White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany slapped down AOC after she bit on some Fake News.
It started with this tweet from Politico’s Jake Sherman:
>@PressSec from the podium: “Biden adviser Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.” cc @AOC
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 8, 2020
He’s trying to suggest that AOC wasn’t called by her official title. The problem is it’s fake news.
AOC totally bites without double checking, making it about ‘race’ and going full victim:
.@PressSec wouldn’t be the first person to mistake a women of color for having a lower position or title than she does, but Kayleigh – in case you haven’t picked up a newspaper in two years, I’m a Congresswoman. https://t.co/3FRHo7dpTL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020
The @PressSec comment is steeped in a long, hurtful, & horrendous history of stripping women of color of titles and diminishing them to “the help.”
Perhaps she isn’t aware that what she did is mired in racist history. If that is the case, I look forward to her apology tomorrow.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020
Kayleigh simply responds with the transcript, where she referred to both Rashida Tlaib and AOC as ‘congresswomen’, telling AOC “Read the transcript, Congresswoman”:
Read the transcript, Congresswoman @AOC ⬇️ https://t.co/knvCMmVjWh pic.twitter.com/q6uRWROYNA
— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) June 8, 2020
The transcript is accurate. I double checked:
I also checked AOC’s timeline and so far she hasn’t apologized or responded to Kayleigh, even though she has tweeted since Kayleigh responded to her garbage accusation.
It just goes to show how quickly Democrats like AOC will despicably accuse someone of racism without even caring about the facts. She fits in well with the Democratic Party.