Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a plea to anyone “falling in the grips of hatred and white supremacy.”
“Come back. It’s not too late,” she tweeted Tuesday.
The New York Democrat said those who denounce the hateful ideology will be welcomed back into their communities.
“You have neighbors and loved ones waiting, holding space for you. And we will love you back,” she said.
Here’s what we have to say to all of America’s men and women falling in the grips of hatred and white supremacy:
Come back. It’s not too late.
You have neighbors and loved ones waiting, holding space for you.
And we will love you back. ⬇️ https://t.co/f2nCZzwLUy— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 6, 2019
Her comments come in the wake of back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The suspect in El Paso allegedly shared a racist, anti-immigrant screed before killing at least 22 people at a Walmart.
Ocasio-Cortez said earlier this week it’s time to stop debating whether Trump is racist.
“He is,” she said Monday at a vigil in Brooklyn for the victims of the shootings, referring to Trump calling Latino migration “an invasion” of our country.
She made a similar appeal to white supremacists during those remarks.
“There is a mother waiting for you, I know it. I know there’s a teacher waiting for you, saying, ‘What happened to my kid? What happened to my friend?’ And we will always be here and hold space for you to come back. We will love you back. You are not too far gone.”
