Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[Loren Pechtel]

I remember when I first learned of AOC. She had a great platform, but she seemed to neglect labor unions. But she's more than made up for that deficiency.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Union busting is a sophisticated & lucrative business. It specializes in the psychology of getting you to doubt yourself and your peers. Don’t fall for it
Listen to these Starbucks workers explain their experiences since starting to unionize, including pressure from the top. " / Twitter
noting
More Perfect Union on Twitter: "NEW: The workers organizing the first Starbucks union sat down with @AOC to expose the company’s unprecedented union-busting.
Former AFL-CIO Organizing Director Richard Bensinger says it’s the “most intense, most hostile, most vicious campaign” that he's seen in 46 years. (vid link))" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "You all bringing it down to the wire with a hunger strike and standing constantly + consistently with our drivers every day brought this victory home. Thank *you* " / Twitter
noting
Yuh-Line Niou on Twitter: "Biggest hug to @AOC . Her spotlight on the taxi drivers fight and her help with the congressional delegation was a huge part of this win. Thank you, friend. Grateful." / Twitter


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Conservatives argue against raising wages ..." / Twitter

Conservatives argue against raising wages by claiming it’ll raise prices. But that isn’t reliably supported w historic data.

However, what we’re seeing now is perhaps an ex. of prices rising when wages/benefits are *too low*- not enough workers, hurts supply chain, prices hike.

When people drop out of the workforce, it’s a pretty complicated & expensive endeavor to get them back.

The reason is bc unlike physical supply chain issues where problems are a bit more straightforward (not saying easy, but more clear), labor supply issues can be more complex.

You can see this in the issue of wages. You will sometimes hear stories of a place claiming to have raised wages but still having trouble keeping people.

Well, when a pandemic devastated intergenerational families of workers and there’s no childcare, people can’t go back to work

I haven’t seen data yet if those anecdotes are indicative of a larger trend (& if so, how large), but the point still stands.

Like many working class Latino families,my grandma lived with us growing up and cared for me as my parents worked. Until she moved in, my mom stayed home

My family is one of essential workers: school bus drivers, postal workers, cleaners, etc

When childcare wasn’t available, my family couldn’t work - they stayed home.

When childcare isn’t universally available, it impacts the labor market. It can become a supply chain issue!

For people saying this is too out there, read this WSJ coverage.

Women, low income workers, people of color are disproportionately represented in those not re-entering the labor force.

There are reasons for that!

Seems like an economics paradox. I think that a likely explanation is that at the low end, labor isn't much of a cost to many businesses, so they can easily survive paying such workers more.

Furthermore, making an issue out of that is what these people claim is a great economics fallacy: zero-sumism. So it alternates between being a fallacy and being a great truth depending on what they want to defend.

And what makes you conclude that at the low end labor isn't much of a cost?! Nothing in your quote suggests that.

 

[bilby]

And what makes you conclude that at the low end labor isn't much of a cost?! Nothing in your quote suggests that.

"Small numbers are small" appears to me to be so self-evidently true as to not require any evidence not contained by the claim itself.

If the labour is much of a cost, it's not part of the low end; If it's low end, it's therefore not much of a cost.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

And what makes you conclude that at the low end labor isn't much of a cost?! Nothing in your quote suggests that.

"Small numbers are small" appears to me to be so self-evidently true as to not require any evidence not contained by the claim itself.

If the labour is much of a cost, it's not part of the low end; If it's low end, it's therefore not much of a cost.

In other words you have no evidence.

What you are missing is that there is a lot of that low end labor.

 

[bilby]

And what makes you conclude that at the low end labor isn't much of a cost?! Nothing in your quote suggests that.

"Small numbers are small" appears to me to be so self-evidently true as to not require any evidence not contained by the claim itself.

If the labour is much of a cost, it's not part of the low end; If it's low end, it's therefore not much of a cost.

In other words you have no evidence.

