Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) got into a heated spat with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during a Thursday committee hearing, referring to the Georgia congresswoman condescendingly as &#8220;baby girl&#8221; and demanding she &#8220;strike&#8221; her words.
The tiff began as the House Oversight Committee met to discuss holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden&#8217;s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur in his classified documents probe — a subpoena the White House blocked by citing &#8220;executive privilege.&#8221;
Greene sparked the ire of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) when she asked whether any Democrats had employed the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan — who is currently presiding over former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Manhattan hush money trial — a political consultant whose firm has worked for Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY).
&#8220;I’d like to know if any of the Democrats on this committee are employing Judge Merchan’s daughter,&#8221; Greene began.
&#8220;Please tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland,&#8221; Crockett objected.
&#8220;Oh, Goldman. That’s right. He’s advising. Ok,&#8221; Greene continued.
&#8220;Do you know what we’re here for? Do you know we’re here —&#8221; Crockett tried again.
After a little bit of back and forth, Greene took a shot at Crockett: &#8220;I think your fake eyelashes are messing up your –&#8221;
&#8220;Hold on! Hold on! Order,&#8221; Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) cut in. &#8220;We have a point of order. Mr. Lynch, state your point.&#8221;
&#8220;Mr. Chairman, I would just like to ask the parliamentarian if your conduct here in raising money in connection with this hearing is referable to the Ethics Committee within this hearing. There’s a motion in order to refer your conduct and your abuse –&#8221; Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) said, prompting an immediate rebuttal from Comer.
&#8220;That’s not a point of order,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I do have a point of order. And I would like to move to take down Ms. Greene’s words,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said then. &#8220;That is absolutely unacceptable! How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person!&#8221;
&#8220;Are your feelings hurt?&#8221; Greene asked.
&#8220;Move her words down!&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez shouted.
&#8220;Aww,&#8221; Greene mocked.
&#8220;Oh! Girl, baby, girl!&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said in condescending tones.
&#8220;Oh, really?&#8221; Greene prodded.
&#8220;Don’t even play!&#8221; from Ocasio-Cortez.
&#8220;Baby, girl? I don’t think so,&#8221; Greene shot back.
&#8220;We are gonna move and we are gonna take your words down,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez continued.
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Rep. Greene makes fun of Rep. Crockett&#39;s fake eyelashes and all hell breaks loose. 
You have to watch the entire exchange. 
SNL couldn&#39;t create a skit like this: <a href="https://t.co/hSzJBRVk08">pic.twitter.com/hSzJBRVk08</a>
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Greene then agreed to &#8220;strike her words&#8221; but said that she had no intention of offering the apology Ocasio-Cortez demanded.
Greene then suggested that Ocasio-Cortez debate her — an offer the New York congresswoman rejected out of hand. Comer caller for order again, clarifying for the record that Greene would agree to strike her words — although she repeated her prior statement that she would not apologize.
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Crockett then interjected with another point of order, and took a shot at Greene. &#8220;I’m just curious. To better understand your ruling, if someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleached blonde, bad-built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?&#8221;
&#8220;A what now?&#8221; Comer asked, and all hell broke loose for a second time.

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‘Oh, Girl. Baby Girl’: AOC Demands Apology In Angry Spat With Marjorie Taylor Greene

