,&#8221; Hopkins writes. &#8220;She’s an influencer in its purest form. Her ability to relate to her supporters and allow them a glimpse into her private life is a blueprint for Democrats trying to act less like mannequins and more like humans.&#8221;
Hopkins goes on to tout the far-left &#8220;Squad&#8221; member, saying that she &#8220;isn’t beholden to corporations, is a prodigious small-dollar fundraiser, and could out-Trump Trump like no other politician has been able to.&#8221;
&#8220;She’s Barack Obama if Barack Obama was an actual progressive,&#8221; he adds.
Hopkins goes on to tout AOC&#8217;s upset primary victory over former House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley in 2018. He also touted her actions since taking office. &#8220;It would have been easy for her to walk into Congress and hire nothing but communications staff,&#8221; writes Hopkins. &#8220;It would have been easy for her to sell out and do the cash grab. She could have publicly made Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer’s lives a living hell just to show off for her supporters.&#8221; Instead, he claims, AOC has established herself by taking corporations and industry leaders to task, and challenging moderates like Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).
Citing <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/politics/cnn-poll-biden-2024/index.html">polls</a> showing that the overwhelming majority of Democrats want someone other than President Joe Biden to run for President in 2024, Hopkins claims that AOC &#8220;would electrify the party’s base, turn out the youth at record levels and bring the party together by acknowledging the threat posed by electing Trump Republicans.&#8221;
Hopkins also says that in the age of social media and sound bites, AOC is uniquely prepared to take on Trump or another challenger like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
&#8220;If anyone is prepared to unify the Democratic Party and put the focus back on the working class, it’s AOC,&#8221; Hopkins concludes. &#8220;Republicans laugh, Democrats fawn, but if voters trust her, we could finally be looking at the first woman president.&#8221;
Twitter users, Right and Left, roasted the article.
&#8220;Alternative headline: &#8216;Democrats admit they have no shot in 2024’” Save America PAC Communications Director <a href="https://twitter.com/TayFromCA/status/1554533240169447424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1554533240169447424%7Ctwgr%5E944984894c1037a3d5546fef1bafb58bd61c1ff6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FTayFromCA2Fstatus2F1554533240169447424widget%3DTweet">Taylor Budowich</a> wrote.
&#8220;LOL if you really want to motivate GOP voters to turn out then go ahead,&#8221; Blaze Media Curation Editor <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCPandolfo/status/1554536444051570700?s=20&amp;t=_sLhWF6mDeGrKhytLmvyNw">Chris Pandolfo</a> opined.
“Please, Please, Please, Pretty Please, run her,&#8221; Law Enforcement Today Senior National Law Enforcement Contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/odonnell_r/status/1554547656025903108?s=20&amp;t=msAQckfy2zCYJwa2LLOrag">Rob O&#8217;Donnell</a> commented.
&#8220;No, a 32 year-old, fairly inexperienced and largely unpopular congresswoman from a deep blue part of the country without a serious legislative track record is not, in fact, the Democratic Party’s best shot against Trump in 2024,&#8221; user @RyanJakubowski tweeted.
&#8220;AOC would be unlikely to win a jungle primary -&gt; general election in her district, and there&#8217;s a reason she&#8217;s never going to run for any statewide position. Her being the local rep for a lot of online media types has massively blown her actual relevance out of proportion,&#8221; user @SashoTodorov1 added.

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Critics Roast Column Claiming AOC Is Dems’ Best Bet To Beat Trump In 2024

Critics Roast Column Claiming AOC Is Dems' Best Bet To Beat Trump In 2024

2024 Election

the hill

Twitter

New York state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D) slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Sunday afternoon on Twitter for allegedly never being &#8220;present in the community&#8221; that she is supposed to be serving.
The remarks from Ramos, Chair of the New York Senate Committee on Labor, came in response to an exchange that Ocasio-Cortez had online regarding healthcare.
&#8220;A couple of the most highly respected health policy academics recently set up a meeting with AOC’s office to discuss NHS style healthcare reform,&#8221; a tweet from a random Twitter account stated. &#8220;They were told bluntly by AOC’s staff, &#8216;we’re not doing healthcare right now.'&#8221;
&#8220;I’m really sorry to hear that this happened. It’s not representative of me nor my values,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez responded. &#8220;If you can connect with details I’d appreciate it. I’ll follow so DMs will be open.&#8221;
Ramos responded directly to Ocasio-Cortez, writing: &#8220;Maybe if you spent more time in your office and with your team you’d know what goes on.&#8221;
&#8220;Just saying it would be nice if you breathed our air. So, as an employer, what happens with the staffer who said this?&#8221; Ramos added.
Ramos responded to criticism of her calling out Ocasio-Cortez by explaining that Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s offices are on the same floor as hers and she is rarely ever there.
&#8220;Our district offices are on the same floor in the same building,&#8221; Ramos said. &#8220;She’s barely ever present in the community. It’s an indisputable fact.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez made news waves last week after she appeared to fake being placed in handcuffs after she was arrested for blocking traffic by the U.S. Supreme Court during a pro-abortion protest.
Ocasio-Cortez was one of 17 Democrat lawmakers who were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-omar-mocked-for-pretending-to-get-handcuffed-at-protest-the-queen-of-gestures">arrested</a> &#8220;for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307),&#8221; the U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement
Ocasio-Cortez claimed that what she did was not a “publicity stunt … for a headline” because it was “an activist-led civil disobedience” event. “So why join disobedience at all?” she continued. “Because media cycles go FAST and the attention and urgency on Roe can easily fade. We must keep eyes on the issue. Civil disobedience is a highly effective way of accomplishing that, and it is a trained discipline.”
The other lawmakers that were arrested included Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rep. Madeline Dean (D-PA), Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), Assistant Speaker of the House Katherine Clark (D-MA), Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI), Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC), Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).

