How can you tell when newly-elected Democrat Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is lying? Either her lips are moving, or she’s busy posting something to Twitter. On Thursday, she posted a tweet with a picture of the plaque on her new Congressional office, declaring to her followers that she’s still “Alex from the Bronx.”
“Don’t be fooled by the plaques that we got, I’m still / I’m still Alex from the Bronx,” she wrote, surrounding the statement with musical notes.
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1078303643617640448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1078303643617640448&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativefiringline.com%2Fdemocrat-socialist-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-melts-down-after-caught-in-lie-about-being-from-the-bronx%2F
Michael Knowles reminded Ocasio-Cortez of her actual background:
The average household wealth of the town in which you grew up is $1.2 million. https://t.co/4sLCLWfnCb
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 28, 2018
That didn’t sit too well with Ocasio-Cortez, who claimed she “was scrubbing those households’ toilets w/ my mother that I saw and breathed income inequality.”
Yep. As everyone knows, I grew up between two worlds + experienced 1st hand how a child’s zip code can shape their destiny.
It was scrubbing those households’ toilets w/ my mother that I saw and breathed income inequality.
I decided to make a difference.
You decide to do this. https://t.co/kMtbGQo8o8— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 28, 2018
Others took her to task as well:
You were raised and went to middle school & high school in Yorktown Heights – a wealthy and very safe suburb in Northern Westchester – @ 20 miles and a world away from the Bronx @Ocasio2018
— Steven Schoenfeld (@SASchoenfeld) December 29, 2018
Are the spoons as silver in the Bronx as they are in Westchester?
— Sister Abigail (@SisterAbigail11) December 29, 2018
Ouch…
https://twitter.com/Eric05790295/status/1078786722329112576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1078786722329112576&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativefiringline.com%2Fdemocrat-socialist-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-melts-down-after-caught-in-lie-about-being-from-the-bronx%2F
And on it goes.
Knowles, by the way, wasn’t finished:
You didn’t grow up b/w 2 worlds. You grew up in Westchester then lied abt it then changed your bio when the lie was exposed. I grew up in the (⬇️affluent ⬆️diverse) neighboring town, spent many wknds in the Bronx. The difference: I don’t lie abt my upbringing to feign victimhood. https://t.co/uitqPocXU8
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 30, 2018
Right, but @Ocasio2018 didn’t grow up in a city. She grew up in a small, homogenous, affluent suburb, where she attended excellent schools before pretending she grew up in the Bronx. https://t.co/rLaUCLp3R8
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) December 28, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez added:
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1078788237349531648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1078788237349531648&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativefiringline.com%2Fdemocrat-socialist-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-melts-down-after-caught-in-lie-about-being-from-the-bronx%2F
Wow. Twitchy asked, “are Democrats really ‘sending us their best’?”
Good question.
Newsmax TV’s John Cardillo weighed in:
[email protected] every word he wrote is accurate.
You grew up in an affluent Westchester suburb, not the Bronx. You flat out lied.
I spent more time on the streets of the south Bronx than you, so please slow your roll Congresswoman. https://t.co/6zmnmVm2RE
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) December 28, 2018
Which prompted Ocasio-Cortez to continue her meltdown:
You’re the dude whose immediate reaction to winning my primary was posting a photo of my mom’s house.
Going to public school in Yorktown has *always* been how I told the story of income inequality.
You didn’t even know who I was 7 months ago. You’re not gonna “birther” me now. https://t.co/0MFKVX0eI0
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 28, 2018
All she had to do was correct Knowles, Twitchy said, but she instead chose to play the victim. And she wasn’t finished:
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1078802221171650561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1078802221171650561&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativefiringline.com%2Fdemocrat-socialist-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-melts-down-after-caught-in-lie-about-being-from-the-bronx%2F
Twitchy responded:
No one it trying to take the Bronx from Alex, they just want her to be honest and stop pretending to be someone she’s not. This ain’t rocket science.
Perhaps not to most people. But then again, we’re not talking about MOST people here…
Courtesy of Conservative Firing Line
