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Ocasio-Cortez defends banning press from event: We wanted ‘residents to feel safe’
The Hill ^ | 8/18/18 | JACQUELINE THOMSEN

Posted on 08/18/2018 5:02:41 PM PDT by Libloather

Democratic congressional Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended banning press from a public town hall this week, saying the move was meant to protect residents of vulnerable communities.

Ocasio-Cortez on Friday responded to a tweet from Washington Post reporter Seung Min Kim, who wrote that the candidate “is in for a rough time on Capitol Hill -- where reporters roam freely at all hours of the day and night -- if this is her attitude toward the press.”

The reporter also tweeted that the campaign should have made the event private, rather than making it public and stopping the press from attending.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; cortez; joecrowley; loser; media; newyork; ny; ocasiocortez; press; psycho; socialist; vermont
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Ocasio-Cortez wrote in her response that many people in her district are immigrants, and some are survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking or have “personal medical issues.”

Has she reported those cases of domestic violence and human trafficking to the proper authorities?

1 posted on 08/18/2018 5:02:41 PM PDT by Libloather
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Maybe Trump should appropriate this while kicking cnn to the curb.


2 posted on 08/18/2018 5:21:18 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Libloather

no, she doesn’t want whatever howler she uncorks to be blasted all over al gore’s innerwebz.


3 posted on 08/18/2018 5:22:41 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Libloather

...from the media.


4 posted on 08/18/2018 5:24:36 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Libloather

AOC is learning that the more live coverage she gets, especially in a one-to-one interview, the worse she looks.

She must keep the unedited version of her away from the public.


5 posted on 08/18/2018 5:29:07 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Libloather

She doesn’t like cat calls.


6 posted on 08/18/2018 5:33:13 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Miss Ocasio is now officially being handled. Who hired them?

Pelosi or Hoyer?

Hoyer couldnt muzzle her so now they want to make sure no one in the press hears her when she speaks.


7 posted on 08/18/2018 5:44:26 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing, they win and we lose.)
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“Ocasio-Cortez defends banning press from event: We wanted ‘residents to feel safe’”

Hmmm, perhaps she’s channeling the President. Maybe there’s some hope for her after all.


8 posted on 08/18/2018 5:45:30 PM PDT by BobL (I drive a pick up truck because it makes me feel like a man)
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To: JohnBrowdie

innerwebz?

Is that the same thing as the interweb thingy all the young folks are talking about?


9 posted on 08/18/2018 5:47:06 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing, they win and we lose.)
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We wanted ‘residents to feel safe’

There ya go! Even socialists don't trust the MSM!

10 posted on 08/18/2018 5:48:28 PM PDT by Boomer (Beware The Obsessed Leftist Pit Bull Haters on FR. Same as gun grabbers.)
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Folks, I do believe she has admitted via her fear that the Press is indeed the Enemy of the People. LOL


11 posted on 08/18/2018 5:54:36 PM PDT by Notthereyet (Notthereyet)
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I wonder...it’s generally bad practice to offend the media like this. Yes, her district is traditionally safe Democrat...however if anyone can fumble it away, she can.

I wonder, if it was open to the public, did her staff check ID’s of people who entered, to make sure they lived in her district and were not reporters? They probably checked for recording devices at least.


12 posted on 08/18/2018 5:56:28 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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Does this twit not know that the press is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the DNC? The press would cover for her. Anyone at a Democratic candidate forum should consider the press to be their friend.


13 posted on 08/18/2018 6:01:58 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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She doesn’t like cat calls.

Her lips say no but her eyes say yes, yes YES!

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14 posted on 08/18/2018 6:10:14 PM PDT by atc23
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If the Democrats really want her to shut up and go away they should accuse her of secretly working for Trump to destroy the Democrat party.The zombie horde would turn on her in a heartbeat.


15 posted on 08/18/2018 6:55:44 PM PDT by Trumpnado2016 (Welcome to Trump World.)
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All liberals are hypocrites, you have to be to support that ideology.
16 posted on 08/18/2018 7:02:03 PM PDT by Almondjoy
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Democratic congressional Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended banning the people from a public town hall this week, saying the move was meant to protect vulnerable media communities.


17 posted on 08/18/2018 9:10:51 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Her lips say no but her eyes say yes, yes YES!
My God, now they are coming right up through
the floor boards!!!
Want to hear me rap? I saw the best minds of my generation
destroyed by greed and avarice...
Look Larry, it’s only aspirin.
Sorry mam, we’ll have to take you in.


18 posted on 08/18/2018 9:15:48 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Libloather

ahhhh..the making of a messiah


19 posted on 08/19/2018 3:16:46 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Libloather

ahhhh..the making of a messiah


20 posted on 08/19/2018 3:16:46 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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