More please. Latinos are mostly Catholic. Push the remaining Latinos to the Republican Party. Thanks, Sugar.
Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended using the word "Latinx" to describe Hispanic men and women over the weekend and slammed her Democratic colleagues who she said "rail against" it -- despite polling data indicating most Hispanics don't use the term or virulently object to it.
"In the spirit of pride, I wanted to have a note on gender inclusivity in the Spanish language," Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said in a video posted to her Instagram Story. "People sometimes like to make a lot of drama over the term 'Latinx.' But even before 'Latinx,' people were trying to do this, like, use an at [@ symbol] to have the 'A' and the 'O' [in 'Latino' and 'Latina'] together."
"Gender is fluid, language is fluid," Ocasio-Cortez went on. "[You] don't have to make drama over it."
At that point, the "Squad" member took aim at her fellow Democrats in what she called a "mini-rant."
"There are some politicians -- including Democratic politicians -- that rail against the term 'Latinx.' And they're like, 'This is so bad. This is so bad for the party like, blah, blah blah.' And like, it's almost as though it has not struck some of these folks that another person's identity is not about your re-election prospects," she said. "Like, this is not about you."
The congresswoman, whose father is from the Bronx and mother is from Puerto Rico, told her supporters that if her colleagues are so worried about using the term, they need to rethink their priorities.
"You need to talk about health care more, you need to raise people's wages, you need to talk more about issues that also matter to people," she said.
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Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended using the word "Latinx" to describe Hispanic men and women over the weekend and slammed her Democratic colleagues who she said "rail against" it -- despite polling data indicating most Hispanics don't use the term or virulently object to it.
"In the spirit of pride, I wanted to have a note on gender inclusivity in the Spanish language," Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said in a video posted to her Instagram Story. "People sometimes like to make a lot of drama over the term 'Latinx.' But even before 'Latinx,' people were trying to do this, like, use an at [@ symbol] to have the 'A' and the 'O' [in 'Latino' and 'Latina'] together."
"Gender is fluid, language is fluid," Ocasio-Cortez went on. "[You] don't have to make drama over it."
At that point, the "Squad" member took aim at her fellow Democrats in what she called a "mini-rant."
"There are some politicians -- including Democratic politicians -- that rail against the term 'Latinx.' And they're like, 'This is so bad. This is so bad for the party like, blah, blah blah.' And like, it's almost as though it has not struck some of these folks that another person's identity is not about your re-election prospects," she said. "Like, this is not about you."
The congresswoman, whose father is from the Bronx and mother is from Puerto Rico, told her supporters that if her colleagues are so worried about using the term, they need to rethink their priorities.
"You need to talk about health care more, you need to raise people's wages, you need to talk more about issues that also matter to people," she said.
AOC calls out Dems who won’t say ‘Latinx’ — despite backlash to term
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended using the word “Latinx” to describe Hispanic men and women over the weekend and slammed her Democratic colleagues.
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