The right's obsession with AOC

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I now, a play in two parts:

First from March 30, 2019

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-responds-audience-member-gop-moron-chris-hayes_n_5c9f0904e4b0bc0daca8f3d3

Quote:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shuts Down Heckler Who Called GOP Ex-Lawmaker A ‘Moron’

The New York congresswoman defended former Rep. Bob Inglis after a man shouted abuse from the audience at MSNBC’s town hall.


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) stood up for a Republican rival on Friday after he was heckled by an audience member at MSNBC’s town hall on her signature policy proposal, the Green New Deal.


A heckler called former Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) a “moron” after he said it would be impossible to pass the resolution to obtain carbon neutrality in the U.S. in a single Congress “with the number of committee references that you would have in the course of that.”


Inglis also suggested progressives such as Ocasio-Cortez focus solely on climate change now and address other issues like basic income at a later date.


“Make the changes now, you moron,” shouted one man from the audience.


Ocasio-Cortez immediately fired back at the heckler.


“Hey, hey, hey, hey that’s unacceptable,” she said.

“And that’s the difference between me and Trump,” she added to Inglis.
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MSNBC

@MSNBC



Replying to @MSNBC

"Hey, that's unacceptable": Rep. Ocasio-Cortez responds to audience member who called fmr. Rep. Inglis a "moron" during #AOCAllIn

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Ocasio-Cortez later commented on the incident via Twitter.

“Let’s debate, not debase,” she wrote:

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC




Let’s debate, not debase.
MSNBC

@MSNBC
Replying to @MSNBC
"Hey, that's unacceptable": Rep. Ocasio-Cortez responds to audience member who called fmr. Rep. Inglis a "moron" during #AOCAllIn






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Inglis voiced his concern about the GOP’s skewed stance on climate change ahead of his departure from Congress in 2011.
He tweeted it was “good of” Ocasio-Cortez to defend him:

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Bob Inglis

@bobinglis




It was a meaningful moment and good of @AOC. If we focus on climate change, there's an #EcoRight that can balance the Environmental Left. The high road leads to solutions. The show airs tonight at 8:00 EDT.
julie faye tsirkin@julietsirkin

#AOCALLIN: Someone from the crowd boo’d at Fmr. Rep. @bobinglis during a discussion on climate change.@AOC (to the crowd): “Hey - that is not okay... and that’s the difference between me and Trump.”


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President Donald Trump has infamously called on his supporters to “knock the crap” out of hecklers at his own rallies, as this supercut released by Mashable in 2018 demonstrates:


Former President Barack Obama, however, tackled a cursing protester in the same year in a completely different way.

Second from yesterday (4/2):

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/02/tucker-carlson-goes-after-ocasio-cortez-chris-hayes-monologue/3340896002/

Quote:Tucker Carlson says Ocasio-Cortez is a 'moron' who 'never even raised children'

Fox News host Tucker Carlson stirred up more controversy Monday, calling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "moron" who "has never even raised children" and saying MSNBC's Chris Hayes "is what every man would be if feminists ever achieved absolute power."

Carlson made the remarks during the opening monologue for his show while discussing what he considers left-wing alarmism about the threat of climate change. He pointed to remarks made Friday by Hayes and Ocasio-Cortez at an MSNBC town hall event focused on the New York Democrat's ambitious Green New Deal. 

"This apparently seemed like a wise idea to executives over at MSNBC. The very same news outlet that spent two years lying to you about Russia brings you a 29-year-old former bartender to teach you about science," he said. 


Carlson tore into Hayes – whose show "All In With Chris Hayes" competes with "Tucker Carlson Tonight" at 8 p.m. on weekdays – whom he said looked like comedian Ellen Degeneres. 


"Chris Hayes is what every man would be if feminists ever achieved absolute power in this country: apologetic, bespectacled and deeply, deeply concerned about global warming, and the patriarchal systems that cause it," Carlson said. 


Carlson then went after Ocasio-Cortez for saying America should not just have a "wealthy society" but also "a moral society." 


"'Wait a second,' you may be wondering, 'How does a member of Congress who hasn't yet turned 30, someone who's never even raised children, get the right to lecture me about morality?'" he said. 

