FACE PLANT: AOC Accuses Kayleigh McEnany of Racism for Not Calling Her Congresswoman, But…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) blasted White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Monday, accusing McEnany of racism for allegedly not referring to her by her title of Congresswoman at the White House press briefing earlier Monday afternoon.
File screen image.
Ocasio-Cortez keyed off a tweet by Politico reporter Jake Sherman who copied her, “>@PressSec
from the podium: “Biden adviser Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.” cc @AOC”
Ocasio-Cortez posted two tweets accusing McEnany of racism.
.@PressSec wouldn’t be the first person to mistake a women of color for having a lower position or title than she does, but Kayleigh – in case you haven’t picked up a newspaper in two years, I’m a Congresswoman.”
“The @PressSec comment is steeped in a long, hurtful, & horrendous history of stripping women of color of titles and diminishing them to “the help.”
Perhaps she isn’t aware that what she did is mired in racist history. If that is the case, I look forward to her apology tomorrow.
.@PressSec wouldn’t be the first person to mistake a women of color for having a lower position or title than she does, but Kayleigh – in case you haven’t picked up a newspaper in two years, I’m a Congresswoman. https://t.co/3FRHo7dpTL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020
The @PressSec comment is steeped in a long, hurtful, & horrendous history of stripping women of color of titles and diminishing them to “the help.”
Perhaps she isn’t aware that what she did is mired in racist history. If that is the case, I look forward to her apology tomorrow.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020
A review of McEnany’s remarks shows that in response to a question by Fox’s John Roberts, she did refer to Ocasio-Cortez in the same mention with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) as ‘congresswomen’.
…”The President is appalled by the Defund the Police movement. The fact that you have sitting congresswomen wanting to defund the police, notably Rashida Tlaib, notably Biden adviser AOC –Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a former Clinton and Eric Holder spokesperson Brian Fallon wanting to defund our police across this country, it is extraordinary…”
Video:
.@PressSec: “The President is appalled by the ‘Defund the Police’ Movement.” pic.twitter.com/QdbQC0cV3a
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 8, 2020
Someone is owed an apology here, but’s not the Congresswoman.
Read the transcript, Congresswoman @AOC https://t.co/knvCMmVjWh pic.twitter.com/q6uRWROYNA
— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) June 8, 2020
The post FACE PLANT: AOC Accuses Kayleigh McEnany of Racism for Not Calling Her Congresswoman, But… appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.