AOC criticizes GOP for 'projecting their sexual frustrations' at her

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday shot back at criticisms from right-wing figures after a photo of her on vacation with her boyfriend in Florida was shared online, suggesting that her critics stop "projecting their sexual frustrations" on her.

Steve Cortes, a former Trump campaign adviser, shared a photo on Twitter on Friday of Ocasio-Cortez in public with her boyfriend Riley Roberts vacationing in Florida.

Cortes attacked Ocasio-Cortez for not wearing a mask in public and also took aim at Roberts's "gross pale male feet in public."

Ocasio-Cortez responded by retweeting the photo and writing, "If Republicans are mad they can't date me they can just say that instead of projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend's feet. Ya creepy weirdos."

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ocasio-cortez-criticizes-gop-for-projecting-their-sexual-frustrations-at-her/ar-AASjY8U

[bucolic_frolic]

1. That's letting them have it - it's like saying 'You guys are really up tight, get over it, will ya?'

Way to go, AOC!

[mcar]

2. What an odd thing to say

[sheshe2]

4. ?????????????

She said WHAT!?!?

[mcar]

28. I have millions of complaints about Republicans

but her take on this is just weird.

[sheshe2]

29. True...

Then again....never mind. I am kinda laughing here and will hold my thoughts.

[wellst0nev0ter]

50. She's calling it what it is

Just because some people choose to be blind to it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[mcar]

69. What what is?

[wellst0nev0ter]

70. She's not willfully blind

[womanofthehills]

56. Not weird when you receive death & rape threats daily

In the past, Rep. AOC has divulged that she gets dozens of death and rape threats on a daily basis. In May of last year, the congresswoman tweeted: “I‘ve had mornings where I wake up & the 1st thing I do w/ my coffee is review photos of the men (it’s always men) who want to kill me.”

She is also a rape victim and was fearful if she was found on Jan 6 - she would be raped before being killed

2021

“White supremacy and patriarchy are very linked in a lot of ways,” she told Bash. “There’s a lot of sexualizing of that violence and I didn’t think that I was just going to be killed, I thought other things were going to happen to me as well.”

It was then that Bash clarified, “So, it sounds like what you’re telling me right now is that you didn’t only think you were going to die, you thought you were going to be raped.” Ocasio-Cortez nodded in agreement and said, “Yeah, yeah. I thought I was.”

. https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/things-that-matter/aoc-says-sexual-assault-fear-insurrection/

[smirkymonkey]

97. It makes a lot more sense in that context.

My god, I had no idea she had to endure this kind of crap on a daily basis. And still, she continues to fight for what is right. What on earth is wrong with these men? Why are they so predisposed to sexual violence?

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Why is no one taking her on about helping with local organizing?

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. +1

[sheshe2]

30. You and I know why.

I won't say more.

[Captain Zero]

45. How do we know that no one isn't?

It would be great if she could get some real citizen organization moving in that Mickey Mouse state.

[PufPuf23]

5. AOC nails the GOP "Ya creepy weirdos" nt

[lapucelle]

6. Why would someone connect a mention of gross, pale feet with dating or sex? N/T

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. I think the he in her tweet is Gov. DeathSentance

[sheshe2]

12. My mistake.

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. It's okay

I thought the same at first and had to read it again.

[sheshe2]

16. Deleted...Thanks.

[Captain Zero]

46. Maybe because they were BIG feet? You know what some people say...

All GOP lurkers here taking off their slippers now and looking at their pathetically small feet.

[George II]

9. I don't understand the "sexual frustrations" comment. Can someone explain it to me?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. Lol. Clearly.

[George II]

23. So I guess you can't explain it. Happy New Year!

[sheshe2]

31. Well you clearly answered that question...not.

Lol~

[Hassin Bin Sober]

100. Lol. Not jokes? Okayyyyy

[paleotn]

18. Then again, there may be back story we're unaware of.

Add those details and it may make more sense. Guess on my part, but I'm sure she gets a good bit of abuse we're not necessarily privy to.