What you are missing is that there is a lot of that low end labor.

It's not the 1970s anymore. There's precious little of that low end labour today. Ditches are mostly dug by backhoe drivers. Filing clerks have vanished, so have typing pools. Supermarkets have replaced cashiers with self-checkouts. Warehouse loading, order-picking and unloading is done by robots. Stevedoring is a crane operator job due to containerisation of freight. Even the majority of crops are harvested by machine.

There was until recently a lot of low end labour. But not anymore.

Fruit picking and flipping hamburgers aren't mass employment environments, and they aren't a particularly large fraction of costs even within their industries.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

And what makes you conclude that at the low end labor isn't much of a cost?! Nothing in your quote suggests that.

"Small numbers are small" appears to me to be so self-evidently true as to not require any evidence not contained by the claim itself.

If the labour is much of a cost, it's not part of the low end; If it's low end, it's therefore not much of a cost.

In other words you have no evidence.

What you are missing is that there is a lot of that low end labor.

It's not the 1970s anymore. There's precious little of that low end labour today. Ditches are mostly dug by backhoe drivers. Filing clerks have vanished, so have typing pools. Supermarkets have replaced cashiers with self-checkouts. Warehouse loading, order-picking and unloading is done by robots. Stevedoring is a crane operator job due to containerisation of freight. Even the majority of crops are harvested by machine.

There was until recently a lot of low end labour. But not anymore.

Fruit picking and flipping hamburgers aren't mass employment environments, and they aren't a particularly large fraction of costs even within their industries.

Some of many of those jobs has been replaced with machinery, but there's still a lot of such jobs out there.

 

[lpetrich]

Back in Nov 2021, I think that she's right in her priorities. Self-styled budget hawks are often very selective in what spending that they object to.

Zach Purser Brown on Twitter: "AOC: "The Senate majority leader wasn't concerned about other people's money when he authorized a $4 trillion. leveraged bailout for Wall Street in March... It is only when we are talking about relief working people... that all of a sudden we can't pay for any of these things." (vid link)" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Last year in CARES alone ..." / Twitter

Last year in CARES alone the corporate bailout was a leveraged value of $4 TRILLION, which is over 2x what we’re trying to invest in BBB over 10 years!

I railed about it at the time and the right wing made a thing about it but I was pissed! Sorry language

Anyways next time people say we don’t have money for basic services, know it’s disingenuous.

I would respect it (even if I disagreed) if those people were consistent, but they are the same ones pushing military spending sprees and corporate giveaways every damn time. It’s gross

I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again: Spanish-language misinformation campaigns are absolutely exploding on social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.

It’s putting US English misinfo campaigns to shame. & they aren’t getting disclaimers the way English posts do.

So for all the English-only pundits out there who want to wax ideological poetic about Latino polling numbers, please understand that what’s happening now is way beyond a scale most English-only speakers can see.

WaPo reported on it few days ago: Social media misinformation is bad in English. But it’s far worse in Spanish. - The Washington Post

Yes. I am not one to attribute voting shifts entirely to one thing, but this is a huge factor.

 

[lpetrich]

Team AOC on Instagram: “@aoc speaks at a fundraiser for @tiffany_caban this past Saturday. ...”

@aoc speaks at a fundraiser for @tiffany_caban this past Saturday.

“We really cannot underestimate what was started just a few short years ago…”

Starting in 2018 our movement has worked to put Democratic Socialists into our government. Astoria, Queens is the first place in 100 years to have Democratic Socialists elected at the City, State and Federal level. That means we have an abolitionist on the City Council. That means that Tiffany Caban was one of six City Councilors to speak truth to power and to vote no on a budget that defunded our public schools.

@coreytorpie

AOC talked about her run for Congress back in 2018. She ran outside of the NYC political apparat, something that seemed to have very little chance of success. She said that she would rather try and lose than to meekly accept domination by a corrupt political elite.

