Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezThe Democratic demolition derby Julián Castro endorses Rep. Cuellar's primary opponent in Texas Overnight Energy: Controversial Trump adviser reportedly returning to EPA | Delta aims to be first carbon neutral airline | Dem senator gives EPA D-minus on 'forever chemicals' MORE (D-N.Y.) on Friday blasted a conservative journalist who called her a "bitch" in a Twitter post.
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to Michael Moates, who quote-tweeted Ocasio-Cortez earlier Friday, saying that “there is a new standard in Congress. Bitches will subpoena you if you troll them.”
The 29-year-old Democrat fired back at Moates on Twitter.
Wow! A Republican journalist calling me the B-word as he deliberately misinterprets my statement.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 7, 2018
Awesome job. How many female leaders have you covered in your career? I’m sure your coverage was very fair and not subconsciously biased at all. https://t.co/FZOsVY92EP
The back-and-forth between Ocasio-Cortez and Moates stems from Ocasio-Cortez hitting back at Donald Trump Jr.
Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump Jr., Meadows wear matching Trump jackets on 'Fox & Friends' Group auctioning off hunting trip with Donald Trump Jr. Trump allies to barnstorm Iowa for caucuses MORE for making fun of her. Trump Jr. posted a meme on Instagram picturing her that implied socialists eat dogs.
The self-described democratic socialist ripped Trump Jr. in a Twitter post, mocking his “very, very large brain” and reminding him that she will be part of a Democratic majority in the House next year that will have subpoena power over President Trump
Donald John TrumpRussian sanctions will boomerang States, cities rethink tax incentives after Amazon HQ2 backlash A Presidents Day perspective on the nature of a free press MORE, which prompted Moates’s tweet about the “new standard in Congress.”
Moates followed up with more tweets, saying the "house should consider expelling her" for "an abuse of power."
.@DonaldJTrumpJr is a good man and the fact that @Ocasio2018 wants to abuse her power once she becomes a congresswoman is sad. It's an abuse of power and the house should consider expelling her if she does.
— Michael Moates ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@freedom_moates) December 7, 2018
cc: @NancyPelosi
Alexandra Ocasio Cortez is no victim. She is batshit crazy.
— Michael Moates ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@freedom_moates) December 7, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez has not shied away from Twitter battles, frequently getting into it with Fox News over its coverage of her, as well as prominent Republicans, such as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who critique her and her progressive policies.
According to Moates's Twitter bio, he is chairman of conservative news outlet The DC Chronicle and a doctoral student at Fielding University.
