Bet if he were still with us, he'd be counting the Benjamins in advance, lol.
Posted on 07/11/2019 9:19:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Full Headline: Ocasio-Cortez accuses Pelosi of 'persistent singling out' of women of color: It's 'outright disrespectful'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of repeatedly singling out newly elected women of color in the House, saying that the veteran congresswoman's criticism has become "outright disrespectful."
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks in an interview with The Washington Post late Wednesday after a day of heightened tensions between Pelosi and House Democrats.
“When these comments first started, I kind of thought that she was keeping the progressive flank at more of an arm’s distance in order to protect more moderate members, which I understood,” Ocasio-Cortez told the Post.
“But the persistent singling out … it got to a point where it was just outright disrespectful … the explicit singling out of newly elected women of color,” she added.
The remarks came hours after Pelosi, at a closed-door meeting of the caucus earlier Wednesday, admonished her party for openly attacking one another over policy disputes. Pelosi has consistently dismissed some of the policies floated by the more liberal members of the caucus, most recently using a New York Times interview over the weekend to question the influence of four outspoken freshmen known as “the squad” — Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Ocasio-Cortez.
“All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” she said to The New York Times. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.”
Ocasio-Cortez, who has been outspoken on a bevy of issues since being sworn in, responded to the comment on Twitter on Saturday, saying, "That public 'whatever' is called public sentiment."
"And wielding the power to shift it is how we actually achieve meaningful change in this country," she added.
In a closed-door caucus meeting Wednesday, Pelosi called on Democrats to stop taking public shots at one another, according to a source in the room.
“You got a complaint? You come and talk to me about it. But do not tweet about our members and expect us to think that that is just OK,” Pelosi said.
Pelosi's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
Ocasio-Cortez has reportedly been urged to talk with Pelosi, though she told the Post she isn't interested in doing so. Ocasio-Cortez's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
The Washington Post, citing lawmakers who know both lawmakers, reported that Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez have not met for a one-on-one meeting since the New York lawmaker declined Pelosi's request to join a committee focused on climate change.
Pelosi reportedly called out Ocasio-Cortez for rejecting the offer during a private progressive caucus meeting just days later, according to the Post. The House Speaker has since made comments dismissing the Ocasio-Cortez-backed Green New Deal and Ocasio-Cortez's surprise primary win over former Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), the Post noted.
“The third and fourth time [she insulted me], it was like, ‘This is unnecessary, but I'm not going to pick a fight over it. Whatever, I’ll be the punching bag if that’s what they want me to be,’” Ocasio-Cortez said.
The monsters they created are no longer willing to sit at the back of the bus and wait until their handlers send them out to scream 'RACIST'. They want power and they want it now.
Tick-tick-tick-tick......
Get out with that nonsense of women of color. Every human being has a color.
Nice to see the gals getting along.
Bet if he were still with us, he'd be counting the Benjamins in advance, lol.
That’s it, dems, keep fighting among yourselves!
No No No. Only Conservatives can be guilty of racism.
Excellent! Everything is going according to our plan!
Now we must convince Ocasio-Cortez that she would be a better speaker than Pelosi, and when she fails, their voters will react in disgust and vote for the Green Party instead.
If she (C) thinks that she is above others because of her skin color, then that makes her a racist. Dems were the party of slavery - the party she ran on!
Random chimp-out break, 20 sec vid clip:
https://twitter.com/UppityWilliamP/status/1149327440151367680
Democrat Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is one weak sister from head to toe!!! Ocasio-Cortez, plays her like a fiddle and manipulates Pelosi like the dead puppet she is. Pelosi is a 100% failed Speaker of the House. However, I do not want her to change...for she is effectively destroying the entire Democrat Party, politically, forever!!!
As for Rep. Ocasio-Cortez....the Democrat Party will rue the day this incompetent witch who hates America and all Americans will soon have her day of politically failure reckoning come forth. Add the two nutcase Democrats, Schiff & Nadler who are bound for forever obscurity and scorn as the morons and idiots they both are!!!
The Democrat Media has nary a clue as to the destruction now going on by these Democrat Party Low Life human displays of failure and treason...period!!!
Go...TRUMPIE.....Greenville, North Carolina, the Trump Massive train of supporters is poised to rally there Wednesday, July 17, 2019 to massive Trump supporter presence for all Americans to see and witness up front. Meanwhile Democrat Dreg, Bernie Sanders has this huge massive supporter crowd of 746 people last week....but, Bernie done good for Democrats...Joe Biden had less then 300 people attend his rallies last weekend. What a joke!!!
Race has nothing to do with it, Congress is a mafia. And like any other gang you have to pay your dues and show respect to the bosses until they accept you as “made”. You do not come in as an equal like she wants, it doesn’t work this way. You are on probation and restriction until you pay your dues and you earn respect of your own.
Thanks yesthatjallen.
Bahahahaha- cat fight! Pulling out hte race card- bahahahahaha- how do you like it lefties? Now you’re accused of racism by your own party bahahahahaha
When Left wing rhetoric turns around and bites you in the ass - it’s fun to watch. :)
AOC has way too much time on her hands.
She needs to comprehend her JOB and get busy
Does Pelosi require lockstep support among her troops? Are debate and dissent not allowed?
As I previously posted -
Nancy wasn’t criticizing the 4x women of color (”The Squad” - Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN)), she had a private meeting with them telling them to stop criticizing fellow democrats in public forums. (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) They’re not being team players, they’re pushing personal agenda over party agenda, they’re looking to primary fellow democrats who are moderates, they’re making the Democratic Party look weak and fragmented, disorganized.
As Sr party leadership, Nancy did exactly what she had to do, shepherd the stray lambs back into the herd. Sometimes you do that with a stick. The stick can get bigger.
These young freshman Reps have been a windfall to the Republicans. They are fragmenting the Democrats.
Doesn’t sound like she took her scolding well nor her orders to go sit in the corner.
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