AOC Attacks Democrats For Refusing To Impeach Trump For 'Lawbreaking Behavior'
Socialist congresswoman turns on her own party
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has expressed frustration with the Democrats for their refusal to move forward with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
AOC's recent truce with h House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to an end on Saturday when the freshman congresswoman began attacking he own party.
"At this point, the bigger national scandal isn’t the president’s lawbreaking behavior - it is the Democratic Party’s refusal to impeach him for it," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Ocasio-Cortez's tweet, which was sent out on her personal account, which has almost 5 million followers, saw 50,000 "likes" in the first 90 minutes and thousands of comments.
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AOC rpeosnded to one comment from the Atlantic's James Fallows, saying:
"[In my opinion], this is 'false equivalence' of its own sort. What Trump is doing remains objectively the biggest threat, scandal, and problem. Second-ranking: the silent acquiescence of the GOP Senate. Then: it’s time for House to act."
The congresswoman replied:
"It is one thing for a sitting president to break the law. It’s another to let him. The integrity of our democracy isn’t threatened when a president breaks the law. It‘s threatened when we do nothing about it. The GOP’s silence & refusal to act shouldn’t be a surprise. Ours is."
Earlier this month, AOC issued a stern warning to Republicans as House Dems prepare to push for Trump's impeachment.
Ocasio-Cortez is signaling strong support for the House Judiciary Committee’s efforts to impeach her president.
At this point, the bigger national scandal isn’t the president’s lawbreaking behavior - it is the Democratic Party’s refusal to impeach him for it.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 22, 2019
It is one thing for a sitting president to break the law. It’s another to let him.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 22, 2019
The integrity of our democracy isn’t threatened when a president breaks the law. It‘s threatened when we do nothing about it.
The GOP’s silence & refusal to act shouldn’t be a surprise. Ours is.
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The celebrity lawmaker dared Senate Republicans to go on the record and “knowingly vote against impeachment of this president, knowing his corruption.”
She warned GOP senators that if they support their president, they will “have that stain on their careers the rest of their lives.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., claimed last week that Corey Lewandowski's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee "increases the case for impeachment" of Trump.
Trump's former campaign manager was called into the Democrats' impeachment investigation.
Lewandowski was grilled for hours by the Committee.
In an opening statement, Lewandowski said:
“It is now clear the investigation was populated by many Trump haters who had their own agenda – to try and take down a duly elected president of the United States."As for actual collusion or conspiracy, there was none. What there has been, however, is harassment of this president from the day he won the election.”