Womens Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Womens Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

Leftist Lawmaker In New York City Slams Ocasio-Cortez: ‘It’s An Indisputable Fact’

New York

Was it righteous civil disobedience or a silly performative press stunt? That is the question we are left with in the wake of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ridiculous-attention-seekers-twitter-blows-up-when-cori-bush-celebrates-arrest-with-empowering-selfie">arrest</a> of more than a dozen Democrat members of Congress, including “Squad” sisters Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at a pro-abortion protest this week. The controversy began when a video of AOC <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-aoc-pretends-to-be-handcuffed-as-she-is-arrested-outside-the-supreme-court">emerged</a> in which she seemed to pretend that her wrists were handcuffed behind her back and then suddenly, as if by magic, she raised her fist in a symbol of defiance. Hilarity ensued as right-wing Twitter pounced on the display of mimery. 
But for ABC News, the opportunity of images of young, progressive female lawmakers being manhandled by police for protesting was just too much to resist. The Disney-owned outlet <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1549477672287457280">tweeted</a> out photos of both AOC and Omar, shot from the front, that unmistakably gave the misleading impression that they were bound. They were not. If there had been but one photo, maybe that could have been an accident, but two? Two photos that essentially confirm the same lie? No way.
So how does this happen? Especially when other outlets like the New York Post immediately <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1549474927392202754">pointed out</a> the charade? There are really only two answers, neither of which bathe ABC News in glory. The first and most likely explanation is that the editors knew the photos were misleading but used them anyway, perhaps soothing their guilt with the fact that the photos are real, even if what they seem to show is not. The other explanation, and this one might be worse, is that they really didn’t know the handcuffs weren’t there. But for that to be true, the staff at ABC News must live in a left-wing echo chamber that simply ignores the entirety of the conservative media which was laughing about the incident in chorus within minutes of it happening.
For her part, AOC <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-responds-to-widespread-mockery-that-she-faked-being-handcuffed">maintains</a> that she wasn’t faking anything, just assuming the safest position when being detained to avoid a possible resisting arrest charge, never mind the whole throwing her fist in the air thing, or that she took selfies with the officers she was supposedly so frightened of during the incident. It’s laughable but has just enough ring of truthiness to allow the left-wing media to ignore the story, especially since she is couching her absurd display beneath the cloak of personal safety.
On the one hand you could say this was a mission accomplished for the Democrats who got their photo op. But for ABC News and the news media in general, the event is just another nail in the coffin of their credibility in the eyes of the American people. A recent poll <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/394817/media-confidence-ratings-record-lows.aspx">showed</a> that just 11% of Americans have &#8220;a great deal&#8221; or &#8220;quite a lot&#8221; of confidence in television news, with newspapers just a skosh better at 16%. This is not sustainable for a functioning society, but how can we blame people for their profound doubts? When we see manipulative photos like those run by ABC, how can we arrive at any other conclusion than the people behind the curtain in the wonderful world of news are liars with an agenda?
The fact of the matter is that with the exception of sports scores and yesterday’s weather, there is no way to report the news without bias. Story selection itself is a subjective practice, let alone framing the story. That kind of bias can be accepted and accounted for by news consumers, but what can’t be tolerated is outright fabrication, or deliberately misleading practices. And the ridiculous photos used by ABC are at least the latter, and could be credibly considered the former.
Trust is a thing that is not only easily lost, but also hard to regain. No industry can survive, let alone thrive, if nearly 90% of Americans think it is untrustworthy and unreliable. And the ratings for news on TV are showing how harmful this lack of trust can be to the bottom line. In 2021, CNN weekday prime-time viewership <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mainstream-media-outlets-saw-massive-decline-in-interest-in-2021">fell</a> 38% At Fox, it was 34%, and even the network nightly news saw steep decline. Between sagging trust and drowning ratings, our news media needs a sea change — and it needs it right now.
A great start would be for ABC News to admit its mistake and hold those responsible accountable. Were it to do that in a very public way, the very public it has lost may regain some trust in it. But don’t hold your breath, kids. Not only is it unlikely that ABC News will apologize — it will probably continue to engage in this kind of corrosive behavior. That is fine news for AOC and the “Squad,” who are thrilled to have their lies spread far and wide, but for the news media it&#8217;s a disaster. ABC News needs to decide if it is a public relations arm of the Democrat Party or a news outlet. The simple and obvious fact is that it cannot be both.
David Marcus is a Brooklyn based columnist and author of &#8220;Charade: The Covid Lies That Crushed A Nation&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Readers-Pass—Marcus—AOC-and-ABC