[MustLoveBeagles]

20. I wouldn't doubt it

[Uncle Joe]

38. I would be willing to bet on it. n/t

[womanofthehills]

61. The back story is that she gets rape & death threats every day

[localroger]

27. No mental gymnastics

The original insult is at AOC because her boyfriend is ugly and she is obviously therefore underperforming in the boyfriend department. That's not even between the damn lines, it's supertext.

AOC sees this and goes for the jugular, because that's what she does. Your rule about going after AOC online is, don't. She will wrap it around your neck. Which she did here. She can date whoever she fucking wants to, and if you go after her date you're not going after her, you're going after her whole world and she will burn you down. No more Ms. Nice Gal.

I like that about her. We need more like her. We needed them 40 years ago.

[Violet_Crumble]

34. Can you please explain something to me, sheshe?

What do you mean by 'she left her state with 44K new cases today.'? Are you blaming her for Covid cases?

Also, why do you dislike AOC so much? You're posting in a thread where I would have thought everyone would be condemning the creepy Republican attacks on her, not turning around and attacking her instead.

[Tom Rinaldo]

42. There is no comparison.

The ice storm and subsequent infrastructure collapse that Cruz fled from in Texas to Mexico was an acute sudden crisis of local (as in Texas) origin which required new unique Texas based solutions and mobilization of state resources. As a U.S. Senator Cruz is one of a handful of statewide elected leaders in Texas. When Cruz left Texas for Mexico he literally was fleeing hardships facing his fellow Texans so that he could luxuriate on a warm beach. AOC has lived through the Covid pandemic alongside her constituents for years, and like millions of other New Yorkers, she continues to live a semblance of a normal life which includes taking occasional vacation trips. Cruz fled to Mexico to evade miserable conditions in Texas. AOC did not evade the Covid pandemic by spending a little time in Florida. It's as bad there as anywhere else.

Yes Covid has peak waves, and yes we are in one now, but the pandemic is not a sudden new crisis, it is an ongoing public health emergency occurring nation wide. Plans to deal with it are constantly tweaked, but that planning is an ongoing function of state and local governments and has been a top priority of New York State literally for years now. AOC taking a well deserved short vacation has no negative impact on New York's ability to respond to the Omicron surge. She is escaping from nothing and will soon be back from vacation while the pandemic continues to rage both in Florida and New York.

[ms liberty]

43. Excellent rebuttal. n/t

[wellst0nev0ter]

53. It's like the "Don't Bash Democrats" rule goes out the window when it comes to AOC

How strange, that.

[Captain Zero]

47. So, she needs a damn vacation on a beach & she's done lots about Covid unlike CRUZ

The reason Cruz was criticized was because he could escape from a problem that he was having no part in solving, or do you not agree that AOC has been a part of the solution?

AOC = part of the solution
Cruz = part of the problem

[wellst0nev0ter]

55. I'd take points off for patronizing a trumpanzee state

But other than that, all of this.

[TiberiusB]

72. Yeah, but why is she there?

Does anyone think that she would choose Florida as her ideal vacation spot? It doesn't seem like a random choice.

[Mariana]

73. She has family in Florida. That may be why she's there. nt.

[TiberiusB]

75. That makes sense

She's visiting family and spending time with her boyfriend. I can see why some want to hate on her.

[Autumn]

91. I would say since her mother lives there it's not random at all. nt

[SMC22307]

59. She's home with her mother - about as "her people" as she can get.

Are you suggesting a child shouldn't spend time with his or her family over the holidays, especially if COVID precautions are followed?

[Autumn]

96. "her people"

That was disgusting.

[SMC22307]

117. Aaaaaand...

self-deleted. Huh, I wonder why?

[TiberiusB]

71. AOC attracts negative attention from a core group here

that insist on seeing her as undermining the Democratic Party. The infrastructure and BBB bills are the perfect example. She is regularly cast as the villain hurting Biden's agenda rather than Manchin, Sinema, or other corporate friendly "centrists", which is patently ridiculous. The reflex is to cast anything she does in a negative light. She could pause to eat a bowl of cereal and promptly be accused of failing to feed the hungry.

No joke.

[Diablo del sol]

79. it isn't a joke

the people who jump into threads to bash her, ......

[NurseJackie]

81. Lulz.

Nobody is being "bashed".

