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Kellyanne Conway Spars With Ocasio-Cortez Over Response To Mass Shootings Kellyanne Conway Spars With Ocasio-Cortez Over Response To Mass Shootings
Kellyanne Conway Spars With Ocasio-Cortez Over Response To Mass Shootings Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway went to war on Twitter over the weekend over the Easter Sunday church bombings in Sri Lanka. On Sunday morning, April 28, Conway was a guest on CNN’s “State of the Union” show, telling the host that Ocasio-Cortez, a 2007 Yorktown High School graduate, had tweeted “many times” about the shootings at two New Zealand mosques last month that left dozens dead, but "never once" tweeted about the Sri Lanka bombings. The spar came following Ocasio-Cortez's remarks regarding President Donald Tru…

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Ocasio-Cortez Draws Bigger Crowd Than Any 2020 Dem Presidential Candidate At Texas Conference Ocasio-Cortez Draws Bigger Crowd Than Any 2020 Dem Presidential Candidate At Texas Conference
Ocasio-Cortez Draws Bigger Crowd Than Any 2020 Dem Presidential Candidate At Texas Conference It wasn’t any of the 2020 presidential hopefuls that took center stage at the South by Southwest conference in Texas, it was outspoken freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The 2007 Yorktown High School graduate drew a larger crowd than the presidential hopefuls, as she discussed her Green New Deal and other talking points to a capacity crowd of thousands. During her one-hour talk, she touched on topics that include social and economic policy, reform ideas and what her first few whirlwind months in Congress. She also took former president Ronald Reagan to task for his treatment o…

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Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back At Ivanka Trump 'As A Person Who Actually Worked' Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back At Ivanka Trump 'As A Person Who Actually Worked'
Ocasio-Cortez Hits Back At Ivanka Trump 'As A Person Who Actually Worked' Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is once again sparring with President Donald Trump’s family and administration. On Monday, in an interview released by Fox News, Ivanka Trump stated that she doesn’t believe the majority of people believe in Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal that would purportedly guarantee jobs for every American. During the Fox News interview with Steve Hilton, Trump said, "I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something. I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last four years. People want to work for wh…

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Westchester HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump After He Mocks Green New Deal Westchester HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump After He Mocks Green New Deal
Westchester HS Grad Ocasio-Cortez Slams Trump After He Mocks Green New Deal The battle between red and blue continues in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump slammed freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, calling it a “high school idea.” At a rally in El Paso, the president said that the Westchester high school graduate’s plan to combat climate change “sounds like a high school term paper that got a low mark.” Trump said that the plan would involve taking away cars, tearing down buildings and shuttering air travel. “I think it is very important for the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be great for the …

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