Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, is catching heat for her comments about President Donald Trump made during her “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont.
During their Nampa, Idaho stop, AOC called Trump a “criminal” who should “look in the mirror” when talking about “rapists and criminals.”
Watch:
AOC: “When [Trump] talks about r*pists and criminals, he should look in the mirror.”
Sue her.pic.twitter.com/fD4EyLvl3n
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 15, 2025
She started the rant by bashing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for buying stocks as the market dipped, accusing her of profiting on Americans’ “despair.”
“We saw it just happen with Trump’s corrupt and disastrous and rushed tariff scheme. We saw Marjorie Taylor Greene buy that dip. I got one question for her, how much did you make? How much did you make off of people’s despair?” the lawmaker asked. “No more! We can’t accept it. I hope we see now that it was all about manipulating the market so that he could quietly enrich his friends who bought the dip before reversing it all in the morning.”
The progressive representative then set her sights on Trump.
“This is a matter of fact. Donald Trump is a criminal who was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud! Liable for sexual abuse! Of course he’s lying and abusing and manipulating the stock market too! When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror!” she screeched.
“But back to stocks, to be clear, I don’t care what party you are, Democrat or Republican. It doesn’t matter how powerful one is or the position that one holds, members of Congress holding and trading individual stock is wrong. It is corrosive, it is destructive, and it needs to be banned.”
X users were enraged by her comments:
She needs to be sued.
— CLM (@CindyLM1969) April 15, 2025
Blatant libel!
— Mike01876 (@Mikem01876) April 15, 2025
Classic AOC , all smear, no substance.
— StateOfTheDebate (@StateOTDebate) April 15, 2025
They only have a few plays to use, so now they are back to ” he is a convict”.
— L.W. Wright (@LWWright34) April 15, 2025
As a rape survivor I hate how everyone is throwing this word around.
Makes it very hard for a victim to be taken seriously when every Jean Carrol is using it to get rich.
— Irene Dulaney (@IreneD9267) April 15, 2025
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