[Diablo del sol]

82. replace AOC with Biden's name

I happen to support both of them.

[NurseJackie]

83. Why?

replace AOC with Biden's name

Why?

I happen to support both of them.

Oh, that's nice. But, what's the point? Did anyone suggest otherwise?

[Diablo del sol]

93. Seen too many of hijacked threads

Not playing the game.

Some seem to get motivation. Hell, half (plus) of Republicans get off on assholes who do nothing other than “trigger libs.”

Bless you child.

[NurseJackie]

102. Lulz.

What a funny thing to say. But, once again, I'll repeat... it's not about me, no matter who wants to make it about me.

Bless you child.

Oh, good lord.

[lapucelle]

113. Welcome to DU!

[TiberiusB]

116. And right on cue...

You'll notice the usual offenders pop up and try the whole "bashing, what bashing?" gaslighting routine, even as they suggest she doesn't get things done, doesn't focus on more important issues, like Medicare for All, etc. None of which is true, of course. They take little snapshots in time, toss out any interest in context, and run with the "AOC is all flash and no substance" narrative that they simply can't let go.

At least one person had the good sense to delete her posts after it became clear she was taking a wildly unwarranted swipe at the Congresswoman.

Good for you for not taking the bait.

[Yoyoyo77]

36. Honestly the GOP figureheads are obsessed with her. What's the reason?

[NurseJackie]

40. It was an absurd comment and an over-reaction.

[womanofthehills]

54. I doubt if it's an over reaction

The normalization of violence toward female politicians is meant to scare them out of politics — particularly women of color like Ocasio-Cortez, a top object of obsession for white supremacists and leading Republicans who characterize her as foreign although she’s a Bronx-born Puerto Rican.

“The ultimate goal of this is to eliminate these women from political life,” said Lucina Di Meco, an expert in gendered disinformation and online abuse against women in politics and a co-founder of #ShePersisted. “To silence them, to make it so unappealing and so dangerous for them and their families to be active politically that they will want to retreat.”

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-17/gosar-video-displays-gops-violent Column: Paul Gosar’s anime video of killing AOC is not a joke. It displays the new GOP’s violent extremist turn

[NurseJackie]

65. Please.

Cortes attacked Ocasio-Cortez for not wearing a mask in public and also took aim at Roberts's "gross pale male feet in public."

That hardly rises to the level of "killing AOC" that you compared it to in your justification and defense.

My comments stand.

[womanofthehills]

84. She has to be constantly on alert because she gets so many death and rape threats

On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez, a fierce critic of the Trump administration's immigration policies, questioned Homeland Security head Kevin McAleenan over threatening messages directed at her – including Photoshopped images depicting her rape – on a secret Facebook group for Border Patrol agents. On Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez, a fierce critic of the Trump administration's immigration policies, questioned Homeland Security head Kevin McAleenan over threatening messages directed at her – including Photoshopped images depicting her rape – on a secret Facebook group for Border Patrol agents. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/22/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-threatened-police-officer/1793131001/

Guerrero: Paul Gosar's anime video of killing AOC is not a joke. It displays the new GOP's violent extremist turn https://news.yahoo.com/column-paul-gosars-anime-video-205148580.html

Ocasio-Cortez told Vanity Fair last summer she receives all manner of threats, often seeing a swell after far-right lies and attacks are amplified by conservative media.

“I used to wake up in the morning and literally get a stack of pictures that were forwarded by Capitol police or FBI,” she told the magazine. “Like, ‘These are the people who want to kill you today.’ ”

[NurseJackie]

87. And, this little thing is exactly the same, eh? 🙄

Stop it.

My comments stand.

[Diablo del sol]

78. You don't like her, we get it

What you don't get is Dems need fighters and she is a good one with little baggage.

Read enough our your stuff to know where you stand.

[NurseJackie]

80. You know perfectly well that I've never said such a thing.

You don't like her, we get it

Oh, please. Stop it. You know perfectly well that I've never said such a thing.

What you don't get is Dems need fighters and she is a good one with little baggage.

I prefer Democrats who have a track record of successful and beneficial legislation and who support President Biden's agenda.

Read enough our your stuff to know where you stand.

