Earlier today we brought you the story of how Ocasio-Cortez banned the media from her public town hall.
Well she doesn’t like the negative press she’s getting and started whining about it on Twitter:
Additionally, with this town hall non-story: it was designed to protect + invite vulnerable populations to PUBLIC discourse: immigrants, victims of domestic abuse, and so on.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 17, 2018
We indicated previously that the event would be closed to press. Future ones are open.
Twitter quickly responded by calling her out for such a lame response:
It's really quite condescending to call it a non-story @Ocasio2018 - it's very simple, if you wanted a private event, keep it private. But you chose to ban the press from a public event. https://t.co/12qFq5ihjo
— Yashar Ali š (@yashar) August 17, 2018
Calling a legitimate story (reporting on a campaign's barring of press at an otherwise public event because the campaign felt it would be a distraction) a "non-story" is not a good look. https://t.co/VhYfr7y5BC https://t.co/GKS33R2Anh
— Ali Rogin (@AliABCNews) August 17, 2018
Every politician in NYC holds constant events in immigrant communities and has done so since the dawn of time, the press covering these forums is totally normal. https://t.co/pyK7mf5JbC
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) August 17, 2018
There's a difference between personal casework and a town hall event.
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) August 17, 2018
Public discourse requires that all members of the public be allowed to attend or review the event. That includes being open press. https://t.co/egymFdFv3V
https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/1030559753901027328
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/1030559608283258881
https://twitter.com/gitagovinda/status/1030553407470284801
When they're watching you for mistakes, making them and then not owning up to them gives your opponents ammo. https://t.co/KiSDwoOOzo
— Rich McGilvray (@Misterchief) August 17, 2018
And note, some of these are reporters and not conservatives, but they all agree that it’s not a good look for her to blame the media and not to own up to her mistakes.