Ocasio-Cortez and Steve King trade jabs over 'concentration camps' reference

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The New York Democrat, known for her Twitter ripostes, responded to King on Sunday: “The last time you went on this trip it was reported that you also met w/ fringe Austrian neo-Nazi groups to talk shop.”

from a Holocaust remembrance group to tour Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps during summer recess.

“I’m going to have to decline your invite,” she tweeted. “But thank you for revealing to all how transparently the far-right manipulates these moments for political gain.” By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. The squabble follows Ocasio-Cortez’s comments in a video last week in which she compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers to“The United States is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is exactly what they are — they are concentration camps,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the Instagram video, sparking an online debate.

 

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proflevin King says he and Marie LePen “share values.” ‘Nuff said.

Love you keep at it

AOC is known for defeating a long-time incumbent with her pro-working class & progressive policies, including the GreenNewDeal. Please do not demean her or other women with snide titles like these; it's deeply out of touch to write this way.

She’s known for dodging, projecting, misinforming her followers and shamelessly mischaracterizing every issue. Did I miss something?

Were with you OAC! We don’t want our tax dollars being spent on a bigots agenda

The U.S. is operating concentration camps for children of a particular ethnicity. Trump threatens to round up another million people. We condemn the German people for doing nothing as it happened in their midst. Will we act?

Pathetic Steve King the Monster.

Dipshit Cortez was invited by a number of reputable folks to visit, this is the only one she responded to specifically because it was from King and she could use it to her advantage.

Well, she’s evidently mastered deflection, hyperbole, pandering and projecting. As well as dissembling and out right lying. Yep, she’s a natural.

America should be ashamed! Where is Be Best?

Get him, AOC. 👏👏👏 ...this Iowan can't understand why his own party and constituents continue to support his bigoted nonsense. 😡

Ouch!

Why would anybody give her the time of day.

'Trade jabs' is an understatement. aoc completely destroyed the racist Representative from IA.

So, how does she know they were talking shop and not reporting or trying to understand how they view what they are doing. She sure wants to put her spin on crap. Inflammatory.

I do believe there is a photo out there of King's meeting with the Austrians.

This is an example of why when I visited Belgium grad students from across the EU knew and followed AOC on Twitter. AOC gets it. She recognizes the web of economic/political/environmental issues worldwide. Proud she's from NY & doubly proud she called out King.

She literally ignored an invite from a Holocaust Memorial group and was being called out for that.

Ping.

Note to Republicans: swing at AOC at your own risk. She’s going to swing back with a hammer that would make Thor jealous.

Concentration camp: place where groups of people with a common characteristic are interned in subhuman conditions without due process. Trump does this. Work camp: concentration camp where internees are forced to work. Death camp: concentration camp where internees are killed.

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