Don't try to make this about me.

[Sewa]

110. Truth

Some actions speak loudly. 💀🤙

[TheProle]

108. 100%

[Progressive Jones]

76. My take is that she was suggesting that her target has a sexual foot fetish.

There are people who do.

[George II]

77. I'm not sticking up for Cortes, but he mentioned nothing like that OR a desire to date her...

So why did she make the connection? I simply don't get it.

Now even the mention of feet has a connotation of sexual frustration?

[Progressive Jones]

105. Never pass up an opportunity to poke a rightie in the eye with a stick... nt

[TeamProg]

13. "Creepy weirdos".. Nailed it!

[greenman3610]

17. big reason the right is obsessed with AOC is that she is young and attractive

as well as powerful and effective,
and their twisted, stunted, conflicted, adolescent egos
can't deal with it.

[murielm99]

21. Powerful and effective?

I'll take Lauren Underwood over AOC any day.

She is actually the one who is powerful and effective. She stays put and gets her work done. She does not grandstand. She supports Biden's agenda.

[MyOwnPeace]

25. Seems to me that....

they'd BOTH be good people to have on the same team, right? Is it necessary to pick one over the other?

[NurseJackie]

41. I prefer politicians who get things done. Legislative accomplishments and substance over...

... grandstanding is always something that has a more positive and long-lasting effect for our nation and its citizens.

Is it necessary to pick one over the other?

A better question would be: Why ignore the legislative accomplishments of one over the other?

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳🎊🎉🌟🎇🎆🧨

[George II]

26. PLUS, Representative Underwood is attractive with a captivating smile!

[JustAnotherGen]

114. I hope she stays around for a long time

When I'm in my 80's - she will have my back.

Gym Jordan's ass has been in Congress for 14 years with zero legislation passed. She's there a relative minute - and is getting things done.

[sheshe2]

37. +++++++++++++++++++

[Me.]

44. I Have To Agree

and she isn't on social media all the time

[womanofthehills]

48. You like one woman over another because she "stays put"

And you imply AOC doesn’t get her work done.

Link to tweet

?s=21

[wellst0nev0ter]

57. Strange how fellow Democrats feel they must join a pile-on

Simply because a Democrat is defending herself.

Democrats are supposed to be stronger united.

[betsuni]

58. ...

[wellst0nev0ter]

60. Do we have a problem?

[betsuni]

62. "Democrats can be too big of a tent."

United?

[wellst0nev0ter]

63. United would be good

Would be nice to try that sometimes instead of taking cheap shots at congresswomen defending themselves.

[betsuni]

64. ...

[wellst0nev0ter]

67. Good, we agree

[betsuni]

112. I'm a Democrat.

[ShazzieB]

101. I'm with you.

I don't understand the animosity toward AOC. I really don't. Personally, I think she's brilliant and delightful.

I think a lot of the attacks on her are deeply rooted in misogyny, conscious or not. Some people just can't with a woman who is that young and beautiful, AND that smart, strong, and confident, all at the same time. Some people who are okay with plain, smart girls or dumb, beautiful ones get very uncomfortable when they're confronted with a woman who smashes all the stereotypes.

DUers need to stop hating on AOC. She does not deserve it.

[progressoid]

89. Nice.

[George II]

115. Lauren Underwood does something like that every few months, and she talks about what SHE did....

....not a collective "we".

[MustLoveBeagles]

22. Some people are threatened by strong and intelligent women

If the woman in question is also a POC that magnifies it even more.

[Hortensis]

19. Well, I enjoyed it. Dignified or no, attacks on her statement show it stung.

I also don't doubt for a moment that she's inundated with messages from creepy RW weirdos obsessing about her, women, LGBT, and so on. LOTS of them.

[MustLoveBeagles]

24. +1

[Evolve Dammit]

32. Love AOC. Ignore this inane BS. It just fuels the already insane. Not that you are incorrect BTW....

[betsuni]

39. Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton were the scary boogiewomen

used to rile up the base before AOC.

Obama's tan suit and dad jeans, Michelle Obama's sleeveless dresses, Hillary's pantsuits, Biden's watch. This is nothing new and not about sexiness, in my opinion.