'Oh, Girl. Baby Girl': AOC Demands Apology In Angry Spat With Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took some heat on Sunday for an X post supporting the Biden administration&#8217;s decision to put a hold on some military aid headed for Israel.
Ocasio-Cortez shared a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Axios — which noted that it was the first time since Hamas launched unprovoked attacks on Israel on October 7th that the United States had stopped a shipment of ammunition headed to Israel, and that Biden&#8217;s concerns about an Israeli offensive in Rafah could be behind the decision.
&#8220;The United States has an obligation to uphold its own laws and to respect human rights globally. Amidst the Israeli gov’s siege on Gaza, blocking humanitarian aid, and threats on Rafah, withholding US military aid is a major development towards ceasefire,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez posted via X.
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The United States has an obligation to uphold its own laws and to respect human rights globally.
Amidst the Israeli gov’s siege on Gaza, blocking humanitarian aid, and threats on Rafah, withholding US military aid is a major development towards ceasefire.<a href="https://t.co/MY2WFn94rb">https://t.co/MY2WFn94rb</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1787151463275233326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Critics quickly pointed out the fact that Hamas terrorists — in addition to starting the current war with the October 7th terror attacks — could easily bring about a ceasefire simply by releasing all of the remaining hostages.
&#8220;AOC, On Holocaust remembrance day you spread blood libels, intentionally obscuring the truth: Hamas launched rockets from Rafah at the Kerem Shalom crossing today. The only siege is of Hamas, holding their own people— and 133 Israeli hostages— captive,&#8221; Hen Mazzig posted.
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AOC,
On Holocaust remembrance day you spread blood libels, intentionally obscuring the truth: Hamas launched rockets from Rafah at the Kerem Shalom crossing today.
The only siege is of Hamas, holding their own people— and 133 Israeli hostages— captive.
&mdash; Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1787155589023584390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Do you have a comment on how Hamas bombed the Kerem Shalom crossing &#8211; where Israel had based its aid efforts out of? You sent this after that happened,&#8221; Bethany Mandel added.
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Do you have a comment on how Hamas bombed the Kerem Shalom crossing &#8211; where Israel had based its aid efforts out of? You sent this after that happened.
&mdash; Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) <a href="https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1787189804561576310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Biden &amp; Schumer are dancing to the Squad’s anti-Israel hatred,&#8221; Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) replied.
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Biden &amp; Schumer are dancing to the Squad’s anti-Israel hatred. <a href="https://t.co/0R66m2d22R">https://t.co/0R66m2d22R</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1787346465255194769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Marc Leibowitz commented, &#8220;When the lunatic fringe applauds @JoeBiden&#8217;s withholding of ammunition from @Israel while she is fighting a multi-front war following the 10/7 atrocities on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, you know that there is zero distinction between the adults in the room and the nuts.&#8221;
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When the lunatic fringe applauds <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>&#39;s withholding of ammunition from <a href="https://twitter.com/Israel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Israel</a> while she is fighting a multi-front war following the 10/7 atrocities on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, you know that there is zero distinction between the adults in the room and the nuts. <a href="https://t.co/U9sh4jBgxX">https://t.co/U9sh4jBgxX</a>
&mdash; Marc Leibowitz (@Marc_Leibowitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marc_Leibowitz/status/1787409482546348431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I feel like someone once got impeached for being accused of withholding congressionally mandated foreign aid for political reasons. But apparently it’s something to brag about now?&#8221; NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino said.
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I feel like someone once got impeached for being accused of withholding congressionally mandated foreign aid for political reasons.
But apparently it’s something to brag about now? <a href="https://t.co/2EBKfyOwqm">https://t.co/2EBKfyOwqm</a>
&mdash; Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/VickieforNYC/status/1787558925966966966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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AOC Torched After Praising U.S. Hold On Israel Military Aid

