Ocasio-Cortez: 'The GOP Is So Intellectually Bankrupt'
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blasted the GOP for being “intellectually bankrupt."
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blasted the GOP for being "intellectually bankrupt" after unsubstantiated rumors were spread online about her finances.
She tweeted Saturday: "This stuff is really sad. The GOP is so intellectually bankrupt that they no longer engage to debate issues in good faith, but instead seek to lie, distort, name-call, target, & destroy people/communities w any means possible. It's a virus and a race to the bottom."
She had previously retweeted a post from controversial figure John LeFevre who wrote: "@aoc has a 430 credit score, two evictions, and an empty résumé. Just two months ago, she couldn't afford an apartment in DC. Now, the Democratic leadership has put her on the Financial Services Committee & the media is saying that her Green New Deal will 'reshape' the economy."
Ocasio-Cortez said in response, in part: "The right has gotten increasingly desperate with spreading targeted rumors about me lately....(Also, I had to live alone in my family's apt after my dad died, so the eviction lie is especially bad)."
She also referenced a Snopes review disputing the claim about her finances.
The fact-checking site noted: "In general, we found nothing indicating financial irresponsibility in Ocasio-Cortez's background, whose April 2018 Financial Disclosure Report detailed a modest amount of assets and income, but also no liabilities other than a federal student loan."
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has blasted the GOP for being "intellectually bankrupt" after unsubstantiated rumors were spread online about her finances.
She tweeted Saturday: "This stuff is really sad. The GOP is so intellectually bankrupt that they no longer engage to debate issues in good faith, but instead seek to lie, distort, name-call, target, & destroy people/communities w any means possible. It's a virus and a race to the bottom."
She had previously retweeted a post from controversial figure John LeFevre who wrote: "@aoc has a 430 credit score, two evictions, and an empty résumé. Just two months ago, she couldn't afford an apartment in DC. Now, the Democratic leadership has put her on the Financial Services Committee & the media is saying that her Green New Deal will 'reshape' the economy."
Ocasio-Cortez said in response, in part: "The right has gotten increasingly desperate with spreading targeted rumors about me lately....(Also, I had to live alone in my family's apt after my dad died, so the eviction lie is especially bad)."
She also referenced a Snopes review disputing the claim about her finances.
The fact-checking site noted: "In general, we found nothing indicating financial irresponsibility in Ocasio-Cortez's background, whose April 2018 Financial Disclosure Report detailed a modest amount of assets and income, but also no liabilities other than a federal student loan."