It was a great success, defeating someone who was heavily into DC power politics and fundraising for the party, and doing it with lots of small donations instead of chasing a few big donors.

Team AOC on Instagram: Saturday the community came out .../url]

Saturday the community came out to support @tiffany_caban at her re-election fundraiser in Astoria.

‘I want to thank you all for coming here to support @tiffany_caban because she needs it and we all have to continue showing up for each other’- @aoc

: @coreytorpie

Showing pictures and video from that event: AOC, NYC Councilmember Tiffany Cabán, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Sen. Chuck Schumer.

 

[lpetrich]

But some protesters crashed this AOC/TC/JB/CS event.

MintPress News on Twitter: ""Schumer is taking us to nuclear war."
Activists confront Senator Schumer, and Reps #AOC and Jamaal Bowman at a recent fundraiser. (vid link)" / Twitter

Then pointing out the Congressional Progressive Caucus's call for negotiations late last year, and President Lula of Brazil and Pope Francis also doing so. "Are you a Catholic?" and "NATO is a death cult!" and "This is the Green New Deal in action!"

A bit later, AOC started speaking, and someone asked her "Do you think we are going to win a nuclear war then?" and "... she's the woman who is sending my money to go to Ukraine so that we can have a nuclear war!" and as some bouncers dragged him out, he said that AOC preferred to talk about local politics than the possibility of such a war, that she voted to send $100 B to Ukraine for the war.

At some other event,
A scientist for sanity in politics on Twitter: "@MintPressNews @Burke4Senate Here is another good one #intervention (link)" / Twitter
noting
Sare Confronts Schumer on Nuclear War with Russia - YouTube

 

[lpetrich]

Nov 2021:
ABC 13 News - WSET on Twitter: ".@AOC says @TerryMcAuliffe lost because he wasn't 'woke' enough, Carville says the opposite (link)" / Twitter
noting
AOC says McAuliffe lost because he didn't energize a 'progressive base' | WSET
Terry McAuliffe, Democrat who ran for governor of Virginia in 2021.

Then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "How can news outlets ..." / Twitter

How can news outlets even attribute words to me I didn’t say?

I said there are limits to trying to mobilize a campaign with a 100% moderate strategy without mobilizing the base. Said nothing abt “wokeness” which is a term almost exclusively used by older people these days btw

Like the average audience for people seriously using the word “woke” in a 2021 political discussion are James Carville and Fox News pundits so that should tell you all you need to know

And before people disingenuously complain “woke” is denigrating to older people, it’s actually pundits like Carville using terms like “woke” to insult voters under 45 that’s denigrating.

Don’t wonder why youth turnout falls when Dems talk about them like this. We need everyone.

TMA was not very progressive, he did not ask for the help of progressives, and no progressives campaigned for him. Certainly not AOC.

 

[Gospel]

Said nothing abt “wokeness” which is a term almost exclusively used by older people these days btw

She was too kind. Grumpy old people would have been more precise.

 

[southernhybrid]

I'm on a little rant that isn't exactly related to AOC......

I don't know a single old person who uses the word woke. Stop blaming us old farts for this nonsense. It's crazies on the far right who are so upset over the "woke" nonsense and they come in all ages. Sarah Sanders is a good example. She's just 40 and she made most of her stupid, ignorant speech about wokeness. Ron DeSantis is another one and he's 44. It's mostly nutty politicians who are using that word, and even those aren't usually what most people would call old. It's also a lot of the idiots on Fox noise and they come in all ages.

Most of my old friends are either Black or atheists. Why do some of you not include all the Black folks and atheists when you talk about old people. There are a lot of us. In fact, my old Black friends are a lot more political savvy than most younger people who I know, regardless of the color of their skin or their supernatural beliefs.

AOC should be worrying about people on the other side of the aisle, not Democrats who are more moderate than her. That's a big problem for the Democrats. They often eat their own instead of compromising enough to defeat the crazies on the right. What good are a few more Democratic Socialists when the other party is heading toward an extreme far right ideology, threatening basic democratic principles!

