Posted on 03/02/2019 8:32:43 PM PST by montag813
by Jenn Carter
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) faced backlash on social media over racially charged remarks she made.
Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks started on Friday when she defended Rep. Rashida Tlaib‘s (D-MI) false insinuation at a House Oversight Committee hearing that Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) was a racist for bringing a black Trump official to the hearing to combat the notion that President Donald Trump was a racist.
“Just because someone has a person of color, a black person, working for them does not mean they aren’t racist and … the fact someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself,” Tlaib said, clearly talking about Meadows.
Tlaib was forced to apologize after even Democrats criticized her outrageous smear against Meadows.
But Ocasio-Cortez rushed to Tlaib’s defense, tweeting: “Total bravery from @RashidaTlaib as she reminds the nation that tokenism *is* racism.“
The tweet from the 29-year-old, which ignited a firestorm online with many calling her statement racist, carried over to Saturday when she was forced to respond to some of the criticism she received.
In response to Black Fox Business anchor Charles Payne, AOC tweeted:”We have Black staff. We don’t parade them around to show the world how diverse our team is, and use that as some kind of evidence of the absence of racism. That’s what tokenism is.
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Umm - yes you do.
Furthermore - that’s all affirmative action IS.
Forced tokenism.
Leave her alone . We do seem obsessed with her. Let the lefty media bring it u so she can blame us.
All Meadows did was have a person attend who happens to be African American. He said nothing about it. These leftists are evil.
A racist looks at evidence of non-discrimination and then calls it tokenism. AOC and Tlaib are the racists.
I thought her boyfriend was white!?
It looks like the insatiable appetite for AOC coverage is causing it to drift off course. Are you ready for your colonoscopy, dear?
People that find racism everywhere they want to find it are the racists.
Are Republicans objecting to Bernie Sanders hiring white reggae musicians for a gig? Uh, no. So, AOC should STFU.
Calling someone a prop because of their skin color is about as racist and bigoted as you can get. Disgusting.
“Judge not, lest you be judged”. All Democrats do is go around pointing their boney fingers calling everyone a racist for the tiniest slip up. But everyone is capable of tiny slip ups, even them. They should be judged based on the standards they judge everyone else.
Yep - Chronic Perceived Racism Syndrome. A mental illness for sure.
A Blacklash Swamping Another Official Commie?
I thought her boyfriend was getting illegal graft and corruption money for doing nothing.
Apparently he’s doing something with his staff that she likes.
“We have Black staff.”
They fetch your slippers and bring you tea when you ring a bell?
I read that the persistent claim of racism is the same as resorting to vulgar curse words. The accuser has simply run out of coherent arguments and hides behind the word as some kind of implied immunity.
This girl is a slow motion train wreck!
Occasional Cortex is as stupid as she is tone deaf.
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