Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., defended a fellow freshman congresswoman’s use of profanity to describe President Trump.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has been the subject of criticism in recent days from both Republicans and Democrats — and Trump himself — for saying she wants to “impeach the motherfucker.”
Ocasio-Cortez said the GOP “lost entitlement to police women’s behavior a long time ago” in response to that criticism.
I got your back @RashidaTlaib – the Bronx and Detroit ride together ???
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 5, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez condemned GOP reaction to Tlaib’s statements as hypocritical, calling it “faux-outrage.”
The tweet referenced Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” tape where Trump, off-camera, is recorded bragging about how women allow him to advance on them sexually and that “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy.”
Tlaib’s comments that used impeachment as a rallying cry occurred at an event hosted by progressive organization MoveOn on Thursday, the first day of the 116th Congress. In an op-ed published by the Detroit Free Press earlier that day, Tlaib called Trump a “direct and serious threat” to America.
