Ocasio-Cortez Slams "Faux Outrage" Over "Impeach the Motherf-er" Comment
By Daniel Politi, Slate
06 January 19
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is publicly supporting her fellow new
Democratic lawmaker Rashida Tlaib, calling b.s. on all the supposed outrage
that her call to "impeach the motherfucker" raised in reference to President
Donald Trump. The New York lawmaker who has been grabbing lots of headlines
lately called all the supposed outrage, "Republican hypocrisy at its
finest."
The freshman Democrat pointed out on Twitter that Republicans somehow think
that Trump "admitting to sexual assault on tape is just 'locker room talk',"
whereas they choose to scandalize "themselves into faux-outrage when my sis
says a curse word in a bar." Ocasio-Cortez was clearly referring to the
now-infamous Access Hollywood tape in which Trump said that being a
celebrity allowed him to "do anything" to women, including "grab 'em by the
pussy."
Shortly after she was sworn in, Tlaib was recorded telling supporters that
"we're going to impeach the motherfucker" in reference to Trump, and somehow
that became the biggest news story in the middle of a partial government
shutdown. Trump himself acted outraged by the comments, saying Tlaib had
"dishonored herself" and "dishonored her family."
At the end of the day, Republicans "lost entitlement to policing women's
behavior a long time ago. Next," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. In a subsequent
message, Ocasio-Cortez wrote a message to Tlaib: "I got your back
@RashidaTlaib - the Bronx and Detroit ride together."
Republicans weren't the only ones who criticized Tlaib for using the
language that she did though. Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, the incoming
chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said on CNN: "I don't really like
that kind of language." Beyond the words though, Nadler also made it clear
he disagreed with the substance of her remarks. "It is too early to talk
about that intelligently. We have to follow the facts," he said.
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