Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued her list of priorities in any potential Coronavirus relief package Tuesday; saying the proposal must include programs like Universal Basic Income (UBI), Medicaid expansion, and more.
āThis is unacceptable. Trump is using this public health crisis as an opportunity to push tax cuts and corporate bailouts. This is an emergency. We need to help vulnerable people & small biz now w/ paid leave, extended unemployment, UBI, Medicaid expansion,&mortgage suspensions,ā she posted on Twitter.
Expanding small biz loans is an acceptable consideration- but we must avoid allowing this crisis to put millions of people in insurmountable debt.
Checks to people are good and I applaud the proposal, but itās not enough. But we need payment suspensions to get people through.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 17, 2020
āExpanding small biz loans is an acceptable consideration- but we must avoid allowing this crisis to put millions of people in insurmountable debt. Checks to people are good and I applaud the proposal, but itās not enough. But we need payment suspensions to get people through,ā she added.
AOC ERUPTS: Ocasio-Cortez Backs Boycott of NY POST Over 9/11 Front Page
Embattled Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez escalated her war-of-words with the NY Post this week; supporting a national boycott against her hometown paper after they posted a fierce response to Rep. Ilhan Omarās 9/11 remarks.
āWhile President Trump repeatedly attacks the New York Times and other purveyors of āfake news,ā New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is targeting her own media foe: the New York Post,ā reports Yahoo News.
āIn a Sunday interview with theĀ Yahoo News podcast āSkullduggery,ā the freshman New York congresswoman explained why she is endorsing a boycott of the paper organized by local Yemeni-American bodega owners, calling the Postās attack on her friend Rep. Ilhan Omar ābeyond the pale,āā adds the author.
Ocasio-Cortez backs boycott of New York Post over cover attacking Ilhan Omar https://t.co/sDxvZlg5v2 pic.twitter.com/ASv5alKKhL
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 17, 2019
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AOC ERUPTS: Ocasio-Cortez RIPS Dan Crenshaw, Claims Heās āDrumming Resentmentā Towards Rep. Omar
Controversial Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Rep. Dan Crenshaw on social media Thursday afternoon; accusing the GOP lawmaker of ādrumming resentmentā towards Ilhan Omar.
āYou refuse to cosponsor the 9/11 Victimās Compensation Fund, yet have the audacity to drum resentment towards Ilhan w/completely out-of-context quotes,ā posted Ocasio-Cortez. āIn 2018, right-wing extremists were behind almost ALL US domestic terrorist killings. Why donāt you go do something about that?ā
You refuse to cosponsor the 9/11 Victimās Compensation Fund, yet have the audacity to drum resentment towards Ilhan w/completely out-of-context quotes.
In 2018, right-wing extremists were behind almost ALL US domestic terrorist killings. Why donāt you go do something about that? https://t.co/rkb92IxkKX
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 11, 2019
Rep. Omar found herself in hot-water this week after footage emerged showing the freshman Democrat referring to the 9/11 terror attacks as āsome peopleā who ādid something.ā