AOC means well but she's not helping when she attacks those in her own party. A lot of what she says doesn't make a lot of sense. If a Republican wins a seat, it's certainly not because the Democrat wasn't progressive enough. That makes no sense. If people won't vote because the candidate isn't far enough to the Left, they are stupid! There is always one candidate who is better than the other one. I have no patience for those who won't vote because someone doesn't agree with all of their positions. That's irrational.

 

[lpetrich]

AOC soon had more to say about "wokeness", whatever that's supposed to be. Right-wingers use it as a dirty word without defining it, as they do "critical race theory (CRT)", "political correctness", "socialism", "Communism", etc.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "One dangerous aspect ..." / Twitter

One dangerous aspect of thinking there’s a “woke problem” is that Dem chances for re-election or majorities in House, Senate, & WH rely on the racial justice issue of voting rights.

Dems distancing from racial justice makes protection of voting rights less likely,ensuring losses

“Woke” is a term pundits are now using as a derogatory euphemism for civil rights & justice.

Making up a “woke” problem results in putting civil & voting rights on the backburner. In a year state legislatures are planning out GOP majorities & voter suppression, that’s dangerous

People think Fox News is just about indoctrinating right-wingers, but it’s also about conditioning Dems on what to run away from. Framing racial justice as “controversial” is key to delaying the protection of voting rights (& others) until it’s too late. We shouldn’t indulge it.

 

[lpetrich]

Manu Raju on Twitter: "Henry Cuellar, a Blue Dog, ..." / Twitter

Henry Cuellar, a Blue Dog, told us there are enough moderates who would tank the procedural vote for the $1.75 trillion bill tonight, saying the rule "is not going to pass" if it comes up.

"As of right now, there are enough votes in my opinion to vote no on the rule.”

He said there are outstanding issues to resolve first. But Cuellar said there has been a lack of trust caused by broken promises of Democratic leaders.

"They told us they were not going to move this til they were not going to have 50 votes in the Senate. They also told us they were going to vote on BIF until Sept. 27. And here are they are," he said, referring the shorthand of the bipartisan infrastructure framework.”

"So the two things they told us have not been kept together -- so there certainly is a lack of trust among moderates,” Cuellar said

Then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Can’t wait for the full on slammed news cycle about how conservative Dems held up Biden’s bill the week of the elections for sudden demands for CBO scores and tax cuts for people with $1 million+ incomes won’t hold my breath for it though" / Twitter

Nancy Pelosi supported HC (D-Azerbaijan) when Jessica Cisneros challenged him in 2020 and 2022, and he won twice against her. He won the general election, however.


Sahil Kapur on Twitter: "The peculiar situation Dem leaders now face: some of the same holdouts demanding a CBO score showing Build Back Better is fully paid for are also strong supporters of the infrastructure bill, which CBO says is NOT paid for and adds $256 billion to the debt." / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Welcome to “Who’s a Deficit Hawk Anyway?”, where the debt concerns are made up and the CBO scores don’t matter" / Twitter

Yes, I like her noting the selectiveness of many self-styled deficit hawks.

 

[Derec]

I'm on a little rant that isn't exactly related to AOC......
I don't know a single old person who uses the word woke. Stop blaming us old farts for this nonsense.

Maybe AOC doesn't mean proper old people (e.g. Boomers) when she says "old" but just people older than her, i.e. us Gen Xers. As a generation, we tend to be very awake, but not woke.

It's crazies on the far right who are so upset over the "woke" nonsense and they come in all ages.

One does not have to be on the right, much less far right, to find woke nonsense nonsensical. And crazy.
One has to give a bit of a background here. While "woke" has been used in black radical circles well before 2014, the word entered the mainstream lexicon during the Ferguson riots. During those days, anti-police activists used "woke" to unironically refer to themselves. Example:
In the Aftermath of Ferguson, Stay Angry and Stay Woke

Later people started making fun of the term - I mean it just sounds ridiculous. But the ideology behind this false sense of wakefulness is as stupid as it is dangerous. It has infected many areas of our society, including education.

