NEWSMAX -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., criticized the late Charlie Kirk during a House floor speech Friday, distorting his record and calling his "rhetoric and beliefs ... uneducated and ignorant."
Ocasio-Cortez's tirade came after the House passed a bipartisan resolution honoring Kirk, the conservative leader who was assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University last week in Orem, Utah. The measure passed 310-58, with AOC making it clear she was one of the 58 nays.
"We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was: A man who believed that the Civil Rights Act that granted Black Americans the right to vote was a 'mistake,' who after the violent attack on Paul Pelosi claimed that ‘some amazing patriot' should bail out his brutal assailant, and accused Jews of controlling ‘not just the colleges — it's the nonprofits, it's the movies, it's Hollywood, it's all of it,'" AOC said.
"His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans – far from 'working tirelessly to promote unity' as asserted by the majority in this resolution," she added.