AOC: ‘We’re All Sitting Here, the Democratic Caucus, 60% Queer, Women, People of Color, Immigrant’Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday night ridiculed Republicans for arguing that the Equality Act would hurt women, contrasting the House GOP – with 13 female members – to the Democratic caucus, which she described as “60 percent queer, women, people of color, immigrant.â€
“Like, how are you going to tell us what’s good for us?†she asked.
Speaking during a Ramadan end-of-fast iftar on Capitol Hill, Ocasio-Cortez accused Republicans of trying to foil progressive advances by “pitting communities against each other that have never – and have no business being pitted against one another.â€...
........Among many criticisms, opponents have warned that the measure would set back women’s rights, citing concerns such as an unfair disadvantage for women athletes competing against biological men who identify as females, or shelters for battered women being forced to accommodate biological men who identify as females......
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