Sarah Sanders is a good example. She's just 40 and she made most of her stupid, ignorant speech about wokeness. Ron DeSantis is another one and he's 44.

A lot of bad things about both of them, but their criticism of woke culture is not one of them. People like DeSantis go astray in the opposite direction, but that does not mean that the problem he is rallying against, "wokeness", is not a real one.

Few things are as critically important as good medical education. And yet ...
Medical Education Goes Woke

The AAMC recently released a report describing the new “diversity, equity and inclusion competencies” that medical students and residents will be expected to master. Practicing physicians who work at teaching hospitals may also soon be required to undergo this form of, well, political re-education.

As a starting point, aspiring doctors will have to become fluent in woke concepts such as “intersectionality,” which the AAMC defines as “overlapping systems of oppression and discrimination that communities face based on race, gender, ethnicity, ability, etc.” Med students who managed to avoid learning critical race theory in college will now get an immersive course.
[...]
AAMC leaders write further in StatNews that “we believe this topic deserves just as much attention from learners and educators at every stage of their careers as the latest scientific breakthroughs.” That sounds dangerous. Will learning about mRNA technology or the latest treatment for melanoma take a back seat to new theories of cultural appropriation?

There are more official terms for it - CRT, DEI, etc., but I see them all under the umbrella of woke. The likes of DeSantis are going about it the wrong way. Nevertheless, it should be freethinkers first and foremost who stand against political indoctrination under the guise of education no matter which end of the political spectrum it comes from. Maybe medical education needs an alternative to leftist-dominated AAMC.

What good are a few more Democratic Socialists when the other party is heading toward an extreme far right ideology, threatening basic democratic principles!

They are both examples of dangerous polarization.

 

[Derec]

Sahil Kapur on Twitter: "The peculiar situation Dem leaders now face: some of the same holdouts demanding a CBO score showing Build Back Better is fully paid for are also strong supporters of the infrastructure bill, which CBO says is NOT paid for and adds $256 billion to the debt." / Twitter

Two very different bills. One is about much overdue investments in infrastructure. It is ok to go into some deficit spending for that kind of investment, as better infrastructure will pay dividends for the economy down the years.
B³, aka Spendapalooza, is not only a much bigger package, it is dominated by things like further subsidies for people with children (even though they receive many subsidies as is) and tax cuts for the blue state rich.

Note that SALT cap repeal would cost $475G, while Child Care + Child Tax Credit Expansion would cost $585G.

Yes, I like her noting the selectiveness of many self-styled deficit hawks.

Not all spending is the same. It's good to be selective.

 

[Derec]

Zach Purser Brown on Twitter: "AOC: "The Senate majority leader wasn't concerned about other people's money when he authorized a $4 trillion. leveraged bailout for Wall Street in March... It is only when we are talking about relief working people... that all of a sudden we can't pay for any of these things." (vid link)" / Twitter

What is she talking about here? The emergency spending in the early days of COVID?
How does she not get that if we spend trillions of COVID, that it may not be a good idea to spend $3.5T more shortly thereafter on lefty priorities like subsidies for people with a lot of children.

Also, what are "growing elements of war"?

 

[lpetrich]

Late in 2021:
Ted Lieu on Twitter: "This is sick behavior from Rep. Paul Gosar. He tweeted out the video showing him killing Rep. Ocasio-Cortez from both his official account and personal account. In any workplace in America, if a coworker made an anime video killing another coworker, that person would be fired. (pic link)" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "So while I was en route to Glasgow, ..." / Twitter

So while I was en route to Glasgow, a creepy member I work with who fundraises for Neo-Nazi groups shared a fantasy video of him killing me

And he’ll face no consequences bc @GOPLeader cheers him on with excuses.

