Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Archives

Holley: Trump enabled racist remarks by school board official

July 26, 2019 12:57 pm

Assemblyman Jamel Holley blamed President Donald Trump for offensive posts targeting four progressive non-white congresswomen made by Toms River Regional School Board Member Daniel Leonard. “This is a clear example of the game ‘follow the leader,’” Holley said. “The racist...

Toms River school board member, Sussex GOP face fire over offensive posts

July 25, 2019 3:09 pmJuly 25, 2019 6:13 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney and State Sen. Teresa Ruiz called for resignation of a Toms River regional school board member who said his “life would be complete” if Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and three other first-term progressive congresswomen died. “The...

Sumter slams Trump over ‘go back’ tweet

July 22, 2019 2:28 pm

Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter on Monday slammed President Donald Trump over comments he made telling four congresswomen to go back where they came from. “The comments referring to their ethnicity and birthplace were yet another tactless, hateful example of our country...

Menendez, Pascrell slam Trump over ‘go back’ tweets

July 15, 2019 1:40 pmJuly 16, 2019 12:22 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and Rep. Bill Pascrell had few kind words for President Donald Trump over the latter’s call for four first-term progressive congresswomen to go back to their countries. “The reality is that when the president uses that...

FIRST DEMOCRATS CALLED THIS A ‘MANUFACTURED CRISIS.’NOW FAR-LEFT REPRESENTATIVES LIKE AOC & NORCROSS VOTE ‘NO’ ON HUMANITARIAN AID FOR MIGRANTS.

July 8, 2019 10:05 amJuly 8, 2019 10:09 am

“We all saw the recent picture of a drowned migrant father and their child. Images like that stick with you, and even propel you to take action. So it’s no surprise to me that a majority of the House and...

AAN ad hits Malinowski over AOC’s concentration camp comments

July 1, 2019 10:00 amJuly 1, 2019 1:09 pm

The American Action Network launched an ad attacking Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) over comments made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) that said detention facilities for separated immigrant children were “concentration camps.” “It’s a disgrace that Tom Malinowski won’t stand...

NRCC hits Kim on non-answer over Green New Deal

May 9, 2019 10:38 amMay 9, 2019 11:35 am

The National Republican Congressional Committee wants Rep. Andy Kim to take a stance on New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez’s Green New Deal. The NRCC recorded Kim responding to a question about the progressive plan at a recent event hosted...