AOC Falsely Accuses McEnany of Racism By Claiming She Didn’t Refer to Her as a Congresswoman

Kayleigh McEnany gave a press conference today at the White House and was asked about the movement to defund the police. She said the president was “appalled” and referenced “sitting Congresswomen” who were backing the movement.

She then mentioned Rashida Tlaib and “Biden advisor” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as backing the movement.

CNN’s Jake Tapper tagged AOC in a tweet and just put that McEnany said “from the podium: ‘Biden adviser Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.'”

>@PressSec from the podium: “Biden adviser Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.” cc @AOC

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 8, 2020

AOC took offense to this and obviously, having not watched the press conference, laid into McEnany, accusing her of racism for leaving out that she is a Congresswoman. She said she would “look forward to her apology.”

.@PressSec wouldn’t be the first person to mistake a women of color for having a lower position or title than she does, but Kayleigh – in case you haven’t picked up a newspaper in two years, I’m a Congresswoman.

The @PressSec comment is steeped in a long, hurtful, & horrendous history of stripping women of color of titles and diminishing them to “the help.” Perhaps she isn’t aware that what she did is mired in racist history. If that is the case, I look forward to her apology tomorrow.

The @PressSec comment is steeped in a long, hurtful, & horrendous history of stripping women of color of titles and diminishing them to “the help.”

Perhaps she isn’t aware that what she did is mired in racist history. If that is the case, I look forward to her apology tomorrow.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020