Liberals Turn on Ocasio-Cortez Over Tweet
Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears to be in danger of losing some of her support among liberals with her decision to increasingly align herself with anti-liberal activist Linda Sarsour. The Democratic candidate’s rift with her liberal supporters really showed itself online on the first day of the chaotic Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, when Ocasio-Cortez held up Sarsour as a “woman putting it all on the line for healthcare, women & LGBT+ rights.”
Last week, Ocasio-Cortez and Sarsour headlined the 16th Annual Universal Muslim Association of America, where the two took the stage to promote women’s rights and progressive values, despite the event being reportedly segregated and the women who attended almost uniformly wearing hijabs. About a week after the event, Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to praise Sarsour after she got herself arrested for interrupting the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings Monday.
Our future is a shared responsibility.
This woman putting it all on the line for healthcare, women & LGBT+ rights is @lsarsour.
The far right constantly maligns her w/ false attacks + threats of violence.
Yet here she is, as always, fighting for everything our flag represents. https://t.co/QR4rYnclLt
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) September 5, 2018
The far-right? And here I had the nerve to self-identify as a liberal, what w/ my belief in free speech, separation of church/state, & rel. pluralism! All things @lsarsour has DEMONSTRABLY opposed! She's endorsed Islamic law, restricting critique of Islam, & plays w anti-semites.
— Samantha R Mandeles (@SRMandeles) September 5, 2018
Critique of @lsarsour is not the same thing as "maligning" her, @Ocasio2018. Instead of blindly following her, why don't you ask your bestie to explain why she body-shamed and victim-blamed @Asmi1121 after her sexual assault? Is that what a real feminist does?
— Samantha R Mandeles (@SRMandeles) September 5, 2018
Gonna disagree with you here. Sarsour's open and unapologetic association with anti-Semites like Farrakhan as well as her advocacy of sharia law make her a con and a fraud in the progressive movement. There's no place for bigotry or theocracy in a free and equitable society.
— Steven Hunter (@swhunter1980) September 5, 2018
1. Respect dropped. You once tweeted about patriarchy, correcting Shapiro's (typical) idiocy,& now you support @lsarsour? She uses social justice as a way to play whataboutery & move the goal post away from honest critique of the poisons of HER religion.https://t.co/TcMBoF0sR3 pic.twitter.com/YuNdBVur3Q
— Feminists for Men (@Feminists4Men) September 5, 2018
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