U.S. House Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed yesterday that “Republicans send people to protest me all the time, sometimes drunk and belligerent” while trying to justify the Kavanaugh protest.
Ocasio-Cortez initially had quote tweeted HuffPost senior editor Andy Campbell who suggested that “Politico clutching pearls today after a handful of ‘unruly’ protesters ‘targeted’ Brett Kavanaugh by standing outside during his steak dinner.”
“Just an absolutely terrifying night for Kavanaugh, who ‘did not hear or see the protesters and ate a full meal but left before dessert,'” Campbell chided.
Ocasio-Cortez declared in the quote tweet, “Poor guy. He left before his soufflé because he decided half the country should risk death if they have an ectopic pregnancy within the wrong state lines.”
“It’s all very unfair to him. The least they could do is let him eat cake,” Ocasio-Cortez mocked.
Ocasio-Cortez then decided that she wasn’t finished and replied to her own quote tweet as she explained, “I will never understand the pearl clutching over these protests.”
“Republicans send people to protest me all the time, sometimes drunk and belligerent,” Ocasio-Cortez claimed.
Ocasio-Cortez then added, “Nobody cares about it unless it’s a Republican in a restaurant. Can someone please explain the obsession because I don’t get it.”
I will never understand the pearl clutching over these protests. Republicans send people to protest me all the time, sometimes drunk and belligerent.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 8, 2022
Nobody cares about it unless it’s a Republican in a restaurant. Can someone please explain the obsession because I don’t get it
One Twitter user asked, “When have they sent someone to protest you? And have you ever been harassed in a restaurant?”
Twitter user “Diana” responded, “It happens to her all the time. Try using Google,” although she was unable to provide any examples when pressed.
It happens to her all the time. Try using Google.
— Diana (@LdyDi69) July 9, 2022
In a tweet today that appeared to be a follow-up, Ocasio-Cortez said, “Many of us have spent weeks in armored vehicles & traveling through backs of buildings bc of right-wing threats. You don’t hear much about it.”
“@GOPLeader McCarthy said he wants to promote House members who incited violence. Their feigned horror at protest is a silencing tactic,” Ocasio-Cortez insisted.
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