Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Republican rep. rescinding coal mine invite: “GOP’s getting scared that up close, their constituents will realize I’m fighting harder for their healthcare than their own Reps.'
Luke Sharrett / Getty Images fileGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is firing back at her Republican colleagues after one of them rescinded an invitation to visit a coal mine in Kentucky.
“GOP’s getting scared that up close, their constituents will realize I’m fighting harder for their healthcare than their own Reps,” she goaded them on Twitter. Ocasio-Cortez's taunt comes after GOP Rep. James Comer offered an alternative reason why his fellow Kentucky Republican, Rep. Andy Barr, might want to rescind his coal mine invite — and it isn't because of Barr's stated rationale that she had gotten into a Twitter spat with another GOP member.
Lawmakers in his party are"making a mistake picking on" the New York freshman over issues such as nonrenewable energy because of her smarts, policy preparation and massive millennial following, Comer said Monday on the Lexington NBC affiliate's sports and news program “"I don't see any upside to bringing Ocasio-Cortez in," Comer said, adding that it's"not likely" that a visit would change her views about coal in part because, he thinks,"she's...
GOP’s getting scared that up close, their constituents will realize I’m fighting harder for their healthcare than their own Reps 🙂
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