AOC Accuses GOP Senator Josh Hawley of 'Trying to Wiggle Out of Inciting a Riot'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Newsweek

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Saturday for saying he was merely "representing my constituents" when he voted against the election certification for Joe Biden after deadly riots broke out at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Five people died in the violence.

"Sen. Hawley is trying to wiggle out of inciting a riot that killed 5 by saying 'I was just representing my constituents' - but only those who wish to overturn the election and resurrect the Confederacy," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Saturday.

"Hawley is Senator of Missouri. His constituents are ALL the people of Missouri - which is the same state that JUST elected sister @CoriBush, the first Black woman to ever represent MO in Congress," she added.

"So Hawley really needs to clarify who he considers a constituent & who he doesn't," she wrote.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/aoc-accuses-gop-senator-josh-hawley-of-trying-to-wiggle-out-of-inciting-a-riot/ar-BB1d1Vwy?li=BBnb7Kz

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. Unqualified

These idiots do not understand their own job descriptions.

[Deuxcents]

2. Spot on, AOC

Sometimes she’s just so amazing. I should say..most times. Don’t back down. No surrender when you’re right n no mercy.. they all need called out by name.

[StClone]

4. I hate to correct you

AOC is always amazing.


As an aside on what women face yet in this world:

I take part in on a college sports chat board where even the most successful women coaches are called crazy, bitches, cheaters, or whiners. The misogyny drips from these white male posters. They positively reflect on maybe two female head NCAA basketball coaches only because they have a link to the university they are from. Super Alpha male Luigi "Geno" Auriemma of UCONN is seen as the wise, peerless, faultless god. When, if you know his history, he is kind of a creep especially towards women coaches (Pat Summit especially).

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. +1

[Ohiogal]

3. She nails it, every time.

[NCjack]

5. If the riot had succeeded, Sen. Josh would have clawed his way to

the top of those claiming credit for inciting it.

[mdbl]

7. true.

he's trying to change the narrative so he can still try to accomplish that.

[lordsummerisle]

6. k&r n/t

[iluvtennis]

8. Love AOC! nt

[live love laugh]

24. +1

[rickyhall]

9. Repugs don't consider us Americans.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. She grows in stature

As she becomes wiser and tones down her rhetoric, she becomes more incisive and more biting. I'm thinking she's had that conversation with Steve Schmidt?

[NurseJackie]

11. She's not the only one calling him out...

... include me in that group too. Lincoln Project has his number too. Hawley's days are numbered.

[yuiyoshida]

12. GO GET Him SIS!!!

He's a scared bunny now!!

[mahina]

13. Which is precisely what he is doing. Nailed.

He should be stripped of his seat and barred from holding office down to dog catcher.

And met everywhere with a hail of shoes.
🥿🩰🩴👡👞👠👟👢

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. AOC is gonna be Prez some day!

If I wasn't so old I'd ask her to marry me!

[hydrolastic]

18. AOC will qualify in 2024 with a month to spare.

Age 35. Could be youngest prez ever.

[badboy67]

15. His "constituents" are the insurrectionists? I never did hear him denounce them/their actions from

that day!

[Nitram]

17. Yup. He's a weasel.

[LittleGirl]

19. Hawley is a well educated man

Too bad he chose the wrong side to represent. Someone with his education credentials knows better but the GOP probably gave him more money.
I love that AOC can take him down as he deserves it. As a freshman Senator, he needs to be removed from Congress and last week!
Let Missouri and (Texas/Cruz) select a new Senator to represent them. Maybe the seat(s) will flip to our side.

[ancianita]

20. He "resides" in MO with his sister's address. That's it. Cori Bush should point that out.

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article247282199.html

[Yeehah]

21. We need more fighters like AOC

Democrats should maintain an "at war" footing with the traitorous republican party.

[NurseJackie]

23. I do not think that would be productive. There's work to do...

... and the "at war" stance that a few are advocating would result in a political stalemate where nothing gets accomplished and the Democrats-in-charge are the ones who get the blame.

[apnu]

22. I noticed a change in Republicans during the W era.

W, himself, and others with him, started using language that their "constituents" were the people who voted for them. And that those that didn't were some kind of second class alien.

This crept into the Republican lexicon and hasn't changed since then. I think its telling to the core psyche almost all Republicans today.

[ck4829]

25. K&R

[riversedge]

26. I hope AOC continues to call Hawley out for his lies

[orangecrush]

27. KICK

[Vivienne235729]

28. She calls it every time! Good for her for speaking out.