Fun Monday! Well, back to work bc institutions don’t protect woc

Remember when Yoho accosted me on the the Capitol and called me a f—ing b—

Remember when Greene ran after me a few months ago screaming and reaching

Remember when she stalked my office the 1st time w/ insurrectionists & ppl locked inside

All at my job & nothing ever happens

Anyways, back to business

This dude is a just a collection of wet toothpicks anyway.

White supremacy is for extremely fragile people &sad men like him, whose self concept relies on the myth that he was born superior because deep down he knows he couldn’t open a pickle jar or read a whole book by himself

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Podrán cortar todas las flores, pero no podrán detener la primavera." / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "You can cut down all the flowers, but you cannot stop the coming of Spring. - Neruda" / Twitter


The Recount on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC (D-NY) on Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) after the congressman posted an anime video depicting himself killing her:
“That man couldn’t add two single digits together if he tried.” (pic link)" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "See, the thing about me is that I will % bulldog back a bully.
Ask any Republican I serve on a committee with - when I was first elected, they tried to harp on me and I absolutely handed it to them. Now they don’t.
Plus it’s true-Gosar has nothing but tumbleweeds up there." / Twitter

Good job on her part. I recall some video of a committee hearing early in 2019 where she objected very strongly to some Republican interrupting her.

 

[lpetrich]

Nicola Sturgeon on Twitter: " Amidst all the serious business at #COP26 today, I’m pleased to also report that @AOC now has a supply of Irn Bru (pic link)" / Twitter
A Scottish soft drink.
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Talk about Scottish hospitality!
Thank you for the (very special) delivery, Madam First Minister @NicolaSturgeon - and for taking the time to speak with us today " / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "@freedlander Constituents have informed me that we can actually find Irn Bru here at home at the Woodside Grocery! It’s kind of like Kola Champagne with a dash of bitters" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "@EricMGarcia @IncaKolaUSA @CarlosLozadaWP Kola Champagne is Puerto Rican - Inca Kola, while very similar, is a different brand" / Twitter


Melanie Zanona on Twitter: ".@GOPLeader McCarthy says at his weekly presser that if Republicans win back the House, he plans to reinstate Gosar & Greene on committees — potentially even “better” ones — and hints that a Republican majority may kick some Dems off their seats." / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Thank you @GOPLeader McCarthy for publicly confirming your desire to reward neo-nazi members of Congress who incite violence against women under GOP leadership!
I appreciate your clarity.
And predictability.
Thank you for no longer pretending to distance your caucus from this " / Twitter


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "What did we just pass in #BuildBackBetter?
Universal Pre-K
Lower US Climate Emissions
Medicare + Hearing
Some of Team AOC’s Inclusions:
High Speed Rail + Transit
Creation of Civilian Climate Corps (300k jobs!)
NYCHA Repair+ Faircloth Repeal 🏙" / Twitter
noting
Bill Clark on Twitter: ".@AOC fist bumps @CareInActionUS's Build Back Better Bill on the House steps as she arrives for votes on the legislation Friday morning. (pic link)" / Twitter
Someone in a rolled-up-document costume with "BBB".

It didn't get very far in the Senate, however, because of Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

The Faircloth Amendment forbids the financing of the construction of new public housing. Repeal of that will be welcome.

 

[lpetrich]

Some of AOC's Instagram Live videos on YouTube. From 2021:

What’s up Ohio! Instagram Live with Nina Turner | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube - However, NT lost to Shontel Brown, favorite of the Democratic leadership and AIPAC. From govtrack.us, SB's ideology score is 0.19, rather middle-of-the-road, compared to AOC at 0.10.

Response to Derek Chauvin Verdict on Instagram Live | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube - " Verdicts are not substitutes for policy change"
Justice is cop victims not becoming victims, she says. She also noted some crimes not being taken seriously, like rape kits having backlogs.

