Ocasio-Cortez calls out GOP lawmakers asking to be arrested, citing privilege
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called out the GOP lawmakers who asked to be arrested for storming the closed-door impeachment hearing Wednesday for relying on “mountains of entitlement and privilege.”
Ocasio-Cortez condemned the Republican House members for their “little flash mob,” saying members of “my community” would not comprehend someone requesting their own arrest.
“There have been many aspects of the GOP’s little flash mob that have relied on mountains of entitlement and privilege, but them *asking* the police to be arrested is just…” she tweeted.
“Well, let’s just say my community would find it hard to understand why *anyone* would ask to be arrested,” she added.
There have been many aspects of the GOP’s little flash mob that have relied on mountains of entitlement and privilege, but them *asking* the police to be arrested is just...— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 24, 2019
Well, let’s just say my community would find it hard to understand why *anyone* would ask to be arrested. https://t.co/ez5IsocNm5
The New York Democrat responded to reports from Fox News that some GOP House members, who barged into the sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) during the impeachment inquiry deposition of a Pentagon Official Laura Cooper, asked to be arrested.
6) Fox is told there was never any chance mbrs who barged into SCIF would be arrested by USCP wBut some mbrs members asked to be arrested. They wanted the optic of being frog marched out of the SCIF in front of TV cameras. That would help w/GOP narrative of Dem process abuse— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 24, 2019
The GOP lawmakers stormed the SCIF in protest of how House Democrats, particularly Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), have conducted the initial hearings in private.
Ocasio-Cortez feuded with Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) on Twitter earlier Thursday after he accused her of backing “Soviet style secret hearings in the Capitol basement.”
She responded by posting, “You know that making these depositions public will help potential criminals line up their testimony. Why do you want to do that?”
The impeachment inquiry into President Trump began after a whistleblower report detailed a call he made to the Ukrainian president, in which Trump asked him to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.
