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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on April 25, 2019, 07:57:37 pm

Title: Ocasio-Cortez deletes tweet after incorrectly identifying Dem lawmaker as a Republican
Post by: jmyrlefuller on April 25, 2019, 07:57:37 pm

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ocasio-cortez-deletes-tweet-after-incorrectly-identifying-dem-lawmaker-as-a-republican/ar-BBWi5si?ocid=spartanntp (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ocasio-cortez-deletes-tweet-after-incorrectly-identifying-dem-lawmaker-as-a-republican/ar-BBWi5si?ocid=spartanntp)

The New York Democrat quoted a tweet from the Republican Party of Kentucky that featured a picture of House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) standing next to a cardboard cutout of Ocasio-Cortez. In her response, Ocasio-Cortez slammed Republicans for allegedly posing "older male members" next to "young female legislators."

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Title: Re: Ocasio-Cortez deletes tweet after incorrectly identifying Dem lawmaker as a Republican
Post by: rustynail on April 25, 2019, 08:21:40 pm

Innocent mistake "older male members" all look alike.

Title: Re: Ocasio-Cortez deletes tweet after incorrectly identifying Dem lawmaker as a Republican
Post by: verga on April 25, 2019, 10:58:34 pm

The gift that keeps on giving.