Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Friday her office is being harassed by people making “hateful” and “bigoted” phone calls, and said she’s referring them all to the Capitol Police.
“Our offices are flooded with bigoted calls too – so much so that we have to put energy into searching for actual constituents,” she wrote on Twitter Friday.
“We forward all the threats to Capitol Police to build files,” she said. “For all those who think your bigoted calls + digital threats are anonymous: Enjoy!”
Yep. Our offices are flooded with bigoted calls too – so much so that we have to put energy into searching for actual constituents.
We forward all the threats to Capitol Police to build files. For all those who think your bigoted calls + digital threats are anonymous: Enjoy! https://t.co/Tw0LWnpmDh
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 1, 2019
The freshman social media star was responding to a Twitter discussion between Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
Zeldin said on Twitter Thursday that he got an anti-Semitic voice message that said, among other things, “I wish Hitler would have done his f–king job.”
He tweeted that out to Omar, who is a Muslim, and said he wanted to know if she agreed with any part of the message.
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This new VM just came into my office. @IlhanMN, this is just another day in my world as an American Jew in Congress. Would love to know what part of this hate filled, anti-Semitic rant you disagree with? I disagree with all of it. Do you? pic.twitter.com/4WoJqiATCf
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) January 31, 2019
Omar wrote back to say she agrees the message was “heinous and hateful.”
“I too am flooded with bigoted voicemails and calls every day,” she wrote. “Maybe we could meet and share notes on how to fight religious discrimination of all kinds?”
Zeldin said he was up for a meeting. “Let’s do that!” he tweeted back.
Let’s do that! Are you saying you disagree w/everything said in that voicemail? I sure do & it would be great if you did as well & cosponsored & helped #PassHRes72. That would be a step in the right direction. https://t.co/RYIqDN5Mby
— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) February 1, 2019
