Veterans Storm out of Meeting with AOC – Here’s Why They Were ‘Revolted’
By Daily Wire. Military veterans who attended a recent private event with socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stormed out of the meeting after Ocasio-Cortez reportedly bashed U.S. foreign policy and attacked Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Silvio Mazzella, a Vietnam War vet, told the New York Post: “She knocks the country, she knocks the president. And that’s not what America is about.”
“I just couldn’t hear her BS anymore,” Mazzella said. “I just got up, got my umbrella in my hand and walked right out.” . . .
Another attendee, who wished to remain anonymous, told the New York Post that they were “revolted” when Ocasio-Cortez bashed President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. . .
Army veteran Anthony Vitaliano, who served 38 years in the NYPD, disputed the claims from Ocasio-Cortez’s office, saying, “That’s bulls–t. Everybody that was there knows I walked out.” (Read more from “Veterans Storm out of Meeting with AOC – Here’s Why They Were ‘Revolted'” HERE)
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Veterans Walk out of Meeting with Ocasio-Cortez After She Bashes U.S. Foreign Policy
By The New York Post. . .AOC held the closed-door meeting with about a dozen members of the board on Wednesday night, marking a rare visit to the Bronx part of her district.
One Middle Eastern board member raised the issue of the conflict in Yemen.
The progressive firebrand slammed the US policy of providing bombs to Saudi Arabia, which has supported Yemen’s government in a brutal civil war, according to attendees. Some blamed her for not including the roles of other nations in explaining the volatile region’s violence.
“Talking about America, that really turned me off completely,” said Mazzella, 74, who said he fought in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. (Read more from “Veterans Walk out of Meeting with Ocasio-Cortez After She Bashes U.S. Foreign Policy” HERE)
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