During a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing last week, Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to illegal aliens as “my constituents.”
Ocasio-Cortez was questioning secretary of commerce Wilbur Ross about a citizenship question the administration is attempting to add to the 2020 census.
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Ross announced the question in 2017, claiming knowledge of a respondent’s citizenship is “necessary to provide complete and accurate Census block level data.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s line of questioning focused on conversations Ross had with Republican Kris Kobach, then Kansas secretary of state.
“Mr. Kobach later sent an email to you on July 14, writing that the lack of the citizenship question ‘leads to the problem that aliens who do not actually reside in the United States are still counted for congressional apportionment services,'” she stated.
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“Of course they do reside in the United States. They reside in my district. They’re my constituents,” Ocasio-Cortez claimed of illegals.
Merriam-Webster defines a ‘constituent’ as “any one of the people who live and vote in an area.”
As illegal aliens can not, by law, vote, it’s unclear if Ocasio-Cortez’s comment was just a misunderstanding of what the word means, or wishful thinking from a radical Democrat.
More American Than Trump
Ocasio-Cortez has on several occasions raised illegal aliens to the same level as their fellow law-abiding Americans or legal immigrants in this country.
Aside from now believing illegals make up her constituency, she has also claimed illegals are more American than President Trump or any of his supporters.
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“The women and children on the border seeking refuge and opportunity in the U.S. with nothing but the shirt on their backs are acting more American than any person who seeks to keep them out ever will be,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
Ocasio-Cortez says economic migrants who are attempting to enter the country, many of them illegally, are “more American than any person who seeks to keep them out ever will be” pic.twitter.com/zyPXHqEzOW
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 9, 2019
Of course, neither of these statements are true.
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But then, facts aren’t actually a concern for the Democrat party’s socialist darling.
“I think there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right,” she has said.
Her Actual Constituents View Her Unfavorably
A recent Gallup poll showed that across a wide spectrum of voters, Ocasio-Cortez unfavorable numbers have been skyrocketing.
Another poll has been released backing that up. The Siena College Research Institute (SCRI) reveals that New Yorkers themselves view her very negatively.
Yikes: AOC favorability awfully weak in NEW YORK (state), per new Siena poll.
Schumer fav: 51-41 (+10)
Gillibrand fav 43-33 (+10)
Cuomo fav 46-48 (+2)
AOC fav: 31-44 (-13)
De Blasio fav: 34-50 (-16)https://t.co/mLBgJWHSZm— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) March 18, 2019
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“Ocasio-Cortez, with a negative 31-44 percent favorability rating, is as well known to statewide voters after three months in office as Gillibrand is after ten years as senator,” the SCRI writes.
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“While Democrats view Ocasio-Cortez favorably, independents view her unfavorably more than two-to-one and Republicans view her unfavorably, 68-6 percent.”
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So she admits she was elected illegally. Toss her out. Let her go live with her “constituents.”
Occasional Kotex snaked her way into the house as an elected member, but she better not be given a security clearance! I wouldn’t trust her to keep her mouth shut about anything.
A rubber something.
I think AOC needs a rubber room .
Better, a rubber broom.
I think Kotexio— Ocrazio needs a rubber room .
This speaks volumes, there is a reason why she is unfavorable along with DeBlasio in their own state of NY. No one wants to live stepping over people in the streets and cleaning poop off the ground, look at Venezuela where people have thrown money in the street because the value is 0. People are eating out of trash cans. The gov’t has never done well managing anything and yet some people want them managing their lives?
I looked through some “Brainy Quotes” to see if I could fit one to Ms. Cortez. All I could come up with, was;
“Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about”.
Solomon Short
Perfect illustration of just how deranged this Communist creature is, and how frightening for the American people!
I agree, the election results should be investigated. Perhaps all here votes came from ILLEGALS. Perhaps this is the ILLEGAL COLLUSION fake news cnn/msnbc and the rest of the lame stream media should investigate?
This women got only 14000 votes to take the seat . That being said assuming the majority of those 14000 votes were American citizens, she really didn’t get many illegal ‘s votes in the big picture .
The big question AOC should ask is why so few people showed up to vote ? Looks to me like the Bronx has given up hope in their representation from government.
Who voted for AOC and any of the new congress dems? Whoever voted for them has to be anti-American. AOC and probably most of congressional dems do not have real American values. They even don’t respect US laws neither our country’s constitution. President Trump is more American than any of the dems in congress ever will be. If you don’t like American laws then leave our country.
This “child” doesn’t have a clue………….
she needs to be removed from serving in congress – as soon as possible and if possible round up the illegals that voted for her- that happens to be another thing that is illegal!!
I can not understand how any citizen of the United States could vote for this person
AOC, all Dems and Rinos,also most Judges want : all American citizens have to work very hard ,live in mobil homes and their hard earn money has to be taken from them and given to ruling elite and what is left given to all illegals whom the elite bring from 3-rd world countries. Regular citizens became already slaves.
