Deleted Tweets From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Amount President Trump has transferred from other agencies to fund his ‘Build the Wall’ Emergency: $10s of millions, & has identified billions more. Amount he’s transferred to address the Opioid National Emergency: $0 QT @cspan: .@RepAOC @AOC compares #OpioidCrisis to #SouthernBorder: "So, we've got two emergencies, one is treated with an act… https://t.co/vP7SxEl9mk)
Hidden gem: Rep. @katieporteroc on Financial Services 💎 She consistently delivers incredible lines of questioning (and frequently adds a dash of humor). ⬇️ https://t.co/pdVR5g69Tv QT @RealBankReform: )
Desperado Sittin' in an old Monte Carlo/ Oh, dear desperado... Yeah, I don't wanna be alone (To be fair, I’m not *totally* alone at this hearing. There are 10 Dems, 2 GOP here out of ~60 members). QT @BartNaylor: Why is @aoc at consumer protection hearing, almost alone? Because she isn't raising money from large donors https://t.co/bZvQyCGq8X)
This is like the “wrap it up” box but for climate delayers 😂 Shout out to Rep. @JoeCunninghamSC https://t.co/LqlvdzhjwZ QT @RedTRaccoon: )
Don’t be fooled by the plaques that we got, I’m still / I’m still Alex from the Bronx https://t.co/eO68AGxn2z
People think it’s a joke when folks say we have to work 2x as hard for the same seat. Whether you believe it or not, the upside is when we do get here,we’re used to being held to a diff bar. To being doubted. To getting new hoops thrown @ us last min. So we know how to perform. QT @mitrakalita: Seeing the words “prepared” and “authentic” to describe @AOC, often with surprise that she’s made it so far. This i… https://t.co/KgELcvlihk)
When @desusnice asked me, @RashidaTlaib and @IlhanMN: “Are there a lot of double standards” in DC? You can see it here: https://t.co/owq3IBctnZ https://t.co/6dV11prezK
I often reflect on @AyannaPressley‘s words: “people closest to the pain should be closest to the power.” @IlhanMN is a Somali refugee. She has felt the ravages of war. Watching her question Trump’s envoy to VZ, who pled guilty to several Iran-Contra crimes, feels like justice. QT @JordanUhl: .@IlhanMN questioning Elliott Abrams about his previous support of genocide in Guatemala https://t.co/MIGAG4WI1m)
RIP our post-it wall :( We were told it had to be taken down... So we moved it inside instead 🤗 https://t.co/qw3RMfPDeU
Shock doesn’t begin to cover it. Today I left a hearing on homelessness & saw tons of people camped outside committee. I turned to my staff and asked if it was a demonstration. “No,” they said. “Lobbyists pay the homeless + others to hold their place so they can get in 1st.” https://t.co/mXbgqkKp4P
“This is my time. You don’t run this Committee, Mr Whitaker. You don’t run the Congress of the United States.” Do NOT sleep on @RepRaskin, y’all. He’s among the best. QT @RepRaskin: Tried my best to overcome Acting Attorney General Whitaker's strategic evasions and filibustering to get to the fac… https://t.co/dehG2dQPyP)
Earlier today we had our second Oversight hearing of the 116th Congress. It was about voting rights and the role of money in politics. I asked the expert witnesses to indulge me in a small game. Here’s what happened ⬇️ https://t.co/q31QdNx9KE QT @CommonCause: )
This full thread has my five minute “Corruption Game” questioning from today’s hearing: ⬇️ QT @fwdale: .@AOC: "Let's play a lightning round game. I'm gonna be the bad guy, which I'm sure half the room would agree with,… https://t.co/YM9r5EMWG3)
One my favorite parts of last night: air-fiving @rosadelauro across the aisle at the celebration of women in Congress (btw, majority of whom are Dem). GOP has major+concerning problems electing women. Out of the *36* new women elected in 2018: - GOP elected: 1 (ONE!) - Dem: 35 https://t.co/YclOGyCetY
Big Pharma companies often say that drugs “need” to be expensive to fund research. What they don’t tell you is that they use *publicly-funded research* for expensive, privatized drugs. This week on Oversight, @RoKhanna and I exposed how this scheme works: https://t.co/ELbllU3Fxy
Fun fact: Committee Seating Assignments are not self-selected, + can be determined by a # of factors. @AyannaPressley, @RashidaTlaib & I wound up as seatmates and I’m very excited about it. 🥰 (I also 💜 being desk buddies w/ @BenMcAdams & @JenniferWexton on Fin Services!) https://t.co/wZ5JQaguGW QT @justicedems: )
If “the wage gap is a myth” as some allege, then workplaces should have no problem with workers disclosing our salaries with one another 😇 https://t.co/KIYeIz3Cuq QT @amayajsmith: )