Add “communist” to the list of terms that might be racist, according to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that term had a “long” and “rich history” tied to white supremacy in the United States.
“It was one of the preferred smears against integrating schools, & one of the main attacks segregationists used against [Martin Luther King Jr],” she said, referring to the civil rights hero.
OCASIO-CORTEZ CONTINUES TWITTER SPAT WITH TRUMP, LINKS GOP TO WHITE SUPREMACY
Ocasio-Cortez linked to a tweet calling out a conservative publication for allegedly justifying racist attacks directed toward a socialist.
“Credit where credit is due: the argument that it’s okay to be racist against a socialist who is critical of America was pioneered in the 1960s by National Review in their many attacks on Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Jeet Heer, a correspondent for the left-leaning magazine The Nation, tweeted. – READ MORE