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Top New York City Police Department officials slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday for demonizing law enforcement&#8217;s response to anti-Semitic protests on Columbia University&#8217;s campus.
Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1783224425074086256">responded</a> to a video posted on X that showed NYPD counterterrorism officers on campus who were there to ensure that the far-left extremists did not become violent.
&#8220;Not only did Columbia make the horrific decision to mobilize NYPD on their own students, but the units called in have some of the most violent reputations on the force,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;NYPD had promised the city they wouldn’t deploy SRG [Strategic Response Group] to protests.&#8221;
&#8220;So why are these counterterror units here?&#8221; she asked.
NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell fired back at AOC: &#8220;Truly amazing! Columbia decided to hold its students accountable to the laws of the school. They are seeing the consequences of their actions. Something these kids were most likely never taught. Good SAT scores and self-entitlement do not supersede the law. I am sure you would agree that we have to teach them these valuable life skills.&#8221;
&#8220;Secondly, I was with those &#8216;units&#8217; last Thursday that you describe as having, &#8216;the most violent reputations.&#8217; These &#8216;units&#8217; removed students with great care and professionalism, not a single incident was reported,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The only incidents that day on campus were the student&#8217;s hateful anti-Semitic speech and vile language towards our cops. I am sure you agree any hateful speech is unacceptable. You should rethink your comments to a simple thank you to the NYPD and hate has no place in our society.&#8221;
Chell said that AOC should visit the campus and &#8220;listen to their remarks of pure hatred.&#8221;
&#8220;I will ensure those &#8216;units&#8217; will protect you as they do for all NYers 24/7/365,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Lack of accountability = consequences. Hate from anyone, anywhere has no place in our city and country.&#8221;
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry also responded to AOC&#8217;s remarks on X: &#8220;Everyone has a Constitutional right to protest, it’s one of the pillars our great democracy is built on. But kids also have a right to go to school without being harassed, threatened, intimidated or assaulted.&#8221;
&#8220;There is nothing &#8216;horrific&#8217; about protecting the safety of Columbia’s young students who are just trying to go to school,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We’ve said it time and time again, the NYPD will always protect and defend your right to protest but just because you hold a sign while you’re threatening, harassing, intimidating and assaulting people doesn’t give you a free pass from criminal conduct.&#8221;
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&#8220;Being anti-Semitic and spewing hate to kids will never ever be tolerated in our city,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Our officers are the best and most highly trained law enforcement professionals in the world. Everyday, they have to endure insults, threats, and hate speech merely because the uniform they wear as they try to keep the peace and protect everyone’s rights. I encourage you @AOC to visit Columbia and do a walk through; I promise our officers will, like always, do their job, and protect you like they have protected everyone on campus regardless of what your political beliefs are. We’ll also take a report if you feel threatened.&#8221;
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Everyone has a Constitutional right to protest, it’s one of the pillars our great democracy is built on. But kids also have a right to go to school without being harassed, threatened, intimidated or assaulted. There is nothing “horrific” about protecting the safety of Columbia’s… <a href="https://t.co/a3fEQQEIeh">https://t.co/a3fEQQEIeh</a>
— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDDaughtry/status/1783469997508944072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) said on Monday that Democrats should be moving to &#8220;acknowledge the upside of the uncommitted movement,&#8221; attempting to put a positive spin on the large numbers of Democrats who have voted against President Joe Biden in some swing state primaries.
The New York Congresswoman told comedian Stephen Colbert that if those voters — who have expressed anger over the Biden administration&#8217;s continued support for Israel&#8217;s war against the terrorist group Hamas — were truly disillusioned and disengaged, they would have stayed home instead of continuing to engage in the voting process — and she said that Democrats should see that as a plus.
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“We need to acknowledge the upside of the Uncommitted movement.” &#8211;<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> <a href="https://t.co/uAPbgNlav2">pic.twitter.com/uAPbgNlav2</a>
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&#8220;We need to acknowledge, actually, the upside of the ‘uncommitted’ movement, which is that these are folks that easily could have given way to cynicism and walked away from this process entirely,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez said.
She went on to explain that the thousands who had voted &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-20-of-minnesota-democratic-primary-voters-pick-uncommitted-over-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uncommitted</a>&#8221; in states like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gretchen-whitmer-expects-large-number-of-uncommitted-votes-in-dem-primary-after-urging-voters-to-back-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> were &#8220;using the primary to send a message&#8221; and make it clear to Biden that the issue was one that was important enough for them to take a stand.
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&#8220;I do believe that many in the ‘uncommitted’ campaigns also know and understand the threat of a Donald Trump presidency,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez continued. &#8220;The Democratic Party has always been a coalition party, and we have to bring everybody together. &#8230; Once people feel like their concerns have been seen, then we can start the process of coming together. I think they’re using this process to be seen, and it’s best that we do that now, than for folks to stay home in November.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez, who has said that she plans to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ocasio-cortez-biden-the-strongest-democrat-option-to-face-trump-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote for Biden</a> despite her own criticisms of his support for Israel, did not say what could happen if those who had voted &#8220;uncommitted&#8221; in several state primaries did not appreciate Biden&#8217;s response to their &#8220;message.&#8221;

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AOC Tells Dems To Embrace ‘Upside’ To Primary Protest Votes Against Biden Over Israel

AOC Tells Dems To Embrace 'Upside' To Primary Protest Votes Against Biden Over Israel

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed on Sunday that Israel was intentionally committing a &#8220;genocide&#8221; inside Gaza and that the Hamas terrorist organization could not end the war by releasing the hostages and surrendering to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
AOC&#8217;s comments on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; on Sunday come despite efforts by Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, which is inspected to ensure that weapons are not being smuggled in to Hamas.
&#8220;This word is extremely serious. It&#8217;s one that&#8217;s taken with extraordinary gravity. And, to me, the threshold of intent is a high one, it is a serious one and is not one that is made lightly,&#8221; she said.
She later suggested that Israel was not targeting Hamas: &#8220;But what we are seeing here, I think, with a forced famine, is beyond our ability to deny or explain away. There is no targeting of Hamas in precipitating a mass famine of a million people, half of whom are children.&#8221;
When pressed by CNN host Jake Tapper about statements from Israeli officials that Hamas could end the tomorrow instantly by releasing the hostages and surrendering, AOC responded: &#8220;I do disagree, because, when we are talking about famine, the actions of Hamas should not be tied to whether a 3-year- old can eat.&#8221;
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&#8220;The actions of Hamas do not justify forcing thousands, hundreds of thousands of people to eat grass as their bodies consume themselves,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We and the Israeli government has a right to go after Hamas, but we are talking about a population of millions of innocent Palestinians. We are talking about collective punishment, which is injustifiable (sic).&#8221;
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pushed the state of New York to seize former President Donald Trump&#8217;s assets in the state if he cannot secure an unprecedented bond while he appeals the civil fraud case against him and his company.
AOC made the remarks about the $464 million bond during a Sunday interview with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper on &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
&#8220;I think Attorney General [Letitia] James has been handling this case with tremendous skill,&#8221; AOC said. &#8220;It&#8217;s ultimately up to her determination, but it is my belief that all people should be treated equally under the law. And if that seizure of assets would be pursued to any other American, then Donald Trump should be treated the same.&#8221;
&#8220;As far as the political implications go, I think that what we are dealing with politically is the much larger and much more grave and serious pressure of having this judgment against Donald Trump and him being in this degree of debt and the financial pressures that he is under and what he is subject to do in order to obtain those assets, I actually think that there is risk in not seizing these assets and the open window that exists in him trying to secure these funds through other means,&#8221; she said.
AOC said, &#8220;There is a very real risk of political corruption&#8221; in Trump&#8217;s attempt to obtain the bond and referenced &#8220;interesting transactions&#8221; involving his Truth Social platform.
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&#8220;This is not about party. This is not about politics,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;This is about corruption and criminality. We&#8217;re talking about an individual who ordered essentially a terrorist attack on the Capitol of the United States in order to retain power. That is not about being a Republican. It is not about being a Democrat.&#8221;
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AOC Urges New York To Seize Trump’s Assets: He ‘Ordered Essentially A Terrorist Attack’

