Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of repeatedly singling out newly elected women of color in the House, saying that the veteran congresswoman’s criticism has become “outright disrespectful.”
Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks in an interview with The Washington Post late Wednesday after a day of heightened tensions between Pelosi and House Democrats.
“When these comments first started, I kind of thought that she was keeping the progressive flank at more of an arm’s distance in order to protect more moderate members, which I understood,” Ocasio-Cortez told the Post.
“But the persistent singling out … it got to a point where it was just outright disrespectful … the explicit singling out of newly elected women of color,” she added.
The remarks came hours after Pelosi, at a closed-door meeting of the caucus earlier Wednesday, admonished her party for openly attacking one another over policy disputes. Pelosi has consistently dismissed some of the policies floated by the more liberal members of the caucus, most recently using a New York Times interview over the weekend to question the influence of four outspoken freshmen known as “the squad” — Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Ocasio-Cortez.
“All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,” she said to The New York Times. “But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got.”
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JUST IN: Ocasio-Cortez accuses Pelosi of repeatedly “singling out” women of color: It's “outright disrespectful” https://t.co/QSwsDFON8f pic.twitter.com/mDAbjHko7B
— The Hill (@thehill) July 11, 2019
1/ Tough love:
You know who benefits from the House civil war being waged by AOC?
Donald Trump, that's who.
The new class of Democrats has more Katie Porters and Conor Lambs than AOCs, but hey, it's just the majority of the only body you control at stake, and the Presidency.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2019
3/ So choose one:
A) a grinding legislative and strategic program where no one gets everything they want but that holds together a caucus full of new members from swing districts and serves as a counterweight to Trump.
B) Burn down Pelosi, feed Trump, and lose.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2019
5/ And before you accuse (which you will, no matter what I say, but here's to it):
This isn't me being critical of a progressive or a woman or a woman of color or blah blah blah. This isn't a conservative or GOP critique. This is *just* politics.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2019
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 https://t.co/M62sSgIuQ1
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) July 11, 2019
This is all going well https://t.co/Q39QYAKsia
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 11, 2019
Well, at least it's not getting outside the Beltway or anything. | Whoopi Goldberg to AOC and her allies: 'You're not allowed to bitch' https://t.co/Fv65d1MF0Q
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 11, 2019
This – and, also, I wonder how much constituent work is getting done back in NY 14. I worked in both a State House and Congress, and that's a huge, boring, dreary but necessary part of the job. Not something you can do on Instagram. https://t.co/rVbTxwq1m9
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 11, 2019
Trump’s second inaugural will feature even more tanks. https://t.co/eMh20xXGuy
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) July 11, 2019
Pelosi: “You are four congresswomen with more tweets than legislative accomplishments.”
AOC: “You’re a bit racist.”
Pelosi: “…”
AOC: “Well, OK, not really, but you’re trying to get us killed.”— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) July 11, 2019
With a Twitter account, this requires no political skill whatsoever. Writing a bill and passing it? That requires skill. Helping your party against an incumbent president and an opposition controlled Senate? That requires skill and maturity. Not much of that here. https://t.co/BrxL9xy2yO
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 11, 2019
Don't @ me either, but he's right. https://t.co/1rbqhzMIVi
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 11, 2019
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