AOC Fires Back After Kellyanne Conway Accuses Her of Silence on Sri Lanka: Are You Implying ‘I am Less Christian?’
Following White House counselor Kellyanne Conway invoking her name to deflect from President Trump’s defense of his Charlottesville “both sides” response, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) fired back at Conway in a series of tweets, asking the Trump advisor if she was making implications about her religious faith.
During her Sunday morning appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Conway sparred with host Jake Tapper over the president’s recent assertion that his equivocation on the Charlottesville violence in which he said there were “very fine people” among white supremacists and neo-Nazis was done “perfectly.”
While defending the president’s response, Conway brought up AOC at one point, claiming that while the freshman congresswoman has tweeted about the New Zealand mosque attacks “many times” she’s never once commented on the recent Sri Lanka bombings. The implication, of course, being that AOC won’t condemn radical Islamic terrorism.
While correcting a CNN analyst who thought Conway was falsely accusing AOC of not commenting on the recent California synagogue shooting, the White House aide said she was “referring to @AOC silence about the Sri Lanka massacre of Christians (not “Easter Worshippers” as Obama and Hillary oddly said).”
Wrong again. You can delete or apologize (holds breath)
I was referring to @AOC silence about the Sri Lanka massacre of Christians (not “Easter Worshippers” as Obama and Hillary oddly said).
Try listening before spewing. https://t.co/jNm7ypRO6f
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) April 28, 2019
This prompted Ocasio-Cortez to fire back. Telling Conway that she was in Puerto Rico on Easter visiting her grandmother and “away from tech,” the New York Lawmaker noted that the U.S. territory continues to “suffer from the White House’s incompetent disaster response” before asking why Conway invoked her name Sunday morning.
“Are you trying to imply that I am less Christian?” Ocasio-Cortez asked. “What was the point of you bringing this up on national TV?”
Hello Ms. Conway,
On Easter I was away from tech visiting my grandmother in Puerto Rico, which continues to suffer from the White House’s incompetent disaster response.
Are you trying to imply that I am less Christian? What was the point of you bringing this up on national TV? https://t.co/TIypLf2CaB
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 28, 2019
After taking the Trump administration to task for its bungled response to Hurricane Maria, AOC wondered how Conway could “spin ignoring and neglecting the largest mass death of people on American soil in decades,” adding that the official death count from the disaster is now over 3,000.
I chose to use the word ‘incompetent’ when it comes to Trump’s response to Hurricane María & the 3,000 Americans who died on his watch, but that’s only because I had 280 characters.
There are plenty of other words too:
– Negligent
– Inept
– Inhumane
– PredatoryTake your pick.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 28, 2019
“Corrupt” is a good one, too.
I’m curious, how do you spin ignoring and neglecting the largest mass death of people on American soil in decades, @KellyannePolls?
After all, the official count of 3,075 people is much bigger than the 64 number your admin clung to for so long.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 28, 2019
“The terrorist attack in Sri Lanka was horrifying. Saying ‘Easter worshippers’ matters bc Easter is the holiest day of the year for Christians, & to be targeted on Easter highlights how heinous the attack was – just as saying yesterday’s #SanDiego shooting was on Passover,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in another tweet.
The terrorist attack in Sri Lanka was horrifying. Saying ‘Easter worshippers’ matters bc Easter is the holiest day of the year for Christians, & to be targeted on Easter highlights how heinous the attack was – just as saying yesterday’s #SanDiego shooting was on Passover.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 28, 2019
She finished up by accusing Conway of “using this as an excuse to stoke suspicion around my Christianity + faith life.”
You are using this as an excuse to stoke suspicion around my Christianity + faith life, @KellyannePolls.
The Sri Lanka massacre was horrifying. No one should be targeted for their religion.
If you’re so moved, let’s do more to welcome immigrants fleeing religious persecution.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 28, 2019
“The Sri Lanka massacre was horrifying. No one should be targeted for their religion,” the progressive lawmaker concluded. “If you’re so moved, let’s do more to welcome immigrants fleeing religious persecution.”
As of this publication, Conway has yet to reply back.