Foreign nationals residing in our country illegally are her constituents? Is she serious? So, is she working for them? What do the American citizens who voted her into office think of this? Do they not now have somone who will represent them and look out for their best interests?
If illegals are her constituents and voted for her then she won her election illegally ! There for should not be aloud to stay in the office she now holds ! A recall election should be held in her district as soon as possible .Her and her constituents cheated an rigged the election ! Definition of constituent : being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint and elect . What part of the word illegal doesn’t she understand ?
i dare you to prove that someone actually voted for her, and was not bought by the dnc.
The only people more stupid than this woman, are the people who voted for her.
But of course the Occasional Cortex (and even those synapses are becoming less frequent ) would need a majority of illegal aliens to vote for her. They are desperate and recognise her cerebral limitations make her a pushover.
hell no, let her ramble on, best news for trump ever, when people see and hear her. methinks her and the other 2 twits, need to ramp it up more. the people are looking and hearing.come on 2020.
She may be unpolished and maybe dumb as a fox. But someone is pulling her strings and telling her what to say. She’s a very dangerous person and hopefully a one hit wonder. Wake up America and see what’s happening around this great country that is being torn apart.
That sounds about right.
Probably because she is an illegal alien herself….. DEPORT the btch…..
Occasional Cortex is the Republican Ace in a Hole. Or the Democrat’s Arxxx in a Hole.
AOC is a hugh anti-social, and should be curbed by the destructive Demoncrats immediately. Otherwise, Demoncrats will learn a hard lesson in 2020.
don’t insult pigs.
If the flow and the acceptance of illegal aliens are not taken care of with the wall and other checking systems, this kind of insane foul mouth pig is this country’s down fall
Yes, let her join her constituents & move back to the country of origin, it could be Mars because she’s not of this planet. Dumber than a box of rocks is an insult to rocks!
Send AOC to North Korea and send her constituents home to Mexico and Central America
She’s a POS that took an oath and she openly violates it daily-
REMOVE ASAP
I THINK CORTEZ HAS A FEW PUZZLE PIECES MISSING IN HER HEAD, SHE HAS MARBLES FOR BRAINS AND THEY ARE ROLLING AROUND IN HER HEAD THAT IS WHY HER BIG MOUTH IS OPEN ALL THE TIME WAITING FOR FOURTEEN INCHES TO BE SHOVED IN
I agree with so many others. AOC and her constituents all need to be deported.
Get used to the ridiculously inane comments she spouts, I believe w3 have not seen the worst of her or her ilk.
Is this woman actually so dumb that she does not understand that illegal aliens are ILLEGAL and can’t vote. She is making laws that we as citizens have to live by and she is actively encouraging additional illegal activities. If she wasn’t in a power position she would be laughable. This is serious. This is our country. Not illegals. Period. Lets get rid of her. Vote her out. We need to know who is voting.
She’s “dumb as a box of rocks.” I’m not worried. IMO, she’ll be gone, before long and not even a “footnote” in history.
Yes, power and control, then money. Gather all votes possible, legal or not!
at least she speaks truth; ‘constituents’ is what this whole democrat open-borders boondoggle is about. Votes, not citizens.
They probably are, but the legitimate votes (conservative ones) are more than likely over-ridden by rampant voter fraud.
Only 1 chance though. Not numerous chances.
I do not want to bash New York voters. Let’s give them a second chance to rectify their mistake. I am sure most of them are reconsidering.
Forget the bull-sh!t rationalizations. The issue is that she stated that she represents non-citizens (non-taxpayers) which is sedition, a crime against Citizens of the Republic (We the People).
I believe she didn’t understand what a constituent is because its English and not SPANISH and illegal aliens can’t VOTE. America might as well get use to minorities being elected because its those districts that are growing larger like the old days when the Irish or Italian moved to parts of the country that there brethren were at, so does the muslins and Hispanics move to areas that they are related….its called AMERICA.
Go back home AOC
LMAO, of course she doesn’t know her constituents are tax paying citizens…she doesn’t even know what planet she is on…LOL…all joking aside, you sane folks in New York now know for a fact she has no intention or inclination to work for YOU!!
i am in total agreement with you. Hell she made it clear that she got in by illegal aliens voting ! The whole damn reason for the citizenship question is to keep illegals from voting in our elections and from being here period !! Put the damn question on the form and deport their illegal ass’s !!!!!
I think that AOC and her “constituents” all need to be deported.
What mess are we in other than a Senet that has made up its mind that they would rather ruin this country than vote to help Republican just because Killary wasn’t voted in to finish ruining America ! Tell me some thing that he has that put us in a mess if you can !
Gee I seem to recall someone else who said those words! That’s why we are in this mess.
AOC is truly scary. She is very open about how she wants to fundamentally change this country. That is scary.