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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was criticized after she took top Twitter to vent about her grandmother’s living conditions, ultimately pointing her finger at Trump, according to The Daily Wire.
“Just over a week ago, my [grandmother] fell ill.”
“I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID. This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR. People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them.”
Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.
This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR.
People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them. pic.twitter.com/wnRxLalA2D
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2021
“It’s not about us, but about what’s happening to Puerto Rican’s across the island.”
“She had a place to go to and be cared for – what about the thousands of people who don’t?”
You need to help her! https://t.co/DIezePzMSf
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 3, 2021
You need to help her! https://t.co/DIezePzMSf
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 3, 2021
AOC went and bought herself a Tesla while her grandmother lives in a shack with a collapsing ceiling. It never fails with these champagne socialists. They expect everyone else to make sacrifices while making none themselves. pic.twitter.com/iZLgLjetMP
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 2, 2021
Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her- my 1st time in a year+ bc of COVID.
This is her home. Hurricane María relief hasn’t arrived. Trump blocked relief $ for PR.
People are being forced to flee ancestral homes, & developers are taking them. pic.twitter.com/wnRxLalA2D
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2021
AOC: My grandma can’t fix her ceiling without a Washington bailout https://t.co/o41Klvbfws
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 2, 2021
Maybe instead of sporting uber-expensive designer clothes you could sacrifice for your abuela.
Maybe you could wear an outfit and then auction it off and send the money to your abuela.
The possibilities are endless. https://t.co/PEuVtoBxoI
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) June 2, 2021
Good God, Rep., fix your grandmother's house. This colonization of Puerto Rico is bi-partisan & your party as well as Trump's party need to end it here and everywhere else our empire exerts its pernicious power, including in Venezuela where you supported Trump's coup attempt. https://t.co/FcadYguC3B
— Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) June 2, 2021
When your grandmother is ill and living in squalor, you can start working to get her into a proper home right away, or you can tweet attack Donald Trump. Your call, I guess. https://t.co/fkTwmBccgM
— Christopher Bedford (@CBedfordDC) June 2, 2021
Hurricane Maria happened 3.5 years ago. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not used FaceTime or a similar means of communication in four years with her abuela to see how she is doing? Especially during the non-travel days of the virus? I use FaceTime to call my parents multiple times a week. https://t.co/OdUb3APG1d
— Roland Austinat (@austinat) June 3, 2021
When members of Congress get paid $174k/year and let their own abuelitas live in these kinds of conditions, we really gotta start talking about reducing their salaries
Clearly the amount isn't drawing the most compassionate to the position https://t.co/1RrFgoEYoQ
— John Molnar (@Gear6A) June 2, 2021
From The Daily Wire:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was slammed Wednesday after she posted photos her grandmother’s poor living conditions and appeared to blame former President Donald Trump for the situation.
Approximately 45 minutes later, after tweeting several more times and facing substantial criticism, AOC wrote that her grandmother was “doing okay.”
Ocasio-Cortez faced intense backlash over the situation, including:
Curtis Houck, NewsBusters Managing Editor: “You need to help her!”