ABC And AOC Are Why Americans Don’t Trust The News Media

ABC News

Capitol Hill

Readers Pass

Critics let Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) — member of the far-left progressive &#8220;Squad&#8221; — have it when she followed her arrest at a Supreme Court protest with an &#8220;empowering selfie.&#8221;
Bush — along with fellow Congresswomen <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-aoc-pretends-to-be-handcuffed-as-she-is-arrested-outside-the-supreme-court/">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashid Tlaib (D-MI) — claimed on Tuesday that they were among the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/reps-omar-adams-arrested-abortion-protest-supreme-court">34 arrested</a> during the pro-abortion protest. Critics roundly mocked Ocasio-Cortez for appearing to act as though she was handcuffed as a police officer escorted her from the street.
They were reportedly removed from the street after begin warned several times not to block traffic — at which point they were ticketed, fined $50 each, and released. Following the brief arrest, Bush shared a photo of the group standing, fists raised, near the still ongoing protest.
&#8220;The Supreme Court will not stop us. Even though they arrested us, we won&#8217;t stop our organizing, agitating, and legislating for justice,&#8221; she tweeted. &#8220;We got us.&#8221;
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The Supreme Court will not stop us. Even though they arrested us, we won’t stop our organizing, agitating, and legislating for justice.
We got us. <a href="https://t.co/wDHzptEYiQ">pic.twitter.com/wDHzptEYiQ</a>
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1549468580298870785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If anyone needed a group photo of the most ridiculous attention seekers in Congress, here you go,&#8221; @chicksontheright <a href="https://twitter.com/chicksonright/status/1549701558577004546">tweeted</a> in response to the photo.
&#8220;The cops who &#8216;arrested&#8217; them had such a gentle touch that not a nail on their baby-soft hands was broken,&#8221; Douglas Ernst <a href="https://twitter.com/douglasernst/status/1549730236417417219">added</a>. &#8220;Modern politicians are almost always total losers. It’s embarrassing that Americans don’t clean house across the board.&#8221;
&#8220;Privilege is getting arrested and immediately getting to take an empowering selfie afterward,&#8221; Joe Cunningham <a href="https://twitter.com/JoePCunningham/status/1549751282327584773">noted</a>.
&#8220;This is what it looks like when you&#8217;re part of the Establishment,&#8221; Gerry Callahan <a href="https://twitter.com/GerryCallahan/status/1549573269459697664">argued</a>. &#8220;No worries about being held without bail, imprisoned without formal charges, locked in solitary for a year, denied visits from your family. It sure pays to be dutiful friend of the Regime.&#8221;
AG Hamilton <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1549572612807954433">pushed back</a> on Bush&#8217;s comments, saying, &#8220;&#8216;They&#8217; didn&#8217;t arrest you. The police cited you for blocking the street after giving you several warnings asking you to move. Then they walked you over to some grass where you took pictures to celebrate your publicity stunt. And you were doing that instead of legislating.&#8221;
&#8220;Supreme Court already overturned Roe v Wade,&#8221; Seattle-based radio host Jason Rantz <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1549513254531043329">added</a>. &#8220;You lost and all you have to show for it is an arrest record and an embarrassing photo.&#8221;

Democratic Congress Members Participate In Civil Disobedience In Support Of Abortion Rights

‘Ridiculous Attention Seekers’: Twitter Blows Up When Cori Bush Celebrates Arrest With ‘Empowering Selfie’

Twitter Blows Up When Cori Bush Follows Arrest With 'Empowering Selfie'

