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AOC Smacks Down Elon Musk For Claiming Democrats Want To ‘Import Voters’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk got schooled by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday after he suggested that the influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border is an attempt by Democrats to “import voters.”

Musk shared a link to an online article from the right-wing Daily Caller which claimed the Biden administration is considering granting amnesty and “handing out green cards” to the undocumented. No such plan exists.

Echoing the “great replacement theory,” a fearmongering tactic employed by conservatives for years to rile up their voters, Musk posted this on Twitter:

Ocasio-Cortez swatted down Musk’s lie by reminding him that he’s also an immigrant from South Africa.

“You’re literally an immigrant. And for everyone saying ‘yeah, but legal!!’ May I once again remind you that seeking asylum is legal, too. Have a good day!”

Musk’s fact-free posting also drew plenty of comments from others on his social media site, which continues to lose millions of dollars each month.

Here’s a thought: Let’s deport Elon back to South Africa or ship him to Russia where he’d feel more at home politically.

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AOC Claps Back HARD After Elon Musk Says She ‘Isn’t That Smart’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk found out the hard way that if you’re going to attack New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, you’d better bring more than some pathetic snarky putdown or else be prepared to suffer the consequences.

It seems that Musk saw a video from AOC in which she noted the stark difference in the number of immigrants being allowed into the United States these days versus the much reduced number of immigrants currently being accepted as potential citizens.

Ashely St. Clair of the right-wing Babylon Bee lamely called Ocasio-Cortez out.


That led Musk to join the debate, completely uninvited.

Not that smart? That’s laughable coming from a man who purchased Twitter for $44 billion and has almost driven it into the ground, watching the social media platform lose two-thirds of its total value in just a year’s time.

The Guardian reports:

Fidelity, an asset manager that held a stake in Twitter worth about $20m after Musk acquired the business for $44bn, said in a corporate filing that its stake was now worth just under $6.6m. That would value the overall company, now officially called X Holdings Corp after Musk’s early venture X.com, at just $14.75bn.

Ocasio-Cortez was only too happy to fire back at Musk.


When Musk attempted a retort, his response fell far short, much like his failing career in the business world.

Sorry, Elon, but no one is impressed by your massive failures. In fact, we kind of wish you’d buy a deserted island, move there, and never return.

Oh, and don’t take a cell phone or computer with you when you leave. No one wants to read your juvenile rantings.

 

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AOC Only Needs 3 Words To Troll Kevin McCarthy For His Latest Budget Demands

With a government shutdown now seeming more likely with each passing day, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is demanding that President Joe Biden agree to meet with him and “renegotiate” the debt ceiling budget deal they reached in June, mainly because McCarthy is under pressure from right-wing hardliners in his caucus who are insisting that federal spending for the neediest Americans be slashed to the bone.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is urging the president not to agree to any meeting with McCarthy, and she also had some choice words for the Speaker that have gone viral.

On Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez wrote:

“McCarthy already got his meeting w/ Biden and they struck a deal to keep gov open months ago. GOP held the entire US gov hostage in exchange for cuts & forced restart of student loan payments.

“Deal is done. Biden held his end. Nothing to relitigate. McCarthy can go pound sand.”

Hey, Kev: Go pound sand.

Later in the day Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez added a jab about “boy math” to counter a meme that circulated online over the summer referencing “girl math.”

“Boy math is needing 15 attempts to count the votes correctly to become Speaker and then shutting down the government 9 months later.”

The 15 votes refers to the ballots needed to elect McCarthy as speaker, a position he holds ever-so tenuously and could lose at any moment.

It remains to be seen if McCarthy can indeed procure the votes he needs to pass any legislation whatsoever, especially since the GOP has such a narrow margin in the House of Representatives.

The federal government will be shuttered on October 1 if the Speaker cannot cobble together an agreement. Considering that McCarthy is the weakest, most feckless House leader in history, there’s no need to be optimistic a deal will be struck.

 

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WATCH: AOC Burns Republican Nancy Mace Down During A House Hearing On ‘Special Interests’

New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (a.k.a. AOC) took a verbal blowtorch to her Republican colleague, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) after she read off a list of “special interests” during a House committee hearing, and video of the exchange is going viral on social media.

HuffPost reports the purpose of the hearing was on something known as “third-party litigation funding.”

Democrats argued “that outside backing of lawsuits allowed plaintiffs to take on big corporations while testimony from Johnson & Johnson called for more disclosure on the identity of those financing lawsuits.”

Mace made sure to thank organizations that “reached out” and agreed to be a part of the hearing.

“I’d like to enter into the record letters to the committee from the American Tort Reform Association, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the Institute for Legal Reform, the International Legal Finance Association, National Association of Manufacturers, Jerry Theodorou at the R Street Institute. Without objection, so ordered. … I would now like to yield five minutes to Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.”

That led AOC to respond, “I thank [you] for the listing of all the special interests involved in addition in this hearing.”

Ocasio-Cortez used the remainder of her time to focus on the Supreme Court.

“When I first heard that the Republican side was going to be calling a hearing on third-party influence in our courts, I was so excited because I thought, finally we are going to address the biggest scandal in American democracy that we are currently having right now, which is the extraordinary corruption and wholesale purchase of members of the Supreme Court.”

“And I also find it amusing that we just heard from the Republican side, ‘Ucchh, why do we want to talk about this?’” she added. “Because women have lost the right to choose, because Indigenous people have lost rights, because minorities have lost rights, because working people across the country have lost rights due to this level of corruption.”

Twitter users delighted in AOC’s remarks.

 

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James Comer Tried To Dunk On AOC And Wound Up Getting His A*s Handed To Him

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) thought he’d take a cheap shot at President Joe Biden’s age, but quickly got his jibe thrown back in his face by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

The back-and-forth between the two began when Ocasio-Cortez brought up the fact that Republicans have attempted to roll back the number of cockpit training hours required for the licensing of commercial airline pilots.

That led Comer to remark with a shit-eating grin on his face, “I’m amused that the gentlelady is concerned about raising the age regulation that limits the age for pilots when there’s a shortage of pilots, but they’re OK with a president of the United States who’s more than 20 years older than the minimum age.”

Ocasio-Cortez quickly corrected Comer.

“Mr. Chairman, since you’re referring to me it’s not age. It’s training-hour time — the number of hours that an individual’s training, not the age.”

Comer then attempted a comeback, but it fell flat:

“Well, part of the regulation is the age as well.”

Others on Twitter eagerly joined the online excoriating of Comer.