Love her or hate her, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., isn’t afraid to speak her mind…. when she gets behind a keyboard.
On Monday, AOC unleashed a fiery blitz of posts on X (formally Twitter).
Her target was former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who is now a Trump campaign surrogate.
As first reported by The Hill, AOC doubled down on Democrats’ strategy of labeling the GOP presidential ticket as “weird,” after Ramaswamy criticized the argument as “dumb” and “juvenile.”
“Being obsessed with repressing women is goofy. Trying to watch what LGBTQ+ people do all the time is abnormal. Punishing people who don’t have biological offspring is creepy,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote her X account.
“It’s an incel platform, dude. It’s SUPER weird. And people need to know,” she continued.
Being obsessed with repressing women is goofy.
Trying to watch what LGBTQ+ people do all the time is abnormal.
Punishing people who don’t have biological offspring is creepy.
It’s an incel platform, dude.
It’s SUPER weird.
And people need to know. https://t.co/vgDeM9e7pU— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 29, 2024
Ocasio-Cortez was attacking a post from Ramaswamy, who criticized Democrats on Sunday night for calling former President Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-O.H., with their “weird” attack line.
“This whole ‘they’re weird’ argument from the Democrats is dumb & juvenile. This is a presidential election, not a high school prom queen contest. It’s also a tad ironic coming from the party that preaches ‘diversity & inclusion.’ Win on policy if you can, but cut the crap please,” Ramaswamy wrote on X.
According to The Hill report, Vance faces attacks from Democrats over remarks he made in the past, including for previously saying the country was run by “childless cat ladies.”
Democrats are pouncing on the “weird” angle, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who said Trump picking Vance as his running mate was “one of the best things” the former president has done for Democrats.
Sen. Brian Schatz , D-H.I., also jumped in and said on X on Sunday night, “Assigning extra votes to certain people based on the size of their family is weird. Banning library books is weird. Government being in people’s bedroom is weird. Government being in the exam room is weird. Saying ‘weird’ is not a schoolyard taunt – it’s an observation.”
Vance spoke the Fox News over the weekend and was asked if his “feelings were hurt.” Vance didn’t seem phased by the onslaught.
“No, not at all. It doesn’t hurt my feelings,” he said. “Look, the price of admission — meaning, the price of getting to serve the people of this country — is the Democrats are going to attack us with everything that they have. I think it’s an honor.”