Cori Bush

Ilhan Omar

Supreme Court

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to widespread mockery this week that she faked being placed in handcuffs and claimed that she is a victim of a &#8220;misogynistic late stage capitalist society.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez was one of 17 Democrat lawmakers who were arrested yesterday for blocking traffic by the U.S. Supreme Court during a pro-abortion protest.
She and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) were widely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-omar-mocked-for-pretending-to-get-handcuffed-at-protest-the-queen-of-gestures">mocked</a> for appearing to fake being placed in handcuffs as they were escorted away by police.
Ocasio-Cortez responded to the mockery on Instagram in answering a post that stated in part: &#8220;Why the publicity stunt with acting like you&#8217;re being arrested? It&#8217;s just foolish and makes you look silly &#8230; acting like you&#8217;re cuffed and like you&#8217;re some sort of hero was just too much for me.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez claimed that what she did was not a &#8220;publicity stunt &#8230; for a headline&#8221; because it was &#8220;an activist-led civil disobedience&#8221; event. &#8220;So why join disobedience at all?&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Because media cycles go FAST and the attention and urgency on Roe can easily fade. We must keep eyes on the issue. Civil disobedience is a highly effective way of accomplishing that, and it is a trained discipline.&#8221;
&#8220;If I didn&#8217;t or refused to participate in an activist request, people also would have burned me for that too,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;They have in the past. I understand and accept that I operate in an environment that will not cast my actions in a positive light almost no matter what &amp; from all angles. If I’m not there, people criticize, if I am there they still do. So I’m just going to do me. I accept being branded as &#8216;too much&#8217; in a misogynistic late stage capitalist society that is totally insufficient for the present moment and propagandizes its people to tear down any who challenge it.&#8221;
She noted that she was &#8220;arrested, charged, and fined,&#8221; but then claimed that holding her hands together behind her back &#8220;is a best practice when under arrest, whether you are handcuffed or not, because it can help you prevent more serious charges like resisting arrest.&#8221;
AOC was also seen raising her fist after pretending to be in handcuffs.
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AOC PRETENDS to be *handcuffed* in fake arrest protesting Supreme Court &#8212; then raises her fist, breaking her fake handcuffs 
CLOWN WORLD LOL <a href="https://t.co/nlvrDHV2Tj">pic.twitter.com/nlvrDHV2Tj</a>
&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1549452325181427713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I do think it’s important to unpack the often unquestioned, knee-jerk assumption made by many on the right AND the left that a woman politician &#8216;just wants attention,’” she continued. &#8220;As if that alone is a compelling enough motivation to do anything. Do you really believe that? Could there be anything else motivating a decision she makes? The ‘just wants attention’ assumption is often a deeply false and misogynistic one that people readily adopt about women quickly and without much critical thought.&#8221;
AOC claimed that just wanting attention &#8220;hurts herself and her career&#8221; and that she &#8220;actually hate[s] it but understand[s] that this fixation was never my choice to begin with, so I might as well use it to strategically uplift the causes and movements that need it.”
&#8220;Why would a woman just want attention if doing so hurts herself and her career? For me personally I actually hate it but understand that this fixation was never my choice to begin with, so I might as well use it to strategically uplift the causes and movements that need it,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;Attention means my life is threatened more and makes my job harder internally. Sometimes I don’t do things because it wears me to exhaustion and in moments when I’ve considered leaving politics, it’s precisely because of it. But if that’s really who you think I am, I can’t really change that and I don’t care to change myself for the approval of others. If you don’t like me that’s okay!&#8221;
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AOC responded to the &quot;fake handcuffs&quot; video in an Instagram Stories post yesterday.
&quot;Putting your hands behind your back is a best practice when under arrest, whether you are handcuffed or not,&quot; said AOC, who was filmed fist-pumping supporters while being detained by police. <a href="https://t.co/Rq0Be3ncmb">pic.twitter.com/Rq0Be3ncmb</a>
&mdash; Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewKerrNC/status/1549808186391142400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Democratic House Members Protest Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling

AOC Responds To Widespread Mockery That She Faked Being Handcuffed

Abortion

Police

Washington D.C.

Far-left Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) were mocked Tuesday afternoon for appearing to pretend that they were handcuffed after they were arrested for blocking traffic by the U.S. Supreme Court during a pro-abortion protest.
&#8220;We made a total of 35 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307),&#8221; the U.S. Capitol Police <a href="https://twitter.com/CapitolPolice/status/1549477982187700227">said</a> in a statement posted to Twitter. &#8220;That arrest number includes 17 Members of Congress.&#8221;
The other lawmakers that were arrested included Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rep. Madeline Dean (D-PA), Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), Assistant Speaker of the House Katherine Clark (D-MA), Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI), Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC), Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).
The aspect of the arrests that received the most attention was how Ocasio-Cortez and Omar seemingly pretended that they were handcuffed as they were escorted out of the area.
WATCH:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>, we can all see you’re not really in cuffs, dummy. <a href="https://t.co/5ULyyc09Qm">pic.twitter.com/5ULyyc09Qm</a>
&mdash; Steven Crowder (@scrowder) <a href="https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1549458645947224067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Check out the last split second of this clip of Omar after pretending she has handcuffs on.<a href="https://t.co/szISvUmY5C">pic.twitter.com/szISvUmY5C</a>
&mdash; Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cam_Cawthorne/status/1549464198215770114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Notable responses to the videos included:
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<li>Bret Baier, Fox News: &#8220;Just noting &#8211; they weren’t handcuffed &#8211; just decided to hold their hands like that.&#8221;</li>
<li>Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia: &#8220;Gee, as a lawmaker and representative of law in this country, I would have expected you to understand that you are entirely free to protest in support of abortion rights—as long as you aren&#8217;t blocking traffic while doing so. But go ahead, be proud of your childish arrest.&#8221;</li>
<li>Brit Hume, Fox News: &#8220;Note the handcuff pose, abandoned only to raise her fist in the air. The queen of gestures.&#8221;</li>
<li>Harry Khachatrian, Washington Examiner: &#8220;AOC, while being calmly escorted by an officer, holding her hands behind her back pretending she is handcuffed is the most @AOC thing ever.&#8221;</li>
<li>John Cardillo, political commentator: &#8220;They just want to date her.&#8221;</li>
<li>Caleb Hull, digital strategist: &#8220;The funniest part about this video of AOC being escorted out by Capitol Police is her pretending to be in handcuffs. She is a professional victim.&#8221;</li>
<li>Julie Gunlock, Director of Independent Women&#8217;s Network: &#8220;AOC pretending like she is in cuffs is all you need to know about this fraud. Her image is what matters, not the people she was elected to serve.&#8221;</li>
<li>Tom Elliott, founder of Grabien: &#8220;Politicians are ultimately all just failed actors.&#8221;</li>
<li>Josh Jordan, statistician: &#8220;Compare the video of AOC and Omar above showing they were clearly not handcuffed with the photos going viral on social media if you&#8217;re wondering why they pretended to be in handcuffs. And that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m cynical of just about everything these days&#8230; it&#8217;s all a show.&#8221;</li>
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AOC, Omar Mocked For Pretending To Get Handcuffed At Protest: ‘The Queen Of Gestures’

AOC, Omar Mocked For Pretending To Get Handcuffed At Protest

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Police arrested at least 17 House Democrats on Tuesday for blocking traffic outside the United States Supreme Court during a planned &#8220;civil disobedience&#8221; abortion protest.
Democrat Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Cori Bush of Missouri, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Nydia Velazquez of New York, Barbara Lee of California, Jackie Speier of California,  Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Sara Jacobs of California, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Andy Levin of Michigan, Alma Adams of North Carolina, Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, Veronica Escobar of Texas, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois were arrested, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/07/19/aoc-democrats-arrested-roe-abortion?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">Axios reported</a>.
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UPDATE: We made a total of 34 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307). 
That arrest number includes 16 Members of Congress.
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Video footage captured by The Daily Signal&#8217;s Doug Blair and Bernadette Hassan shows police escorting a smiling Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez away from the court as lively band music can be heard in the background.
The New York Democrat holds her hands behind her back as if she is handcuffed, then lifts one fist in the air, shakes it, and then again places it behind her back. Her office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
The move prompted quick amusement from her critics online.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> has just been escorted by police away from the Supreme Court. <a href="https://t.co/F9DOoLq8yJ">pic.twitter.com/F9DOoLq8yJ</a>
&mdash; Douglas Blair (@DouglasKBlair) <a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasKBlair/status/1549445391585878022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Multiple members of Congress, including <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>, being arrested by Capitol Police for blocking traffic outside the Supreme Court in abortion rights demonstration: <a href="https://t.co/fysQN1oBAw">pic.twitter.com/fysQN1oBAw</a>
&mdash; Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1549445768683061249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CoriBush</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IlhanMN</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AyannaPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AyannaPressley</a> &amp; other Members of Congress arrested for civil disobedience in front of Supreme Court. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BansOffOurBodies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BansOffOurBodies</a> <a href="https://t.co/GxtxS4aMYb">pic.twitter.com/GxtxS4aMYb</a>
&mdash; Lynese Wallace (@lynesewallace) <a href="https://twitter.com/lynesewallace/status/1549448114179870720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Republican communicator Matt Whitlock <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1549453617417027591">tweeted</a>: &#8220;Have to wonder if any of the protesters alongside her ever thought &#8216;wait .. aren&#8217;t you an elected member of Congress with the power to pass legislation on this issue? Why are you over here protesting? Pass a bill!'&#8221;
&#8220;She pretends to be handcuffed, raises her fist in a salute, and then goes back to pretending to be handcuffed,&#8221; tweeted strategist Greg Price.
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She pretends to be handcuffed, raises her fist in a salute, and then goes back to pretending to be handcuffed 😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/BLFT0D3k1V">https://t.co/BLFT0D3k1V</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1549451171873579009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Omar&#8217;s office <a href="https://twitter.com/toreyvanoot/status/1549437120300822528?s=20&amp;t=qG_F-Cm2aeMdbXRvwrzq5Q">had alerted media</a> of the planned &#8220;civil disobedience&#8221; shortly before it took place.
Omar, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, can be seen in a video captured by Hassan sitting on the ground outside the court.
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Earlier here is <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IlhanMN</a> smiling as she waits to be arrested outside the Supreme Court as part of a pro abortion protest. <a href="https://t.co/ge0ovx0VXX">pic.twitter.com/ge0ovx0VXX</a>
&mdash; Bernadette Hassan (@bernadetteh1776) <a href="https://twitter.com/bernadetteh1776/status/1549458409761787904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Woman outside SCOTUS lists off members of Congress who participated in today’s civil disobedience and are currently detained by the police. <a href="https://t.co/IwEEkDerGi">pic.twitter.com/IwEEkDerGi</a>
&mdash; Bernadette Hassan (@bernadetteh1776) <a href="https://twitter.com/bernadetteh1776/status/1549458141888364544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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WATCH: AOC Pretends To Be Handcuffed As Police Arrest 17 House Dems Outside SCOTUS

Police Arrest Members Of The Squad Outside Supreme Court 

Megyn Kelly called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) a &#8220;congressional Kardashian&#8221; after the congresswoman complained about being &#8220;unprotected&#8221; from a heckler who called her a &#8220;big booty Latina.&#8221;
During a recent Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8bj_Ml8IA">podcast</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-issues-warning-to-democrats-after-biden-backs-move-to-nationalize-abortion-law">host</a> spoke with guest comedian Andrew Schulz about AOC posting a video complaining about being &#8220;unprotected&#8221; on Capitol Hill. Kelly noted this is the same woman who was fine when protestors &#8220;harassed&#8221; Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh while he was &#8220;trying to have a steak.&#8221;
&#8220;She&#8217;s [Ocasio-Cortez] a congressional Kardashian,&#8221; claimed Kelly. &#8220;That&#8217;s what she is. She knows exactly how to work the camera.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolutely-disgusting-megyn-kelly-blasts-ana-navarro-after-she-invokes-disabled-brother-in-defense-of-roe-v-wade">Kelly</a> then played a clip of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tells-pro-abortion-crowd-she-was-raped-a-decade-ago-i-was-completely-alone">AOC</a> being &#8220;heckled&#8221; on the steps of Capitol Hill by an individual who described the congresswoman as his &#8220;favorite big booty Latina.&#8221; The host noted that the person was &#8220;definitely doing some harassing&#8221; as AOC appeared to criticize the Capitol Police, saying, &#8220;this institution is not designed to protect people.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh my God,&#8221; the host replied. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, but give me a f***ing break. You&#8217;re a public figure&#8230;This is the same woman who was cheering Brett Kavanaugh getting harassed out of his seat at Morton&#8217;s [The Steak House].&#8221;
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&#8220;So, I don&#8217;t give a s*** that she had to hear big booty Latina,&#8221; Kelly added. &#8220;Every woman on earth has heard that and a thousand times worse. And it&#8217;s not the Capitol police&#8217;s job to run over and police the guy&#8217;s words coming out of his mouth. She acts like she&#8217;s the only one there who needs to be protected and that every time somebody doesn&#8217;t run to interfere, to protect her ego, she&#8217;s been let down again by Capitol security.&#8221;
The former Fox News host wasn&#8217;t done yet and said she&#8217;s &#8220;had it with her nonsense victim claims.&#8221;
Kelly closed out the segment noting the hypocrisy of AOC complaining about being heckled when the congresswoman was &#8220;totally fine having this done to a guy [Kavanaugh] who just had an assassination attempt on his life. It&#8217;s fine for you to do it to him&#8230;but she can&#8217;t take a couple words about her booty? Spare me!&#8221;

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‘Give Me A F***ing Break’: Megyn Kelly Calls AOC A ‘Congressional Kardashian’ After Congresswoman Heckled

Megyn Kelly Calls AOC A ‘Congressional Kardashian’ After Congresswoman Complains About Heckler 

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Democrats are calling for the Supreme Court to be stripped of its jurisdiction over abortion following the monumental overturn of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
&#8220;Congress is granted the authority to remove the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction under Article III,&#8221; Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Thursday. &#8220;To protect marriage equality, contraception, and more, we need to limit the power of the far-right Court that’s already overturned Roe v. Wade.&#8221;
In a letter sent to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrats call on the leaders to exercise Congress&#8217; constitutional powers under Article III to &#8220;include language that removes the Supreme Court&#8217;s appellate jurisdiction over such legislation,&#8221; referring to Democratic plans for legislation that would &#8220;protect and enshrine abortion rights.&#8221;
&#8220;Congress can instead assign exclusive appellate jurisdiction to another federal court, such as the D.C. Circuit,&#8221; the letter said.
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With our basic rights under threat from a rogue Supreme Court, Congress needs to exercise our legal authority to the fullest extent. That&#39;s why today we called on <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> to support stripping the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over abortion. <a href="https://t.co/9Rp6RkEqs8">pic.twitter.com/9Rp6RkEqs8</a>
&mdash; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC/status/1547694058436304897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The American people want to see Congress protect their fundamental rights,&#8221; the letter continues, &#8220;and the Constitution grants us the powers to do so. Congress, as the branch of government that is closet to the people, has a duty to exercise its powers For the People.&#8221;
Pelosi and Schumer did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
The move comes after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states">recent pro-life victory</a> in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, through which the Supreme Court overturned the monumental Roe v. Wade case.
The 6-3 decision in Dobbs followed the early May leak of a draft opinion indicating which way the justices would likely rule. That leak prompted protests across the nation, particularly in Washington, D.C., as well as dozens of attacks and vandalism of pro-life organizations, centers, and churches.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Roe and a subsequent case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld Roe, both must be overturned, and the right to allow, deny, or restrict the right to an abortion must reside with states.
&#8220;Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division,” Alito wrote in his majority opinion (strikingly similar to the earlier leaked draft). “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

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Democrats Call For Schumer, Pelosi To Strip Supreme Court Of Abortion Jurisdiction

Democrats Push To Strip Supreme Court Of Abortion Jurisdiction

Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) claimed Wednesday evening that U.S. Capitol Police officers or other actors working inside the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/us-capitol">Capitol building</a> assisted protesters during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/capitol-riot">January 6 riot</a> as they breached the facility in an effort to stop the certification of the Electoral College vote.
The congresswoman also said that, because the issue is unresolved, she has &#8220;never felt safe&#8221; at the Capitol. Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s remarks came just hours after a comedian crudely trolled her while she was entering the building.
In a video posted by Pablo Manríquez, a correspondent for Latino Rebels, AOC is heard sounding off to the camera, &#8220;&#8230;And that there were actual officers working with this? And we never got to the bottom of that, and we never got any answers about that? And to this day, we&#8217;re just supposed to pretend that that never happened? I have no idea what happened to the people on the inside, who were very clearly sympathetic with what was going on and opening doors wide open for that, and I&#8217;m supposed to sit here and pretend like none of that ever happened?&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aoc</a> tells me she&#39;s never felt safe in the Capitol, citing reports of police and members of Congress working with insurrectionists on January 6th. Here&#39;s the video: <a href="https://t.co/9rxABsUI3L">pic.twitter.com/9rxABsUI3L</a>
&mdash; Pablo Manríquez (@PabloReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/PabloReports/status/1547414088363511808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Since January 6, 2021, reports have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/officers-calmly-posed-for-selfies-and-appeared-to-open-gates-for-protesters-during-the-madness-of-the-capitol-building-insurrection/articleshow/80165694.cms">surfaced</a> claiming that officers, in some instances, stood by as Trump-supporting protesters entered the Capitol — though the context for the reports is often unclear. At least one law enforcement officer <a href="https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520">allegedly</a> posed for a selfie with a protester inside the Capitol.
AOC went on to argue that officers who allegedly helped the protesters must be held &#8220;accountable&#8221; and that simply throwing taxpayer dollars at the issue would not improve the situation — thus continuing to place employees in the Capitol building at risk.
&#8220;And then right afterward, you have a massive, you know, you just have this idea that throwing money at that problem is going to make it go away without any accountability,&#8221; she said to the camera. &#8220;And so this is, this is where these things are breaking down. We&#8217;re not safe. And it&#8217;s not just about members of Congress not being safe. The food staff workers aren&#8217;t safe. the janitors aren&#8217;t safe — like we need to get to the bottom of this.&#8221;
The congresswoman also tweeted, &#8220;Remember how there was tons of footage and evidence of officers &amp; others inside on 1/6 supporting insurrectionists, but then everyone decided it was too politically risky to investigate thoroughly so they brushed under the rug and now we still have no idea who or what is safe?&#8221;
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Remember how there was tons of footage and evidence of officers &amp; others inside on 1/6 supporting insurrectionists, but then everyone decided it was too politically risky to investigate thoroughly so they brushed under the rug and now we still have no idea who or what is safe? <a href="https://t.co/eL8BZaANha">https://t.co/eL8BZaANha</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1547426024316616705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In reaction to AOC&#8217;s remarks, former advisor to the Trump campaign, Steve Cortes, tweeted, &#8220;Wait, so AOC says Capitol Police did, in fact, invite protestors into the building? One way to get to resolve all such issues? Release the tapes. All of them.&#8221;
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Wait, so AOC says Capitol Police did, in fact, invite protestors into the building?
One way to get to resolve all such issues? Release the tapes. All of them. <a href="https://t.co/3KNZab2HwG">pic.twitter.com/3KNZab2HwG</a>
&mdash; Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) <a href="https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1547573569139314688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Activists on both sides have called for the January 6 Committee investigating the riot to release the thousands of hours of security footage from inside and surrounding the building to help clarify what exactly happened.

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AOC Claims ‘Inside’ Government Actors Helped January 6 Protesters, Building Is Still Unsafe

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Inside' Government Actors Helped January 6 Protesters In Twitter Video

