Watch: Ocasio-Cortez Attempts to Rewrite History
By The Daily Caller. Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attempted to rewrite history in real time during her Friday night MSNBC town hall event with host Chris Hayes.
As the freshman Democrat waxed on about the time in history when her party was at its strongest — during the Great Depression leading up to World War II — she claimed that the 22nd Amendment was ratified in order to prevent President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from running again.
According to AOC, Congress amended the Constitution to prevent FDR from being re-elected:
"They had to amend the Constitution of the United States to make sure Roosevelt dd not get reelected."
(Reminder, FDR died in office in 1945; the 22nd Amendment came in 1947) pic.twitter.com/DImHj0caVy
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 31, 2019
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Yes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Inspired’ Me. No, Not in the Way She Thinks
By The Daily Caller. As a conservative, I never thought the day would come when I would agree with Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — but when she tweeted on Saturday that her St. Louis event (which I attended) had “inspired me,” I had to admit that she was right.
I would bet a considerable amount of money that we don’t agree for the same reasons, however.
Ocasio-Cortez, amid a full-scale Twitter assault on exiting Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, took a moment to remind everyone that she had attended a rally in St. Louis — a rally intended to help newcomer Cori Bush topple longtime incumbent Missouri Democratic Rep. William “Lacy” Clay. . .
In fact, I actually went to Missouri after my primary. I met w Ferguson activists + progressive organizers.
A conservative even came to embed at one of our rallies there. You can tell she was inspired + struggled w/ Fox News bc our message resonated:pic.twitter.com/P0ywHxhC4V
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 29, 2018
But I was not inspired by her calls for “free” college, because the emotional undertow in that room was not enough to make me forget that nothing is actually “free,” and that government cannot give anything to anyone without first confiscating it from someone else. It was not enough to make me forget economics and the fact that flooding the market with bachelor’s degrees would render them all but meaningless. . .
What really inspired me, truth be told, was not the event at all but the aftermath of it. For weeks, the hate mail came, accusing me of being heartless and cruel for refusing to say that the government not only should but must be responsible for providing health care and education. Messages poured in via Twitter and Facebook. A few people even stalked my Instagram — which has never been used for politics and was a place I hadn’t even posted in over a year. One letter came to my house, benign in content, but sending that oh-so-subtle “we know where you live” threat. Stephen Colbert even did a segment ridiculing me on national television. (Read more from “Yes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Inspired’ Me. No, Not in the Way She Thinks” HERE)
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