Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday accused Republicans of “hostage-taking” with the government shutdown over border security.
In a tweet, the freshman Democrat urged Republicans that if they want a border wall, to “propose and pass a bill like anybody else.”
“If the GOP wants a wall so badly, they can try to propose and pass a bill like anybody else,” she tweeted. “Instead, they are seizing gov operations + innocent people’s pay until they get what they want.”
“This is called hostage-taking,” she added. “And no one can compromise or negotiate with that.”
If the GOP wants a wall so badly, they can try to propose and pass a bill like anybody else.
Instead, they are seizing gov operations + innocent people’s pay until they get what they want.
This is called hostage-taking. And no one can compromise or negotiate with that. https://t.co/utYLL1k8m9
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 6, 2019
The comment comes as the partial government shutdown resulting from a standoff over President Trump’s request for border wall funding enters its third week. – READ MORE