On Monday, Republican Senator Rick Scott traded barbs with Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who he mocked in response to the left’s recent calls for sweeping new gun control policies.
While admonishing Democrats for their dramatic push left, Scott sarcastically cited the Green New Deal, eliciting a swift response from Ocasio-Cortez.
What’s next? Will we have to register sharp knives? Maybe @AOC will make us register every time we buy meat as part of her #GreenNewDeal.
The Democrats are officially the @BernieSanders Party. They want America to be less prosperous and less free. (2/2)
— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) May 6, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez fired back at Scott, suggesting his remarks were “lacking” in both “critical thinking” an “honesty,” which she called “embarrassing to the institution.”
That a sitting US Senator can say something lacking so much critical thinking + honesty is embarrassing to the institution.
If you were a female candidate, maybe you’d be called “unlikeable,” “crazy,” or “uninformed.”
But since you’re not, this inadequacy is accepted as normal. https://t.co/KLkaYxfT6K
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 6, 2019
Scott replied, noting that Ocasio-Cortez did not appear to “understand sarcasm,” while pointing out that “America rejects socialism, and will continue to” do so.
That a sitting Congresswoman doesn’t understand sarcasm would be embarrassing to the institution if you hadn’t embarrassed yours to the point of irrelevance already.
America rejects socialism and will continue to. https://t.co/bicJ8PEfD5
— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) May 6, 2019
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