Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended comments she made about the “bootstrap” meritocracy by invoking Martin Luther King Jr.

“I see that the right is worked up that we pointed out the myth of bootstrapping when 60% of the wealth in this country is *inherited.*,” the New York Democrat wrote. “But hey, if you think I’m hopelessly dumb, try listening to MLK talk about ‘bootstrapping’ & the racial wealth gap, too.”