Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez swiped at Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Thursday; accidentally highlighting major issues plaguing public education in America while calling for increased funding.
“Only *one-third* of American children in elementary & middle school can read at grade-level. One third. Yet Betsey DeVos is trying to cut *every* Federal literacy program in the country,” posted Ocasio-Cortez on social media Thursday morning.
Only *one-third* of American children in elementary & middle school can read at grade-level.
One third.
Yet Betsey DeVos is trying to cut *every* Federal literacy program in the country.
Watch @RepJoshHarder point this out + dismantle her argument. https://t.co/KwvspvI0KD
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 11, 2019
Users on social media quickly pointed-out the incoherence of the left-wing legislator’s argument; with one person writing “Ask any teacher at the local level to describe the impact of either of these federal programs mentioned on their daily practice . You won’t find any who can because they make no difference.”
h/t Twitchy
AOC ERUPTS: Ocasio-Cortez SLAMS Mitch McConnell, Says He ‘Doesn’t Want to Save the Planet’
Embattled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unloaded on Sen. Mitch McConnell Tuesday; bizarrely suggesting the GOP leader “doesn’t want to save the planet” and will be “drinking oil in 30 years.”
“What McConnell’s doing is that he’s trying to rush this bill to the floor without a hearing… without working through committee — because he doesn’t want to save our planet. Because he thinks we can drink oil in 30 years when all our water is poisoned,” Ocasio-Cortez reportedly said.
AOC: “What McConnell’s doing is that he’s trying to rush this bill to the floor without a hearing … without working through committee — because he doesn’t want to save our planet. Because he thinks we can drink oil in 30 years when all our water is poisoned.”
— Ella Nilsen (@ella_nilsen) March 26, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez was referencing McConnell’s recent decision to bring her ‘Green New Deal’ to a full Senate vote Tuesday; saying “I could not be more glad that the American people will have the opportunity to learn precisely where each one of their senators stand on the ‘Green New Deal.’”
Read the full report at Fox News.
AOC ERUPTS: Ocasio-Cortez Worried Trump Staffers May Put ‘Nuclear Codes on Instagram’
Recently sworn-in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continued her all-out assault against the Trump administration Tuesday; bizarrely suggesting White House officials may put “nuclear codes on Instagram.”
“Every day that we go on without getting to the bottom of this matter is a day that we are putting hundreds if not potentially thousands of Americans at risk. I mean, really, what is next, putting nuclear codes in Instagram DMs?!? This is ridiculous,” yelled Ocasio-Cortez.
.@RepAOC @AOC: "Every day that we go on without getting to the bottom of this matter is a day that we are putting hundreds if not potentially thousands of Americans at risk. I mean, really, what is next, putting nuclear codes in Instagram DMs?!? This is ridiculous." pic.twitter.com/EkTPWbwIn4
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 2, 2019
“We have to get to the bottom of this. In order to do that, we have to issue subpoenas because people in this administration are not cooperating,” she added.