Mid to late 2021:
Extend the Eviction Moratorium: Instagram Live with Rep. Cori Bush | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube - CB's ideology score is 0.10
Extend the Eviction Moratorium: Instagram Live with Rep. Jimmy Gomez | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube - JG's ideology score is 0.12
Including camping out on the Capitol steps.

NYC Ida Assistance Update Instagram Live | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube - that hurricane that hit NYC and caused a lot of flooding. She skipped a pipeline-protest event to take care of her district, an event that some of her fellow politicians went to.

 

[lpetrich]

Late 2021:
Another video shows Lauren Boebert suggesting Ilhan Omar was terrorist | CNN Politics
and
Rep. Ilhan Omar Statement on Conversation with Rep. Lauren Boebert | Representative Ilhan Omar

Today, I graciously accepted a call from Rep. Lauren Boebert in the hope of receiving a direct apology for falsely claiming she met me in an elevator, suggesting I was a terrorist, and for a history of anti-Muslim hate. Instead of apologizing for her Islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, Rep. Boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. She instead doubled down on her rhetoric and I decided to end the unproductive call.

I believe in engaging with those we disagree with respectfully, but not when that disagreement is rooted in outright bigotry and hate.

To date, the Republican Party leadership has done nothing to condemn and hold their own members accountable for repeated instances of anti-Muslim hate and harassment. This is not about one hateful statement or one politician; it is about a party that has mainstreamed bigotry and hatred. It is time for Republican Leader McCarthy to actually hold his party accountable.

The Recount on Twitter: "Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) plays a horrific death threat she received following Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) recent Islamophobic attacks on her.
Warning: It's incredibly graphic. (vid link)" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "People truly don’t understand ..." / Twitter

People truly don’t understand the scale, intensity, & volume of threats targeting @IlhanMN.

Kevin McCarthy is so desperate to be speaker that he is working with his Ku Klux Klan caucus to look aside & allow violent targeting of woc members of Congress.

This cannot be ignored.

While people toss out clichés like “we condemn all forms of racism & bigotry,” the fact is Islamophobia is far too often tolerated and ignored.

Bigotry is not made unacceptable by what one says about it, it’s made acceptable based on whether there are consequences for it or not.

It’s not just about nasty phone calls and e-mails.

GOP are given freedom to incite without consequence. They don’t have to pay for the security required from their acts- we do. They make money off it.

&They are targeting those least likely to be institutionally protected first.

Lauren Boebert was one of the anti-Kevin Republican House members, and she got into a squabble in a bathroom with MTG about that, but she got on some committees.

I saw her in action in a hearing on an amendment offered by AOC in Natural Resources, and what she said about climate change was unspeakably dumb - she said that it happens four times a year.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Ah yes, the right wing: forcing people to give birth against their will while advancing policies that made the US have the highest maternal mortality in the developed world.
Then for after birth, they work to stop paid leave policy
No wonder they need voter suppression to win" / Twitter
I like that.

Manu Raju on Twitter: "AOC told me she’s disappointed in D leaders for not punishing Boebert
"I think this should be pretty simple: that we should have the same standards for everybody. The less consistently we treat these issues, the more it encourages people to try to see what they can get away with”" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "It’s embarrassing ..." / Twitter

It’s embarrassing that there is any hesitation on this. How can we have different consequences for different kinds of bigotry or incitement?

This should be treated equally and consistently. Incite against a member and you’re stripped. End of story. She refuses to even apologize.

It’s a pretty simple question: does the House accept violent Islamophobia or not?

We should feel ashamed every time @IlhanMN or anyone is forced to defend themselves against threats in their workplace alone bc the institutions they serve in won’t protect them. It’s messed up.

This is the same person who live tweeted the Speaker’s location on Jan 6th knowing that violent white supremacists were searching for her.

She has demonstrated a pattern of creating conditions for the people around her to get hurt, without remorse. And she could do so again.