Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) went back and forth with each other on Twitter Thursday after the senator suggested that Ocasio-Cortez should "work more" and "tweet less."
Rubio was responding to a tweet in which Ocasio-Cortez criticized "Republicanism" while saying Black-owned businesses were denied access to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Black-owned small businesses were widely shut out from accessing PPP loans, yet right-wing disinfo org PV [Project Veritas] took half a million in public money while decrying direct federal assistance as 'radical socialism.' Republicanism in a nutshell. (Also they’re based in Mamaroneck?!)," she tweeted.
Rubio came to the defense of the GOP, writing that "Working together R’s & D’s helped save the jobs of 55 million Americans through PPP."
Working together R’s & D’s helped save the jobs of 55 million Americans through PPP
— Marco Rubio
Work more, tweet less & one day you too can make a difference https://t.co/WprW5OR9LPMarco Antonio RubioFlorida Republicans close ranks with Trump after Capitol siege Confirmation hearing for Biden's DNI pick postponed McConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time MORE (@marcorubio) December 3, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez hit back, sharing her recent efforts to boost remote learning and probe the Treasury Department's handling of COVID-19 relief funds.
Yesterday I recruited 5,000 volunteers to train and tutor kids in my community who are struggling with remote learning, and that was after investigating the Treasury Secretary’s rationale for stopping CARES Act funding and voting on House legislation.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
What did you do? https://t.co/Ytkq6qZKiIAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOcasio-Cortez: Facebook, Zuckerberg 'bear partial responsibility' for insurrection Belfast's Troubles echo in today's Washington AOC's Ministry of Truth MORE (@AOC) December 3, 2020
The thing that these conservative Senators don’t seem to understand is that I’ve actually had a physically difficult working-class job without good healthcare most of my adult life.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 3, 2020
I bring that work ethic to Congress & to my community. They sit around on leather chairs all day.
