Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she disagrees with President-elect Biden in his “optimistic” view of the Republican Party.
“This is an area where I believe there is a kind of history of some slight disagreement between the president-elect and me, and I say that, you know – that’s it, it’s not a fight – it’s just a disagreement,” the Democrat of New York said in a virtual city hall on Friday.
“I believe President-elect Biden has a very optimistic view of the Republican Party. He, he made statements about, you know, once Trump is gone, they will see the error of their ways. And I applaud your optimism, but no I agree with his assessment “, she continued.
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Ocasio-Cortez said he was concerned about the Democrats’ attempt to “dilute [COVID] relief “while they have a majority in Congress to” appease the Republicans. “
This week, the president-elect unveiled a $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal that includes $ 1,400 stimulus checks, $ 400 extended unemployment, state and local government financing, rental assistance and a moratorium. on evictions, among other priorities.
The $ 1,400 coupled with the $ 600 stimulus checks from COVID’s most recent aid project is not enough, said Ocasio-Cortez. “$ 2,000 means $ 2,000. $ 2,000 doesn’t mean $ 1,400, ”she told The Washington Post.
In a follow-up tweet, Ocasio-Cortez argued that Congress should provide retroactive relief from unemployment, in addition to the $ 400 a week that Biden included in his proposal.
“We cannot go slow or minimize or limit our ambitions because of the Republicans, because this country has elected Democrats and we have elected a Democratic majority to offer health care, receive stimulus checks, rent protection, all of which are provisions that are included in the Biden’s aid plan that I am thrilled to be included in Biden’s aid plan and that we hope to expand and build, “said the progressive arsonist.
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Biden during his campaign praised his work across the corridor during his decades in Congress, and giving Republicans a prominent place at the Democratic National Convention.
When Biden chose former Ohio Governor John Kasich to speak at the DNC, Ocasio-Cortez called him an “anti-choice extremist” and “not a friend of the workers”.
“Extreme people, whether on the left or the right, receive huge advertising that tends to define their party,” said the Ohio Republican.
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“You know, I hear people all the time making these statements and, since AOC gets a lot of publicity, it doesn’t mean that it represents the Democratic Party. It is just a part, just a member of it.”