By Jeffrey Rodack | Tuesday, 01 December 2020 10:57 AM
The rift between Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. is growing wider.
Manchin, in an interview with The New York Times posted Monday, blasted the progressive congresswoman, claiming she is more active on Twitter than in Congress.
His words came after a Nov. 11 tweet of his own where he had taken aim at calls to defund the police. He wrote: “Defund the police? Defund the police? Defund, my butt. I'm a proud West Virginia Democrat. We are the party of working men and women. We do not have some crazy socialist agenda, and we do not believe in defunding the police.â€
Ocasio-Cortez had fired back in a Nov. 12 tweet in which she posted a photo of herself seated behind Manchin at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech. In the photo, she appeared to be giving Manchin an icy stare as he applauded.
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