Ocasio-Cortez explodes over vote to boot
Omar, slaps notebook against podium: 'Targeting
women of color'
Posted By: JunkYardDog, 2/2/2023 5:30:58 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., angrily hit back at congressional Republicans during a raucous speech on the House floor Thursday in response to a vote to boot Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The New York Democratic lawmaker declared to her fellow members that the GOP was "targeting women of color" with its vote to oust Omar, which Republicans said was due to past antisemitic and anti-American remarks.
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Taco Barbie slapping her notebook on the podium while ranting her nonsense reminded me when Kruschev rapped his shoe while speaking at the UN. What is it with commies and banging?