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AOC Shuts Down Republican Critics of Her ‘Tax the Rich’ Merch With a Perfect Comeback
In yet another instance of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez definitively shutting down Republicans who try to mix it up, AOC had a succinct retort on Thursday for Republican critics of her $58 “tax the rich” campaign sweatshirt.“We don’t use slave-wage labor for merch that funds grassroots organizing,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.Earlier on Thursday, conservative commentators like Ben Shapiro derided AOC’s merchandise by tweeting, “Only the rich can afford this idiotic sweatshirt.”Also Read: AOC Claps Ba
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Rep Ocasio-Cortez Says Ted Yoho Responded ‘Oh, Boo-Hoo’ After She Confronted Him About His ‘F—ing B—-‘ Remark
When Rep. Ted Yoho accosted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in July on the steps of the Capitol, the incident led the congressman to apologize for the “abrupt manner” of their encounter while the congresswoman went on to give a viral speech on the House floor condemning the sexism and misogyny that women face.But in a Vanity Fair cover story published on Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez shared new details about the aftermath of the heated encounter: The following day, according to Ocasio-Cortez, she confr
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House Rejects Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Proposal to Ban Military Recruitment on Twitch
The House of Representatives on Thursday voted against the passage of an amendment spearheaded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that would bar the United States military from recruiting via game streaming site Twitch.Ocasio-Cortez brought the amendment to a vote as part of the H.R. 7617 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. The House voted to block the amendment, with 292 votes against compared to 126 in support of it.The amendment came after a July 15 report in The Nation that detailed the
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