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| − | '''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez''' (born October 13, 1989<ref>Biography.com editors (June 27, 2018). [https://www.biography.com/people/alexandria-ocasio-cortez "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Biography"]. The Biography.com website (A&E Television Networks, February 8, 2019 ed.)</ref>), known by her initials as '''AOC''', is the [[Democrat]]ic representative from [[New York]]'s 14th congressional district. At 28 years old, she was the youngest [[woman]] ever elected to Congress and is a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Ocasio-Cortez is infamous for her antisemitism, and has been condemned by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for [[Holocaust trivialization|trivializing the Holocaust]].<ref>Steinbuch, Yaron (June 24, 2019). [https://nypost.com/2019/06/24/us-holocaust-museum-denounces-aocs-concentration-camp-remarks/ US Holocaust museum denounces AOC’s ‘concentration camp’ remarks]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 11, 2023.</ref> | + | '''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez''' (born October 13, 1989<ref>Biography.com editors (June 27, 2018). [https://www.biography.com/people/alexandria-ocasio-cortez "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Biography"]. The Biography.com website (A&E Television Networks, February 8, 2019 ed.)</ref>), known by her initials as '''AOC''', is the [[Democrat]]ic representative from [[New York]]'s 14th congressional district. At 28 years old, she was the youngest [[woman]] ever elected to Congress and is a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Ocasio-Cortez is infamous for her antisemitism, and has been condemned by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for [[Holocaust trivialization|trivializing the Holocaust]].<ref>Multiple references: |
| | + | *https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/statement-regarding-the-museums-position-on-holocaust-analogies |
| | + | *https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/24/holocaust-museum-comparisons/ |
| | + | Steinbuch, Yaron (June 24, 2019). [https://nypost.com/2019/06/24/us-holocaust-museum-denounces-aocs-concentration-camp-remarks/ US Holocaust museum denounces AOC’s ‘concentration camp’ remarks]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 11, 2023.</ref> |
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| | AOC has been criticized for her heavy use of [[Marxist]] clichés and racist comments about "token blacks."<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/44137/ugly-racist-tweet-ocasio-cortez-slammed-promoting-ryan-saavedra</ref> In 2018, Ocasio-Cortez led a group of insurrectionists in a takeover of [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s office inside the [[U.S. Capitol]] building.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ocasio-cortez-activists-occupy-nancy-pelosis-office-demand-green-new-deal/</ref> After the [[2020 presidential election]], Ocasio-Cortez incited people to participate in protests: | | AOC has been criticized for her heavy use of [[Marxist]] clichés and racist comments about "token blacks."<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/44137/ugly-racist-tweet-ocasio-cortez-slammed-promoting-ryan-saavedra</ref> In 2018, Ocasio-Cortez led a group of insurrectionists in a takeover of [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s office inside the [[U.S. Capitol]] building.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ocasio-cortez-activists-occupy-nancy-pelosis-office-demand-green-new-deal/</ref> After the [[2020 presidential election]], Ocasio-Cortez incited people to participate in protests: |
| | {{cquote|"The whole point of protesting is to make [people] uncomfortable. Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/01/07/aoc-tweet-on-protesting-n2582684</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080</ref>}} | | {{cquote|"The whole point of protesting is to make [people] uncomfortable. Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows. To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/01/07/aoc-tweet-on-protesting-n2582684</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1334184644707758080</ref>}} |
| − | Ocasio-Cortez posted to [[Instagram]] a list of demands from [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters to end the violence;<ref>https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1266776797301166088</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/06/07/black-lives-matter-means-defund-the-police-n503697</ref> Black Lives Matter [[murder]]ed an 8 year old black girl, [[Secoriea Turner]], in [[Atlanta]], Georgia on July 5, 2020.<ref>https://israelunwired.com/8-year-old-black-girl-killed-by-black-lives-matter-activists/</ref> She has been condemned by the United States Holocaust Museum for mocking the deaths of [[Nazi]] [[holocaust]] victims.<ref>https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/statement-regarding-the-museums-position-on-holocaust-analogies</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/24/holocaust-museum-comparisons/</ref> An avowed racist, AOC says | + | Ocasio-Cortez posted to [[Instagram]] a list of demands from [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters to end the violence;<ref>https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1266776797301166088</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/06/07/black-lives-matter-means-defund-the-police-n503697</ref> Black Lives Matter [[murder]]ed an 8 year old black girl, [[Secoriea Turner]], in [[Atlanta]], Georgia on July 5, 2020.<ref>https://israelunwired.com/8-year-old-black-girl-killed-by-black-lives-matter-activists/</ref> An avowed racist, AOC says |
| | {{cquote|the people that are producing climate change, that’s right, those people, the ones destroying the Earth, driving entire species to extinction, killing children, ever notice how all those people look alike? ... the people who are producing climate change, the folks that are responsible for the largest amount of emissions, or communities or corporation, they tend to be predominantly white.<ref>https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/33898-ocasio-cortez-white-people-are-killing-us<br>https://twitter.com/CreativeDeduct/status/1189799615895351296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>}} | | {{cquote|the people that are producing climate change, that’s right, those people, the ones destroying the Earth, driving entire species to extinction, killing children, ever notice how all those people look alike? ... the people who are producing climate change, the folks that are responsible for the largest amount of emissions, or communities or corporation, they tend to be predominantly white.<ref>https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/33898-ocasio-cortez-white-people-are-killing-us<br>https://twitter.com/CreativeDeduct/status/1189799615895351296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>}} |
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