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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) raged on the House floor Thursday, calling her Republican colleagues racist and violent, and pointing out the glaring hypocrisy in their decision to kick Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) off the Foreign Affairs Committee.
“One of the disgusting legacies after 9/11 has been the targeting and racism against Muslim Americans throughout the United States of America and this is an extension of that legacy,” she said as she bounced, waved and wagged her hands with fiery passion. “There is nothing consistent with the Republican Party’s continued attack except for the racism and incitement of violence against women of color in this body.”
After Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) were booted from their committee posts by Democrats in 2021 over their violent rhetoric, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had promised revenge. With McCarthy as speaker, both were appointed this year to top committee assignments.