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sparred with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over her recent comment claiming that RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) was in itself &#8220;not a crime.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez made the initial statement during a Wednesday hearing before the House Oversight Committee regarding the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. She was attempting to argue the witness — former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski — into a corner by challenging him to name what specific crimes under the RICO umbrella he believed had been committed.
Frustrated by his unwillingness to simply concede her point, Ocasio-Cortez insisted that RICO was a &#8220;CAT-E-GOR-Y&#8221; of crimes rather than a specific crime.
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AOC &#8211; &quot;RICO is not a crime.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/YcTusJAaP4">pic.twitter.com/YcTusJAaP4</a>
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And while some responded on X to say that Ocasio-Cortez was correct in her assessment, Cruz was not one of them.
&#8220;This is bizarre. RICO — the Racketeer Influenced &amp; Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968—is most assuredly a crime. It often results in massive felony sentences. And yet @aoc — eager to defend Joe Biden — insists it’s not a crime,&#8221; Cruz posted.
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This is bizarre. RICO—the Racketeer Influenced &amp; Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968—is most assuredly a crime. 
It often results in massive felony sentences. And yet <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aoc</a>—eager to defend Joe Biden—insists it’s not a crime. <a href="https://t.co/5hxw4Jk4lv">https://t.co/5hxw4Jk4lv</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1770664035060510961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez doubled down, however, lashing out at Cruz directly.
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&#8220;Wrong! RICO is a statute under which specific crimes may be considered — kidnapping, robbery, arson, etc. You need to name the crimes in order to substantiate RICO. So … since you’re the expert, what RICO crimes and evidence does House GOP have? Since they don’t seem to know,&#8221; she said.
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Wrong!
RICO is a statute under which specific crimes may be considered &#8211; kidnapping, robbery, arson, etc.
You need to name the crimes in order to substantiate RICO.
So… since you’re the expert, what RICO crimes and evidence does House GOP have? Since they don’t seem to know. <a href="https://t.co/FYVdK6Y2OO">https://t.co/FYVdK6Y2OO</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1770841932354199656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Fox Business host David Asman shared a comment from the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office&#8217;s former Chief of the Financial Fraud Unit Sol Wisenberg, who said of Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s outburst, &#8220;If you’re going to bully a witness, at least you shouldn’t embarrass yourself by getting the law wrong.&#8221;
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Sol Wisenberg, who as frmr Chief of the Financial Fraud Unit in a U.S. Attorney&#39;s office knows juuuuust a bit more about the law than AOC, sets her straight about RICO: “If you’re going to bully a witness, at least you shouldn’t embarrass yourself by getting the law wrong.” <a href="https://t.co/p7MU62xSWo">pic.twitter.com/p7MU62xSWo</a>
&mdash; David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidAsmanfox/status/1770809464368537804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;RICO is a crime Even #FaniWillis says so That&#8217;s why is (sic) has it&#8217;s (sic) own distinct code section under state and federal law #ricoisacrime,&#8221; Phil Holloway added.
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RICO is a crime
Even <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FaniWillis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FaniWillis</a> says so
That&#39;s why is has it&#39;s own distinct code section under state and federal law<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ricoisacrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ricoisacrime</a> <a href="https://t.co/m3G3IpGCuf">pic.twitter.com/m3G3IpGCuf</a>
&mdash; Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilHollowayEsq/status/1770886034865217698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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AOC Picks A Fight With Ted Cruz Over RICO Comments

Hunter Biden

Impeachment

Ted Cruz

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachment-witness-tony-bobulinski-claims-hunter-and-james-biden-perjured-themselves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tony Bobulinski</a>, a former business associate of the Biden family, got into a fiery exchange with Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) during an impeachment hearing on Wednesday.
Ocasio-Cortez — known as &#8220;AOC&#8221; for short — began her five minutes of speaking to the witnesses by asking Bobulinski a &#8220;simple&#8221; question: Was it his testimony that he personally witnessed President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> commit a crime?
Bobulinski said &#8220;yes,&#8221; after which the congresswoman pressed him to name the crime. &#8220;How much time do I have to go through it?&#8221; he quipped.
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Heated exchange between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Tony Bobulinski.
.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepAOC</a>: &quot;Did you witness the president commit a crime? Is it your testimony today.&quot;
Tony Bobulinski: &quot;Yes.&quot;
Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>: &quot;What crime have you witnessed?&quot; 
Bobulinski: &quot;How much time do I have?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/vqZUBUN6kR">pic.twitter.com/vqZUBUN6kR</a>
&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1770505232834773413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It is simple, you name the crime,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez shot back. &#8220;Did you watch him steal something?&#8221; she added.
Bobulinski listed &#8220;corruption statutes, RICO and conspiracy, FARA &#8230;&#8221; before stopping as Ocasio-Cortez tried to interject by demanding that he offer &#8220;specific&#8221; crimes.
&#8220;You asked me to answer the question,&#8221; Bobulinski said. &#8220;I answered the question. RICO, you&#8217;re obviously not familiar with. Corruption statutes&#8230;&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez shot back, repeating, &#8220;Excuse me, sir!&#8221; She then singled out Bobulinski&#8217;s mention of RICO. &#8220;RICO is not a crime. It is a category,&#8221; she said.
RICO laws against racketeering were primarily used to go after organized crime organizations in decades past, but they have gotten renewed attention in recent months as former President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/trump-georgia-rico-act-racketeering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces a RICO case</a> in Georgia related to the 2020 election.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a category of crimes that you&#8217;re then charged under,&#8221; Bobulinski said. He suggested that there is a &#8220;long&#8221; list of statutes that would apply.
Still, Ocasio-Cortez kept pushing Bobulinski to name specific crimes.
&#8220;It&#8217;s funny, in this committee room — everyone&#8217;s not here — there&#8217;s over 18 lawyers that went to law school. I&#8217;ll leave it up to you guys to define the statute,&#8221; he said.
He was again interrupted by Ocasio-Cortez, who repeatedly exclaimed, &#8220;I reclaim my time!&#8221; while pointing an index finger into the air.
The congresswoman then used the remainder of her time to scold her GOP colleagues for proceeding with the impeachment inquiry that lacks &#8220;specific&#8221; charges of high crimes or misdemeanors against Biden.
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Republicans chastised Ocasio-Cortez — particularly over her assertion that RICO is not a crime — on social media.
The X account for the GOP-led House Oversight Committee, which held the hearing, posted a clip of her comments with an emoji of a person doing a facepalm.
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Rep. AOC asks Tony Bobulinski to list the crimes he witnessed Joe Biden commit.
Tony Bobulinski lists the crimes: corruption statutes, RICO, conspiracy, FARA.
AOC then says RICO is not a crime.🤦
(HINT: RICO is a federal law codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68) <a href="https://t.co/HCNsSkgCjg">pic.twitter.com/HCNsSkgCjg</a>
&mdash; Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1770512950018572790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;(HINT: RICO is a federal law codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68),&#8221; the post noted.
&#8220;Weekly meltdown by Rep. AOC,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepNancyMace/status/1770495824356573249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). &#8220;Someone needs to remind the Left, just because you are loud, does not mean you are right.&#8221;

AOC Clashes With Biden Impeachment Witness, Says ‘RICO Is Not A Crime’

AOC Clashes With Biden Impeachment Witness, Says 'RICO Is Not A Crime'

U.S. House of Representatives

CNN pundit Scott Jennings provoked the ire of several &#8220;Squad&#8221; members when he referred to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as a &#8220;public relations agent for Hamas&#8221; during a recent panel discussion.
Jennings joined a conversation hosted by CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip — and he responded to Omar&#8217;s promise to vote to re-elect President Joe Biden in 2024 despite any misgivings she might have about his administration&#8217;s continued support for Israel in the war against the terror group Hamas.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> absolutely shredded Ilhan Omar after her appearance on CNN 🔥🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/abbydphillip?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AbbyDPhillip</a>: “Scott, were you surprised to hear her say pretty clearly she would support President Biden in November? And some of her colleagues, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t say that today.”… <a href="https://t.co/UrKbBYR9Vu">pic.twitter.com/UrKbBYR9Vu</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1767742473843998868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Phillip began by asking Scott whether he was surprised to hear Omar say she would vote for Biden, adding, &#8220;And some of her colleagues, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t say that today.&#8221;
&#8220;No, she&#8217;s a Democrat. They&#8217;re gonna vote for Biden. I&#8217;m not surprised about that,&#8221; Jennings replied. &#8220;I am surprised that, in the year of our Lord, 2024, there is a public relations agent for Hamas sitting in the United States Congress.&#8221;
Jennings went on to talk about the fact that Omar — and many others — had called for an immediate ceasefire but had made no mention that Hamas was still holding hostages who were taken from Israel during the October 7 terror attacks that left more than 1200 people dead.
&#8220;The reason Israel is not at that meeting is because Hamas will not provide a list of the living hostages. I didn&#8217;t hear a word – a word of concern for the hostages. Ceasefires – she said – don&#8217;t happen magically,&#8221; Jennings continued. &#8220;Well, you know there was a ceasefire in place on October the 6th. And who broke it on October the 7th? I cannot believe honestly what I heard out of that interview. What I want are for those hostages to come home. I want somebody – somebody out there to show just a little bit of remorse that Hamas broke the ceasefire, raped, and murdered horrifically women all kinds of people. That – that&#8217;s it. How about a little bit of concern for those folks? That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking for.&#8221;
Members of the far-left &#8220;Squad&#8221; were quick to run defense for Omar, however, lashing out at Jennings and CNN for allowing his comments to go unchallenged.
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&#8220;Scott Jennings’ comments are reminiscent of the anti-Muslim bigotry we saw in the George Bush post-9/11 era. It is disgusting and must not be normalized. CNN should denounce this hateful, dangerous and blatant Islamophobia immediately,&#8221; Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) complained.
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Scott Jennings’ comments are reminiscent of the anti-Muslim bigotry we saw in the George Bush post-9/11 era.
It is disgusting and must not be normalized. CNN should denounce this hateful, dangerous and blatant Islamophobia immediately. <a href="https://t.co/RVOBTm7u8Z">https://t.co/RVOBTm7u8Z</a>
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1768085114389504250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How on earth is this kind of blatant Islamophobia so casually accepted without pushback? This is shocking,&#8221; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) added.
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How on earth is this kind of blatant Islamophobia so casually accepted without pushback? This is shocking. <a href="https://t.co/ENMPOMIGID">https://t.co/ENMPOMIGID</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1768114246863253949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Several others also responded as if speaking from the same script, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1768268940906483893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Jamaal Bowman</a> (D-NY).

US-BRAZIL-HUMAN RIGHTS-JUSTICE

CNN Contributor Calls Ilhan Omar A ‘Public Relations Agent For Hamas’

CNN Contributor Calls Ilhan Omar A 'Public Relations Agent For Hamas'

Cori Bush

Ilhan Omar

Media

The Squad

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was mocked online late on Monday after video of her yelling at pro-Palestinian activists went viral.
AOC, who was walking with her <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/aoc-cites-longtime-partner-as-spouse-but-keeps-his-finances-under-wraps-a-potential-breach-of-ethics-rules/">spouse</a>, was confronted by a masked man inside of a building who said, &#8220;You refuse to call it a genocide —&#8221;
AOC aggressively turned around and got in the man&#8217;s face and said: &#8220;I need you to understand that this is not okay.&#8221; She and her spouse then turned around and walked down the escalators.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not that there&#8217;s a genocide happening and you&#8217;re not actively against it,&#8221; the man said as she walked away.
&#8220;You&#8217;re lying!&#8221; she yelled back.
Another woman confronted AOC over the issue and AOC again lost her cool and got up in the woman&#8217;s face.
After a while, the man she was with finally decided to try to protect her by getting in between her and the activists as they walked outside onto the street.
&#8220;You&#8217;re gonna cut this and you&#8217;re gonna clip this so that it&#8217;s completely out of context,&#8221; AOC raged at the activists. &#8220;I already said that it was! And y&#8217;all are just going to pretend that it wasn&#8217;t over and over again!&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s f***ed up man!&#8221; AOC seethed. &#8220;You&#8217;re not helping these people!&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NYC</a> &quot;You refuse to call it a genocide&quot; &#8211; handful of protesters chase after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a Brooklyn movie theater, &quot;You gonna cut it and take it out of context, I already said that it was&quot; &#8211; AOC responded to protesters claims on refusing word &quot;Genocide&quot; , &quot;This is… <a href="https://t.co/mipmA5EHu9">pic.twitter.com/mipmA5EHu9</a>
&mdash; FreedomNews.Tv FNTV (@FreedomNTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomNTV/status/1764814327704334714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Online, many were quick to point out that AOC has in the past encouraged activists to harass politicians.
&#8220;The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable,&#8221; AOC tweeted back in 2020. &#8220;Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo &amp; advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small &amp; grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable&#8230; that&#8217;s the point.&#8221;
Some notable responses included: 
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AOC has spent years encouraging young liberals to get in lawmakers faces and demand absurd things. <a href="https://t.co/XgYwogcRqm">https://t.co/XgYwogcRqm</a> <a href="https://t.co/gLRxXYtwEm">pic.twitter.com/gLRxXYtwEm</a>
&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1764826552582173153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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AOC supports the same activists harassing other people with their delusional and abusive behavior so can&#39;t say I am too bothered by her getting a taste of the same medicine. <a href="https://t.co/pAgaKR1DUF">https://t.co/pAgaKR1DUF</a>
&mdash; AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1764831937930117354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Ah, the memories&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/W6mpiyTRdF">https://t.co/W6mpiyTRdF</a> <a href="https://t.co/v891ly17sL">pic.twitter.com/v891ly17sL</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1764829331581247988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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She hates her job so much. <a href="https://t.co/7lGSetidhD">https://t.co/7lGSetidhD</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1764825433537642516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The monster she joyfully helped build &#8211; turns on her <a href="https://t.co/nxL2bnNZxP">https://t.co/nxL2bnNZxP</a>
&mdash; Rob Schmitt (@SchmittNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SchmittNYC/status/1764834862563819911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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tfw you object to the kind of politics that brought you to power <a href="https://t.co/OBs6ZJMU8m">https://t.co/OBs6ZJMU8m</a>
&mdash; Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaysSimonson/status/1764823292018323679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Oh my god this is fantastic. AOC can&#39;t handle someone demagoguing her in exactly the same way she demagogues everyone else every single day. Beautiful. <a href="https://t.co/jWzy7UsJGk">https://t.co/jWzy7UsJGk</a>
&mdash; Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/1764838299657797956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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ROFL. I have zero sympathy. She has supported this kind of nonsense when the shoe is on the other foot. 
Well, these are the rules you want to live by. Enjoy, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>. <a href="https://t.co/CDEHTjaGDs">https://t.co/CDEHTjaGDs</a>
&mdash; Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) <a href="https://twitter.com/Neoavatara/status/1764831698196250798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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US-POLITICS-BIDEN

AOC Mocked After Exploding At Pro-Palestinian Activists: ‘It’s F***ed Up Man!’

Palestinians

Protesters

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) during an interview over the weekend after Bowman pulled a fire alarm on Saturday in a congressional office before the House vote on a stopgap bill to keep the government open.
AOC gave the defense of Bowman — who is now under investigation by law enforcement and Congress — during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; Sunday morning.
&#8220;There was an interesting moment over the weekend when your New York colleague Congressman Jamaal Bowman &#8212; he&#8217;s under investigation for this now after Capitol Police say he pulled a fire alarm in one of the House&#8217;s office buildings,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;Democrats were trying to delay a vote, a final vote on the bill. There he is pulling the fire alarm. He says it was an accident, and he thought pulling the alarm would open a door, based on the fact that the doors to his right there were locked and there was a sign that he said he was &#8212; I think someone said it was confusing.&#8221;
&#8220;I will be honest. That doesn&#8217;t really make sense to me, his explanation,&#8221; Tapper said. &#8220;Have you talked to him? What&#8217;s going on there?&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, listen, I think if you actually do see some of the photos of the signs, I think there&#8217;s something to be said about, the government&#8217;s about to shut down. There&#8217;s a vote clock that&#8217;s going down. The exits that are normally open in that building were suddenly closed,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez claimed.
&#8220;So, you pull the fire alarm?&#8221; Tapper responded.
&#8220;So, I&#8217;m not &#8212; I&#8217;m &#8212; what I am here to say is that House administration, U.S. Capitol Police, and Jamaal Bowman are in active, and he&#8217;s fully participating in saying there was a misunderstanding,&#8221; she responded. &#8220;But what I do think is important to raise is the fact that Republicans, representatives like Nicole Malliotakis and others, immediately moved to file motions to censure, motions to expel before there has even been conversations that are finished to even see if there was a misunderstanding here.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez went on to claim that Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was “actually found guilty after a thorough investigation of 13 federal charges.” Santos has been indicted but has not been found guilty, as there has been no trial at this point.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends fellow Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling the fire alarm to delay a House vote, saying people shouldn&#39;t judge &quot;before there has even been conversations that are finished to even see if there was a misunderstanding here&quot; <a href="https://t.co/FOYlPV6L64">pic.twitter.com/FOYlPV6L64</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1708488697560047846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez Defends Jamaal Bowman For Pulling Fire Alarm

Jamaal Bowman

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href="https://themessenger.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-would-absolutely-cast-a-vote-to-oust-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sunday that she would “absolutely” cast a vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) should a motion be brought to the House floor.
Ocasio-Cortez made the comments during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper shortly after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) told the host that he would file a motion to vacate against McCarthy sometime this week. The Democratic congresswoman blasted McCarthy for his leadership and said he waited too long to avert a shutdown. 
“Do you think that there will be any Democrats that might vote to save McCarthy?” Tapper asked. 
“I mean, I certainly don’t think that we would expect to see that unless there’s a real conversation between the Republican and Democratic caucuses and Republican and Democratic leadership about what that would mean, but I don’t think we give up votes for free,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“But would you vote to vacate? Would you vote to get rid of McCarthy as speaker?” Tapper pressed. 
“Would I cast that vote? Absolutely. Absolutely. I think Kevin McCarthy is a very weak speaker, he clearly has lost control of his caucus,” the New York Democrat said. 
Ocasio-Cortez went on to criticize McCarthy for waiting until the “final hour” to pass the stop-gap spending measure, which 126 Republicans and 209 Democrats voted <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/house-vote-government-shutdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in favor</a> of. She said the country would be “right back in this place” in November when the measure’s 45-day extension expires. Had the House and Senate not sent the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk, a government shutdown would have <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/30/government-shutdown-live-updates-congress-faces-funding-deadline.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ensued</a> at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. 
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The bill <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-stopgap-spending-measure-with-no-additional-support-for-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">includes</a> $16 billion for U.S. disaster relief aid but no additional funding to Ukraine. However, reports suggest McCarthy may have made a <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/developing-mccarthy-lied-again-cut-side-deal-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">side deal</a> with Democratic House leadership, who <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1708269890627363163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1708270763759825399%7Ctwgr%5Ed40c13a02988aba9fca593dd50e1d83adf5579ce%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2023%2F09%2Fdeveloping-mccarthy-lied-again-cut-side-deal-ukraine%2F">said</a> they &#8220;expect&#8221; McCarthy to “advance a bill to the House floor for an up-or-down vote that supports Ukraine” when the House returns. 
Gaetz claimed the speaker did not inform Republicans of this until after the continuing resolution passed, <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1708270763759825399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1708270763759825399%7Ctwgr%5Ed40c13a02988aba9fca593dd50e1d83adf5579ce%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2023%2F09%2Fdeveloping-mccarthy-lied-again-cut-side-deal-ukraine%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling it</a> “more deceit” from McCarthy. On Sunday, Gaetz went further, saying he would file a motion to vacate the chair to oust the California Republican. 
“I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week,” Gaetz <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/01/politics/house-republicans-infighting-matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-shutdown/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Tapper. “I think we need to rip off the Band-Aid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that will be trustworthy.”
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Gaetz accused McCarthy of repeatedly breaking the promises he made while seeking the role and said the “last straw” was the “agreement that he made with Democrats to really blow past a lot of the spending guardrails we set up.”
On Sunday morning, McCarthy said he wasn&#8217;t fazed by Gaetz&#8217;s threat, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-motion-to-vacate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;Let&#8217;s get over with it. Let&#8217;s start governing. If he&#8217;s upset because he tried to push us into a shutdown and I made sure government didn&#8217;t shut down, then let&#8217;s have that talk.&#8221; McCarthy also said he would &#8220;survive&#8221; the vote and claimed Gaetz was &#8220;more interested in securing TV interviews&#8221; than other pressing issues.
Gaetz told Tapper that the “only way” McCarthy retains his position is if Democrats “bail him out,” which he said is likely. 
“I actually think that when you believe in nothing as Kevin McCarthy does, everything’s negotiable and I think he’ll cut a deal with the Democrats,” Gaetz <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/10/01/gaetz-i-wont-deal-with-dems-they-will-own-mccarthy-if-they-save-his-speakership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, explaining that he would “absolutely not” cut a deal with Democrats to oust McCarthy, saying instead they should vote against McCarthy &#8220;for free.&#8221;

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