[womanofthehills]

85. AOC is younger and single & I'm sure doesn't have round the clock bodyguards

[LuckyCharms]

49. Contrary to the opinions of some, I think her response was perfect.

She's simply winding them up. That's it.

They will not know how to respond to her comment, so any repig responses should be glorious.

That's how it's done, and it should be done more often.

[Nixie]

51. Isn't DeSantis's wife undergoing breast cancer treatments?

Maybe he’s helping his wife with breast cancer, so mocking him on his whereabouts might not be as effective in this instance if he’s with her during a breast cancer battle.

But this is a confusing string of Tweets. She went to Florida and DeSantis attacked her about a mask and an unattractive boyfriend which turned into her saying she was sexually desired? I must have missed something. It’s just a bizarre string of tweets all the way around.

[JI7]

104. I don't think it was Desantis that attacked her but that guy Steve Cortes

He was the one fearmongering about Taco trucks being everywhere if Democrats win.

[Nixie]

107. Thank you.

👍

That must have been a re-tweet or something I saw with DeSantis’s name, which is why I thought she brought him up.

Thanks for clarifying.

[pfitz59]

52. I read elsewhere that she has received a steady stream of very graphic threats.

Coming from RW incel losers. Perhaps this flavors her outlook?

[leftstreet]

66. Does she ever talk about Medicare For All anymore?

Or erasing student debt, or kids in cages, or...

[wellst0nev0ter]

68. She trusts Biden to keep his campaign promises

[lapucelle]

86. President Biden is keeping his campaign promises.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/?ruling=true

[wellst0nev0ter]

98. That's fantastic

[lapucelle]

99. Indeed it is.

President Biden, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi scorecard: Jan. 20,2021 - Jan. 1, 2022

- $3,000,000,000,000 in social spending and infrastructure legislation passed, signed, and enacted.
- 40 federal judges confirmed
- 67 Executive Actions signed
- 17 Trump Executive Actions rescinded

[wellst0nev0ter]

103. That's not fantastic

Nobody celebrates leaving at least $3.5 trillion on the table.

[Nixie]

106. Score: Pelosi/Biden 1

Not Pelosi/Biden 0

We all saw what Not Biden/Pelosi did to earn that “0”.

[wellst0nev0ter]

109. It didn't help with either's approval ratings

Right now, John Roberts has a higher approval rating than either. How does that happen?

What would happen if the elections were to take place right now?

[Nixie]

111. Your assumptions are quite gaseous, so I'm not using

them as a credible basis, sorry. I guess my observations are different based on the months since August 2021 this has been going on with these bills, which is the likeliest cause of the approval drop. Months of public arguing with no results took its toll.

[womanofthehills]

88. What more do you want her to do? Follow her onTwitter-she is talking about all this stuff big time

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Autumn]

90. She sure as fuck does talk about those things. Always. Are you impling she's too "busy...

and ignoring her core princaples and goals? Many men in that chamber have women, girlfriends and families but I don't see anyone acting or impliying like they ignore their jobs to be with them.

[leftstreet]

92. Jeez

Sorry, I meant no offense.

I don't see the "squad" as being progressive, but I know others here still cling to that hope.

Candidates like AOC point to their efforts to build grassroots support and online "armies," with popular programs like M4A and wage increases, etc. But the minute they get that first paycheck they abandon the movements that helped get them into office - never again rallying them for support or pressure with their legislative efforts.

They just seem to be tweeting a lot of slogans, wearing "statement" gowns to galas, and perpetuating the red/blue divide.

[Autumn]

94. Unike some AOC does not abandon the movement or the people who got her into office.

As for perpetuating the red/blue divide you might stop and think just who is really perpetuating that divide. . Hint... not one fucking thing to do with AOC wearing "statement" gowns and tweeting slogans. When AOC tweets she gives detais and fucking facts.

[leftstreet]

95. I think she should have ignored the whole thing

But it's just my opinion

I suspect her base of voters and followers would rather hear her criticize the current pandemic response, rather than fighting with GOPer weirdos.

[Deep State Witch]

74. It's Florida. You Wear Sandals.

Preferably without socks. Get a fucking life, Newsmax!