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Joint Statement from Reps.Ocasio-Cortez,Omar,Pressley and Tlai
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ^ | February 14,2019 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

Posted on 02/14/2019 12:04:20 PM PST by mdittmar

February 14, 2019

Press Release

Joint Statement from Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib on the FY 2019 Government Funding Package

WASHINGTON —Today, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) issued a statement in response to the 2019 government funding package issued this morning:  

“In this country, our diversity is our greatest strength. Immigrants fuel our nation’s economy, enrich our nation’s culture, and enhance our social fabric.  Quite simply, we are a better nation because of our immigrants.”

“And yet, this Administration continues to threaten the dignity and humanity of our immigrant population. The Department of Homeland Security has separated thousands of children from their parents, denied asylum to those fleeing danger, and used taxpayers’ dollars as a slush fund to incite terror in immigrant communities. The efficacy of a government agency must be determined by assessing ‘outcomes.’ By any reasonable measure, Donald Trump’s weaponization of ICE and CBP has been a failure. The Department of Homeland Security does not deserve an increase in funding, and that is why we intend to vote no on this funding package.”

“The funding bill on the floor today does not address any of our concerns and instead, gives more money to these abusive agencies:

We want to be abundantly clear: this is not a rebuke of federal workers or those who depend on the services they provide, but a rejection of the hateful policies, priorities, and rhetoric of the Trump Administration.”


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota; US: New York; US: Vermont
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She's the patty murray of the House;)
1 posted on 02/14/2019 12:04:20 PM PST by mdittmar
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Diversity is not our strength. The diverse groups in the US are generally drag on the overall well being of the nation. Certainly these uneducated folks who don’t speak the language are going to be dependent way before they can be dependable contributors to the fabric of this great nation.


3 posted on 02/14/2019 12:10:27 PM PST by PSUGOP
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Diversity is our greatest weakness. Shared values and common goals are our greatest strength.


4 posted on 02/14/2019 12:11:29 PM PST by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib

The Congressional Marxist Caucus.
5 posted on 02/14/2019 12:12:21 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: mdittmar

Detroit has failed us by electing Rashida.


6 posted on 02/14/2019 12:16:40 PM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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our illegal immigrant population

There, fixed it.

7 posted on 02/14/2019 12:17:03 PM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (Even my cat voted Republican)
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If they put their heads together they still wouldn’t have two brain cells to rub together.


8 posted on 02/14/2019 12:18:42 PM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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Our strength is what we have in common, not our differences. Diversity by itself does not make us strong.


9 posted on 02/14/2019 12:20:35 PM PST by GSWarrior
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Detroit has failed us by electing Rashida.

The Edsel of politicians


10 posted on 02/14/2019 12:25:02 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Detroit has failed us by electing Rashida.

She's the very tip top of the iceberg. There's way more coming from where that vile unAmerican POS came from. Of all the places these inbreds could settle, why did it have to be Dearborn and surrounding areas?
11 posted on 02/14/2019 12:32:17 PM PST by farming pharmer
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“In this country, our diversity is our greatest strength. Immigrants fuel our nation’s economy, enrich our nation’s culture, and enhance our social fabric.”

They themselves are prime evidence of the falsity of that statement.


12 posted on 02/14/2019 12:34:04 PM PST by aquila48
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I don’t know about you but I am tired of being lectured about America from these nitwits


13 posted on 02/14/2019 12:34:41 PM PST by NickRails
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I don’t know about you but I am tired of being lectured about America from these nitwits

The lifelong work of the late Howard Zinn is bearing its intended fruit. If you don't know who he is, you should.


14 posted on 02/14/2019 12:38:10 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mdittmar

Why is this junior Congress person speaking for the Democrats?


15 posted on 02/14/2019 12:39:41 PM PST by Durbin
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Because she IS the Dim party.


16 posted on 02/14/2019 12:40:41 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Josh Bernstein says these women were recruited and their campaigns funded by a group called Justice Foundation. I'm trying to learn more about this radical Leftist organization. He has a clip of four of the JF staff interviewing AOC. What is disturbing is that one of the four looks a lot like the Democrat activist/Antifa terrorist funded by Soros, Jose somebody. He led the Tucker Carlson harassment, and was arrested about a week ago on some other violent attack. Not finding his name.

Justice Foundation looks like a Soros group, if I'm not mistaken.

17 posted on 02/14/2019 12:42:18 PM PST by Missouri gal
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Why is this junior Congress person speaking for the Democrats?

She's the smartest one they have;)

18 posted on 02/14/2019 12:47:38 PM PST by mdittmar
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Not a word of truth in the entire statement.


19 posted on 02/14/2019 12:56:47 PM PST by IronJack
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Nice sweeping pack of lies, however they drain our economy via massive welfare, not bless it. Unity is our strength in the United states, NOT Diversity. And they are enriching out social fabric with theft, murder and gangs. Just because you repeat lies, it does not make it true. They are destroying our freedom as well as our nation and depressing our wages by replacing citizens with low skilled second class illegal migrants. While stealing our wealth to pay abortionists to kill the citizenry. While Globalism makes Millionaires into Billionaires with lower wages and concentrated power over local governments, it does it by destroying the freedom and rights of the surviving citizens. These people are killers in suits.
20 posted on 02/14/2019 1:03:13 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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