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Ocasio-Cortez Unloads On Kellyanne Conway In Border Bill Tweetstorm

Freshman lawmaker gets into heated dispute with White House counselor.

WestNet News wire Source: HuffPost
Ocasio-Cortez Unloads On Kellyanne Conway In Border Bill Tweetstorm

The war of words between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway heated up on Tuesday as each slammed the other on Twitter over the conditions at border detention centers.

Ocasio-Cortez visited what she called “concentration camps” this week and emerged with harrowing reports of migrant women living in overcrowded conditions and being told to drink toilet water.

Conway fired back on Twitter, slamming the freshman lawmaker for voting against a border aid bill last month:

How many migrant women did @AOC help by voting AGAINST the $4.6 billion bipartisan humanitarian aid that is FOR THEM?

(She even voted against the Democrat aid package).

All talk, no dollars. https://t.co/kwNEFwSFNR

— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) July 2, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez was among 95 Democrats and seven Republicans who voted against the bill in the House. Many of these lawmakers wanted restrictions placed on the money to ensure it would be spent helping the migrants instead of on enhanced security measures.

Ocasio-Cortez responded on Twitter, saying the bill lacked accountability. Then, she attacked Conway for not showing up to a House committee hearing last month to explain her repeated violations of the Hatch Act:

The $4.6 billion wasn’t humanitarian at all. It had NO accountability measures for facilities that abuse children and families. It didn’t fix the problem, just funded abuse.

I don’t believe in billion dollar blank checks for unethical, abusive administrations. Including yours. https://t.co/IzWJKWUxaN

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 3, 2019

Are CBP officers waking up women in the middle of sleep a “funding” problem?

Is calling migrants “filthy” “wh*res” a funding problem?

Is threatening violence on members of Congress a “funding” problem?

No, it’s not. It’s a far deeper, systemic, more violent problem than that.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 3, 2019

Also @KellyannePolls, maybe you actually do your job and show up to a Congressional hearing next time you want to talk to me.

After all you, you ran away and skipped out on Oversight committee last week, just to call into Fox and Friends instead. 🤷🏽♀️ https://t.co/IzWJKWUxaN

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 3, 2019