AOC Calls McCarthy the Leader of the ‘Ku Klux Klan Caucus’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is dubbing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the leader of the “Ku Klux Klan caucus” as she believes he has taken insufficient action to address “violent targeting”…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is dubbing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the leader of the “Ku Klux Klan caucus” as she believes he has taken insufficient action to address “violent targeting” of women of color in Congress.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez wrote, “People truly don’t understand the scale, intensity, volume of threats targeting .”
“Kevin McCarthy is so desperate to be speaker that he is working with his Ku Klux Klan caucus to look aside allow violent targeting of woc members of Congress. This cannot be ignored,” she continued.
Finally, the New York Congresswoman wrote, “It’s not just about nasty phone calls and e-mails. GOP are given freedom to incite without consequence. They don’t have to pay for the security required from their acts- we do. They make money off it.”
“They are targeting those least likely to be institutionally protected first,” she added.
She shared a video of Omar playing death threats she received after a