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is, without a doubt, one of the Democratic Party’s rising stars. 
With 13.2 million followers on Twitter, she appears to carry more grassroots influence than some of the most well-known politicians on the Left — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
Despite her popularity with the progressive base, researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia <a href="https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/aoc-among-most-ineffective-lawmakers-in-congress-according-to-study-664063">found</a> that in terms of garnering support for and passing legislation, she is one of the least effective lawmakers in Washington.
When one examines her proposals, there is no mystery as to why this is the case.
<h4>The Green New Deal</h4>
The Green New Deal (GND) — a plan that would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warren-ocasio-cortezs-93-trillion-green-new-deal-does-not-go-far-enough">tackle climate change</a> by ending fossil fuel usage — has a price tag of <a href="https://www.americanactionforum.org/daily-dish/an-initial-analysis-of-the-green-new-deal/">$93 trillion</a>. 
The Green New Deal’s measures extend far beyond the issue of climate. As the American Action Forum <a href="https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/the-green-new-deal-scope-scale-and-implications/">details</a>, the plan includes “a 10-year transition to an exclusively low-carbon energy electricity grid” and “enough high-speed rail transit available that air travel becomes unnecessary” — but also slips in leftist policy goals like “union jobs with a family-sustaining wage,” “adequate family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security to all people of the United States,” “universal health care,” “guaranteed housing for every American,” and “food security for every person in the United States.”
The legislation would attempt to meet all of the power demand in the United States “through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources” within the next decade. In order to accomplish ubiquitous green energy usage in such a short time frame, the legislation suggests “upgrading all existing buildings in the United States and building new buildings to achieve maximum energy efficiency” and “overhauling transportation systems in the United States to remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.”
Why the short time frame? Because Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-i-was-joking-about-world-ending-12-amanda-prestigiacomo'">asserted</a> that the world “is gonna end in twelve years” if Americans do not address climate change. After conservatives called out the absurdity of her statement, however, the lawmaker insisted that she was merely employing “dry humor” and “sarcasm.”
<h4>Civilian Climate Corps</h4>
More recently, Ocasio-Cortez suggested that Congress build a $70 billion “Civilian Climate Corps.” 
Weighing in at 0.075% of the Green New Deal’s size, the Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) comparatively seems like a bargain. However, the legislation would<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-is-shoving-a-70-billion-civilian-climate-corps-bill-through-congress"> employ</a> at least 1.5 million Americans — a population larger than the United States’ total active military force — to “complete federally-funded projects that help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy.”
Each “corpsmember” would receive a salary between $25,000 and $50,000 through 2025. Since the bill would favor hiring from “labor groups,” taxpayers can be certain that the new positions would exist until the end of all creation — or, for the next twelve years. Whichever comes first.
“The CCC would put 1.5 million young people to work strengthening our communities and preserving our lands — doing everything from remediating blight and maintaining trails to creating entirely new green spaces,” Ocasio-Cortez remarked. “The program also provides the support needed to turn this work into a career path — including childcare, eldercare and tax-free educational grants to be used for student loan debt payments or higher education.”
The CCC sounds an awful lot like a miniaturized GND.
<h4>Ban Fracking Act</h4>
Though likewise tame in the light of the Green New Deal, Ocasio-Cortez has suggested the outright abolition of fracking.
The <a href="https://soto.house.gov/media/press-releases/soto-ocasio-cortez-sanders-merkley-unveil-bill-ban-fracking-nationwide">Ban Fracking Act</a> of 2020 would “institute an immediate federal ban on all new federal permits for fracking-related infrastructure and a ban on fracking within 2,500 feet of homes and schools by 2021,” then “ban fracking nationwide” starting in 2025. Breadwinners who work in the fossil fuel industry would be placed into “good-paying jobs in the communities in which they live as the United States moves quickly to an energy system based on sustainable energy and energy efficiency.”
“The science is clear: fracking is a leading contributor to our climate emergency. It is destroying our land. It is destroying our water and it is wreaking havoc on our communities&#8217; health,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We must do our job to protect our future from the harms caused by the fracking industry and its methane emissions.”
Despite lofty promises from progressives seeking to upend the nation’s energy infrastructure, promises of booming growth and new jobs never seem to materialize. Reporters once <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/peter-doocy-blasts-jen-psaki-when-do-union-workers-get-their-green-jobs">asked</a> former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki where employees from the canceled Keystone Pipeline could receive their promised green energy jobs. A year and a half later, those employees are doubtlessly still not holding their breath.
<h4>H.Res.666</h4>
Ocasio-Cortez’s <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/666/titles?r=70&amp;s=1">H.Res.666</a> — an identifier that should automatically be imputed to all Democrat-proposed legislation — would lead the House of Representatives into ratifying the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
Stating that poverty and inequality are “choices made by people in power” instead of “inevitables,” the resolution <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hres666/text">asserts</a> that the United States must be “held accountable by Americans and the international community for ensuring these rights for all Americans.” 
Unsurprisingly, the United Nations’ Covenant <a href="https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&amp;mtdsg_no=IV-3&amp;chapter=4">reads</a> like another socialist wish list — even beyond the overtly Marxist framework upon which it is based. Among other items, the document declares “the right of everyone to form trade unions and join the trade union of his choice,” the necessity to provide “paid leave or leave with adequate social security benefits” for mothers, and the “progressive introduction” of free college education.
The Embrace Act
Ocasio-Cortez’s “Embrace Act” would guarantee all existing federal benefits be made available to illegal immigrants.
“Our nation must recognize that our history — immigrants, enslaved peoples, and refugees built this country,” the lawmaker’s website says. “We all do better when we create a just society that embraces our most vulnerable populations and paves a path to prosperity for all.”
To attain this end, Uncle Sam would be compelled to provide a wide menu of handouts to illegal immigrants — including “any retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other similar benefit” available to American taxpayers. 
Ocasio-Cortez’s bill, which is unfair on paper, would be even more disastrous in practice. Within weeks of the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-border-crisis-sinks-to-worst-level-in-dhs-history-explodes-674-over-last-year">assuming</a> office — after months of promising to welcome migrants with open arms — the southern border saw a 674% year-over-year increase in illegal crossings.
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