AOC Laughs Off Fox News Claim That ‘Somebody’s Writing Her Questions’ For Her

AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 09: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is interviewed live onstage during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festival at the Austin Convention Center on March 09, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by ... AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 09: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is interviewed live onstage during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festival at the Austin Convention Center on March 09, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jim Bennett/WireImage) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a freshman lawmaker who’s become conservative media’s new favorite punching bag, called the latest “Fox and Friends” dig — that she couldn’t possibly be writing her own questions — “amusing.”

“You know what’s amusing about this whole thing?” she tweeted Thursday. “Our leg staff (who help with Qs) also worked in restaurants, grew up in Appalachian trailer parks and come from immigrant families.”

Ocasio-Cortez’s tweet follows a Thursday “Fox and Friends” segment in which co-host Brian Kilmeade mused about “forces” behind the 29-year-old congresswoman who might be “writing her questions” for congressional hearings for her.

“Somebody is writing her questions, I saw the questions at Michael Cohen, I saw the question at Wilbur Ross and there is some forces behind her,” he said. “I think there’s a story there.”

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — and father of the White House press secretary — was being interviewed when the comments were made and responded saying he’s heard tell of “allegations” that Ocasio-Cortez was “recruited and prepared” by some outside entity to run and defeat former Rep. Joe Crowley.

“Well there very well could be, I know there have been some allegations that she was almost like the Manchurian Candidate, recruited, prepared, you know, I don’t know, but the point is she got her voters out,” Huckabee responded. “Now I think there’s going to be a lot of New Yorkers would’ve loved to have seen those 25,000 Amazon jobs that may turn out in force and say, ‘thank you, but no thank you. Bye-bye, two years was all we could handle.'”

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. It’s so sad how Fox treats AOC as the next Democratic nominee for President. They must be done with Hillary’s emails.

  2. That’s actually a back-handed compliment. And I am sure AOL feels that way…Because I was similarly under-estimated when I was her age.

  3. How freudian of you… :slight_smile:

  4. Hey you numbskulls at Fox, AOC is an intelligent woman and she thinks for herself (more power to her for that). I realize that a smart, capable and forthright woman is well beyond your experience. And that’s a sad thing.

  5. "I know there have been some allegations that she was almost like the Manchurian Candidate, recruited, prepared, you know, I don’t know, but the point is she got her voters out,” Huckabee responded.

    Shorter headline: “Old, Fat, Racist Terrified by Smart, Strong Woman.”

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

127 more replies

Participants

Avatar for sandi Avatar for fgs Avatar for meri Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for clemmers Avatar for cervantes Avatar for irasdad Avatar for inversion Avatar for sfaw Avatar for serendipitoussomnambulist Avatar for mrf Avatar for rintintin Avatar for schmed Avatar for darrtown Avatar for mainemomma Avatar for thunderclapnewman Avatar for demyankee Avatar for asturcot Avatar for maximus Avatar for drtv Avatar for skeptical Avatar for gregor Avatar for godwit Avatar for csurz420

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: