AOC: Iām outraged that Mitch McConnell killed the House border bill I voted against! Tapper asks the obvious question
āFour Democratsā¦voted against the bill.ā
Last weekend when AOC and three other like-minded Reps. (Pressley, Omar, and Tlaib) signed a joint statement demanding that the House bill abolish ICE as a starting point. Hereās a bit of
that joint statement:
These radicalized, criminal agencies are destroying families and killing innocent children. It is absolutely unconscionable to even consider giving one more dollar to support this Presidentās deportation force that openly commits human rights abuses and refuses to be held accountable to the American peopleā¦
We must be equitable in our outrage. We must abolish ICE.
That was too extreme even for the Democrats in the House who passed a $4.5 billion border bill that included some controls on how money could be spent but did not attempt to abolish ICE. But guess who didnāt vote for
the House bill:
The bill passed 230-195. Four Democrats ā Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib ā voted against the bill. They said Sunday they would not vote for it as long as it funded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
AOC had no part in this bill except to argue that it wasnāt nearly radical enough for her taste. Why is she acting as if Mitch McConnell shot her dog?
AOCās claim that Mitch McConnell killed the House bill is false. McConnell let the Senate vote and the House bill was rejected 55-37. This outcome was entirely predictable given that Trump had already
threatened to veto it even if it were passed.
AOC is furious that Mitch McConnell let the Senate vote to reject a bill she also voted against. As for her claim that āThe GOP is heightening childrenās pain for political gain,ā thatās nonsense too. Thereās no political gain in failing to appropriately care for migrant children. The political gain being sought is Democrats like AOC who are telling people that Border Patrol is ākilling innocent childrenā and comparing overwhelmed detention centers to concentration camps. Itās incredible that the same person making Holocaust comparisons has the gall to claim her opponents are playing politics with children.
Jake Tapper asked AOC about not voting for the House bill she is outraged didnāt pass in the Senate. She admits her no vote was about abolishing ice. Tapper points out that opposing the Senate bill and the House bill makes it seem like sheās more concerned about sending signals on her progressive issues than getting help to CBP and the kids who need it. AOC says she wanted a clean bill with no riders and poison pills. So why did she demand that Pelosi add stuff to the House bill that made it less palatable to the Senate? She literally did the opposite of what she says she wanted to see here, i.e. a clean bill where people are thinking about kids instead of politics.
This is not her best moment but will any of her devoted fans care? They never seem to:
It seems the pressure is getting to team AOC:
ā Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock)
June 27, 2019
Waiting for the mob of slavering fanboys to enter my mentions to explain to me that actually, it's A Good Thing that AOC's chief-of-staff and primary moneyman described all the most electorally vulnerable members of her caucus as irredeemable Jim Crow-era racists.
ā Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD)
June 27, 2019
