Deleted Tweets From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
The US is in denial over how many people are living in poverty. Our poverty line assumes: $0 healthcare costs $0 childcare costs $0 rent increases No geographic diff Even w that lie, 40 million people live in *recognized* poverty. & we have no idea how many are actually poor. QT @Public_Citizen: .@AOC: 40 million Americans live in what the government recognizes as poverty. That’s one in ten. https://t.co/d3wrAuzIJW)
Get ‘em, girl QT @RashidaTlaib: "There is no right or wrong way to protest." --@ayannapressley I'm joining my sisters in Congress in wearing whit… https://t.co/9HPJBZIhWF)
“Tick-Tock” - @RepKatiePorter QT @Public_Citizen: This is incredible. @RepKatiePorter held up Maine’s SNAP Benefits eligibility form and asked the conservative who… https://t.co/jUJlURxRbp)
The Gentlepuppy of New York’s 14th Congressional District is now recognized QT @merrylieb: Pup close and personal with Chairman Deco and @AOC https://t.co/gMYhC7z0pm)
Small digital update: my Instagram handle has been updated from its 2018 origins - it is now @AOC! If you head there now (IG: aoc) you can catch our new pup Deco meeting his Tías @AyannaPressley & @RashidaTlaib https://t.co/nFCMkZra1P
The major - & I mean MAJOR - reason I‘m able to work for the public the way I do is bc I rely on grassroots donations. I don’t rely on big money or parties for the wealthy to fund my election. I rely on you. Our avg donation is $16. Help us keep going: https://t.co/ugqC9JdBMM QT @nowthisnews: Relive @AOC’s most inspiring moments from 2019 https://t.co/IcOpBl866B)
In the past decade I lost my dad, returned to the Bronx, fought off foreclosure w my family, struggled w/ student loans, & worked shifts in restaurants for years. At my lowest, I struggled w/ the thought that I’d never amount to anything. To those going through it: Keep going. QT @nowthisnews: Relive @AOC’s most inspiring moments from 2019 https://t.co/IcOpBl866B)
This clip is from 6 months ago. Pay attention. The Trump admin has been chomping at the bit to pursue conflict with Iran for months. We must act now to save lives, protect the innocent, and limit the immense damage that has been done. War isn’t “smart” - it’s barbaric. QT @nowthisnews: .@AOC minced no words in her comments on Iran and the Trump administration https://t.co/WH6UBeFyF1)
Romans 1:25. QT @CahnEmily: Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) comparing Trump to Jesus. NBD. https://t.co/sykBUKRwgO)
Proud to join @RepRoKhanna in voting NO on the NDAA. As Ro says, when Pres Obama left, the US defense budget was $618 BILLION/year. It will now be $120 billion more than that. No pundits ask how we pay for it, or blast it as “free stuff.” We just accept it. Pay attention. QT @SenSanders: My friend @RepRoKhanna is right: it is Orwellian for Congress to hand over billions of dollars worth of weapons and… https://t.co/icznx5BK6v)
Rep. Scalise, the only way you‘d conclude this is if you thought foreign interference is Trump‘s main strategy to win in 2020. Letting our elections be subverted by hostile actors *IS* disastrous. Now, why is the GOP blocking election protection measures in the Senate? QT @SteveScalise: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez admits Dems are using impeachment to rig 2020 against @realDonaldTrump. Take her at her word →… https://t.co/1TtVdoxFGa)
Donald Trump abused the power of the US government to extort Ukraine into undermining the 2020 elections. Today’s hearings put Trump’s own fingerprints all over the scene of the crime. It left no room for him to pin this on anyone else, but plenty to drag others down with him. QT @CNNSitRoom: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) reacts to House testimony: “What we heard today was that [the President] was m… https://t.co/YcIY9lDzhc)
Don’t sleep on @PeterWelch! He’s great ☺️⬇️ QT @PodSaveAmerica: REP. JIM JORDAN (R): Congress will never get a chance to question the one "who started it all." REP. PETER WELCH (… https://t.co/LvPwjr3CmB)
“It is not responsible to complain about anything we dislike as ‘socialism,’ particularly when many of my colleagues across the aisle are more than happy to support billions of dollars in government subsidies + carveouts for oil, gas, & fossil fuel industries.” Bye, @HouseGOP 👋🏽 https://t.co/Dseu2V5BIN QT @nowthisnews: )
Big day! We’re rolling out our next major project: A Just Society. It’s a 6-piece suite: 1. Recognizing Poverty Act 2. Place to Prosper Act 3. Mercy in Re-Entry Act 4. Embrace Act 5. Uplift Our Workers Act 6. Ratify the UN Covenant on Economic, Social, & Cultural Rights ⬇️ https://t.co/nPhVxIy7fQ QT @nowthisnews: )
When it comes to climate change, we are going to pay no matter what. The question is: will we pay (more) to react and contribute to destruction, or will we pay to proactively defend and preserve future generations? Look around & read the science. That is the question before us. https://t.co/9K9rsgN1qA QT @nowthisnews: )
& again, this time asking the FBI. It seems easier to label domestic, self-radicalized shooters who are Muslim as terrorists. Yet white supremacists, who are responsible for far more violence in the US,often escape these charges. Now they’re the #1 source of domestic terror ⬇️ https://t.co/RCjp4687by QT @nowthisnews: )
For months, we have been raising questions around how white supremacists have been able to escape terrorist labeling. Here’s one example ⬇️ https://t.co/hXPqV9L8vJ QT @nowthisnews: )
One reason why drugs are so expensive: Pharma CEO pay is often tied to their stock price. That means Big Pharma spends more 💰 buying their own stocks than in research & dev to make prescriptions cheaper. It’s a huge Ponzi scheme. Congress needs to end the stock buyback. https://t.co/dR0VAtvne0 QT @cspan: )