AOC’s Constituents Rise Against Her – Security Force Intervenes

A hostile crowd vented its displeasure with New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday during a Queens town hall. Video of the chaos was posted to YouTube . “American citizens before migrants,” one man…

IJR SyndicatedMay 27, 20232 min read

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“I still believe, first of all, that we should start to implement it anyway because we should eliminate the debt limit in the United States,” she said as the crowd interrupted with cheers and boos.

One man in the crowd heckled her about “$100 billion for Ukraine that you voted for.”

“I don’t like that Republicans passed a $1.7 trillion tax cut on the wealthiest people in this country,” she said.

Amid the yelling, one man who said he was a veteran tried to defend Ocasio-Cortez.

“We all came, for the most part, we came here through Ellis Island,” he said.

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One voice in the crowd called out, “Legally!”

Opposition to Ukraine was an oft-voiced theme.

“Stop funding this war; there’s a lot of communities that need help and need that money. I’m from that community,” one woman said.

Protesters came prepared with signs reading “AOC: An obvious criminal”; “Stop funding Ukraine”; “America First. Vetted legal migrants only”; and “AOC: Stop pushing drag queen story hour,” according to the New York Post.

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Despite the flak she received, the social media posts from Ocasio-Cortez’s office offered only packaged happy talk.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.