"So it's official: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a moron and nasty and more self-righteous than any televangelist who ever preached a sermon on cable access. She is not impressive, she's awful." 

But Carlson said she has a following because, "if we're being honest, not everything she says is wrong." While he dismisses her "idiotic climate theology," Carlson said she is "one of the very few people who will say the obvious about growing corporate tyranny in this country." 


"That doesn't mean she's right about anything else," he added.


Ocasio-Cortez responded to Carlson's comment in a tweet Tuesday, saying when an audience member at the MSNBC town hall called former Republican Rep. Bob Inglis a "moron," she "shut it down immediately" because policies can be improved with "productive discourse."

"You know we’re winning when the GOP resort to vapid, personal insults," she said with a link to a Daily Beast article about Carlson's remarks.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC




When someone called a fmr Republican Congressman a “moron” at our televised town hall, I shut it down immediately - bc I believe our policies can win on merit, & can be improved w/ productive discourse.

You know we’re winning when the GOP resort to vapid, personal insults
The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast

Fox News host Tucker Carlson called @AOC a "moron" https://trib.al/hhsLDL3 


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"You mad bro?" she tweeted later in response to another Daily Beast headline about Carlson insults toward her. 

Quote:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC




You mad bro?
The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast

Fox's Tucker Carlson has a lot of thoughts about @AOC, including that she "is a moron and nasty and more self-righteous than any televangelist who ever preached a sermon on cable access. She’s not impressive, she’s awful.” https://trib.al/pUE27uW 


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Carlson has long relished his role as a right-wing iconoclast who mocks liberals' and is no stranger to stirring up outrage. But last month, the calls for his sponsors to drop him reached new heights after offensive comments he made about women and child rape in old radio interviews resurfaced. 


Carlson refused to apologize for the remarks, vowing to "never bow to the mob."

Prologue (today 4/3):

[url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/02/donald-trump-mocks-rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/3348654002/]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/02/donald-trump-mocks-rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal/3348654002/

Quote:President Donald Trump mocked freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during an event with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday, telling the crowd that Democrats appear to be "petrified of her." 



In his speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans, Trump blasted Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal proposal to address climate change as "the craziest thing." He cautioned Republicans against continuing their ridicule of the proposal, explaining it could help them in 2020. 


"I’m only afraid that we’re going to be too hard on the Green New Deal and they’re not going to do it because I want them to do it," Trump said. "We don’t want to have them knock it out before we run against it, so let’s take it easy."


Trump continued by mocking the bill, which was defeated last week in the Senate, sarcastically calling it "a wonderful thing." 


"The Green New Deal, done by a young bartender, 29 years old," Trump said, referring to the New York Democrat who worked as a bartender before winning election to Congress last year. "A young bartender, wonderful young woman."

He continued, claiming other Democrats are afraid of Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive ideas. 


"You have senators who are professionals that you guys know that have been there for a long time, white hair, everything perfect, and they’re standing behind her and they’re shaking, they’re petrified of her," Trump told the crowd. 


He ended by telling Republican lawmakers that "If they beat me with the Green New Deal, I deserve to lose."

Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., unveiled the Green New Deal in February after a government report warning of the drastic consequences of climate change. 


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Trump rally: 'AOC sucks!' chant breaks out at Trump's Michigan rally against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez


The proposal called not only for combating climate change by eliminating carbon emissions caused by fossil fuels and shifting the economy to one powered by renewable fuels but also prescribes a broad platform supporting free housing, medical coverage and higher education for all Americans.[img=15x15]http:://thebengalsboard.com/data:image/svg+xml;base64,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[/img]

GOP senators ridiculed the plan because the Green New Deal's original talking points called for even further-reaching goals: a build-out of high-speed rail that would make carbon-emitting airplane travel obsolete; an end to dependence of nuclear power as well as fossil fuels; and the creation of "a sustainable, pollution and greenhouse gas free, food system" that would no longer rely on "farting cows."

A self-described Democratic socialist, Ocasio-Cortez has become a target of Republicans, who have propped her up as a leader within the Democratic Party and a symbol of the party's future.


During a rally last week for Trump, "AOC sucks!" chants broke out when the president's eldest son, Don Jr., mentioned Ocasio-Cortez and the Green New Deal.